Terrorist attack in Stockholm condemned
7 April 2017 | Stockholm [Rainer Refsbäck] Once again, Europe has suffered a cowardly terrorist attack in which innocent people have been mown down by a hijacked vehicle, this time in central Stockholm. The Union office of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and the Stockholm Central Adventist Church is located only just over a block from…
Read MorePositively Single
5 April 2017 | Binfield, UK [Angeline Tyrokomos] For many singles the idea of a ‘singles event’ fills them with horror – or at least apprehension. Yet singleness is an issue within the Adventist Church. Torben Bergland, Singles Ministries co-ordinator for the Trans-European Division has been involved with a number of recent events and was impressed…
Read MoreAdventist Church in Sweden awarded the Vego Prize
3 April 2017 | Stockholm, Sweden [Rainer Refsbäck] The Christian vegetarian association “The Wild Donkey” (Vildåsnan), has awarded the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Sweden the Vego Prize (“Vegopriset”). The award, founded several years ago, goes to an organisation or person who has done something positive for animals because of their Christian faith, or who have…
Read MoreAdventist Church responds to Westminster attack, London
23 March 2017 | St Albans, UK [Victor Hulbert] Seventh-day Adventists across Europe again mourn the unnecessary loss of life and injury incurred during an attack outside the UK Houses of Parliament on Wednesday, 22 March 2017. We particularly feel and pray for those families and individuals whose lives have been affected by this tragedy.
Read MoreVictor Marley to lead Adventist Church in Norway
22 March 2017 | Røyse, Norway [ Wider Ursett / tedNEWS] Victor Marley was elected this week by the Norwegian Union Executive Committee as the new leader of the Seventh-day Adventist church in Norway. This follows the 15 March resignation of Reidar J. Kvinge, enabling him to focus more directly on evangelism.
Read MoreMinisterial Mentoring in the Baltics
16 March 2017 | St Albans, UK [Victor Hulbert] How do you really know what ministers need? For Patrick Johnson, Trans-European Division Ministerial Association secretary, the answer is simple: get alongside them. Last week, 5 – 10 March, he did exactly that, accompanied by TED president, Raafat Kamal.
Read MoreFree speech for Christians in a secular world
8 March 2017 | Binfield, UK [Helen Pearson] The March Diversity Lecture at Newbold College on Tuesday, 7 March, focused on a subject dear to the hearts of Seventh-day Adventists – religious liberty. Dr David Landrum, Director of Advocacy at the Evangelical Alliance spoke about the development of contemporary ideas about free speech and the…
Read MoreLifetime achievement award for Professor Jenő Szigeti
2 March 2017 | Budapest, Hungary [Imre Tokics] In recognition of Professor Jenő Szigeti’s 50 years of service, the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Hungary presented him with a Lifetime Achievement Award at Budapest Central Adventist church on Sabbath, 25 February 2017.
Read MoreEighty years and still in service
7 February 2017 | St Albans, UK [Victor Hulbert] While many complain at the UK government pushing the retirement age up to 68, eighty-year-old Alan Redfern is still going strong as Assistant director of the General Conference Auditing Service at the Trans-European Division office in St Albans, England.
Read MoreDeath of William ‘Bill’ Olson
7 February 2017 | St Albans, UK [Audrey Andersson] It is with great sadness that we announce the death of former TED Treasurer, Bill Olson, on Thursday, 19 January 2017. Bill served as Treasurer in the Trans-European Division from September 2000 to February 2004.
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