TED research part of solution for membership retention
15 April 2019 | Washington DC [Marcos Paseggi, Adventist Review / tedNEWS] TED Leaders participate and share ideas on what is working to keep members in church and engaged.
Read MoreReal-life Forgiveness is more than just a word
4 April 2019 | Binfield, UK [Helen Pearson/tedNEWS] How do you forgive and build bridges with the man who murdered your father? That is the reality for Jo Berry, the daughter of British politician Sir Antony Berry who was one of five killed in the October 1984 Brighton bombing of the Conservative Party annual conference.
Read MoreUnderstanding the business of Church
1 April 2019 | St Albans, UK [David Keszeg] Church is about God, relationships and theology. But for Newbold Business students who visited the Trans-European Division Office on 19 March 2019, it is also a business. The Business Students’ Society visit aimed to help students understand Church operations and potential opportunities available for them.
Read MoreEnoch Kanageraj’s ‘One Vision’ earns him an Audentior award
26 March 2019 | Watford, United Kingdom [June Coombs] When a ball starts rolling it can sometimes end up somewhere unexpected. That was certainly the case for Enoch Kanageraj, a member of Stanborough Park Church, England, when he set up the Community Chaplaincy Service at his local church.
Read MoreWorld Refugee Sabbath 2019
We would rejoice if there were NO World Refugee Sabbath - because there were NO refugees. Sadly that is not the case, so for the fourth year running, the Trans-European Division, in partnership with the Inter-European Division and ADRA Europe, is highlighting the needs of refugees and migrants in Europe. Our focus this year is…
Read MoreSaving Planet Earth – Can we? Should we?
11 March 2019 | Bracknell, United Kingdom [Helen Pearson] There is one issue that affects everyone on the planet, whether or not we want to recognise it. Our attitude to general environmental breakdown and the multiple ecological crises which is affecting us all was the subject of the March Diversity Lecture at Newbold College of Higher…
Read MoreBreaking the Trend
11 March 2019 | London, United Kingdom [Onysha D Collins] On 23 February 2019 in London, the South England Conference (SEC) hosted their second ‘Breaking the Trend’ event; a day of celebration and fellowship. The programme was designed to incite newness and oneness and to provide remedial solutions around issues of isolation, exclusion, and shame.
Read MoreDecisions
28 February 2019 | Stockholm, Sweden [Siri Bjerkan Karlsson] "Siri, you should be working in development." It was my uncle speaking. Odd Jordal started ADRA in Scandinavia and I was working as his secretary for one year, taking an extended gap between finishing school and starting university. I had just returned from two years working…
Read MoreLearning to Love Difference
19 February 2019 | St Albans [Patrick Johnson] Also availble as Audio podcast. Many of the world’s problems come from fear of “the other.”
Read MoreThree Brushes With Demons and Death in Finland
9 February 2019 | Tampere, Finland [Andrew McChesney] A light figure entered the room and chased out the dark figure.
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