Sweden votes credential change for pastors
16 March 2016 | St Albans, UK [Victor Hulbert] On Sunday, 13 March the Executive Committee of the Swedish Union of Churches of the Seventh-day Adventist Church voted that it will cease to ordain pastors. Under their proposal all pastors will ultimately receive a 'nationell befogenhet' (commissioned minister credential).
Read MoreSpreading real love on Valentine’s Day
16 March 2016 | Novi Sad, Serbia/Dunkirk, France [tedNEWS with Adrijana Grujić] At opposite ends of Europe two groups of people went out of their way to make a significant difference on Valentine's Day, 14 February.
Read MoreFuelled up or burning out?
23 February 2016 | St Albans, UK [Karen Holford] "Are we trying to save the world in our own strength?" That was the question Dr Torben Bergland asked during a presentation to Trans-European Division office staff on Tuesday, 23 February. He emphasised that God is doing the work of saving the world, and "He has…
Read MoreNetherlands leads with new Membership system for Trans-European Division
17 February 2016 | St Albans, UK [Audrey Andersson/tedNEWS] Always on the cutting edge, the Netherlands Union Conference (NUC) is the first in Europe to implement a new membership database that will increase accuracy, facilitate rapid membership transfers, and reduce the workload for church clerks and Executive Secretaries.
Read MorePersistence despite prejudice builds bridges
28 January 2016 | Novi Sad, Serbia [tedNEWS] When you see a good thing you want to bring it home. That, at least, was the case for Marijana* who has been involved with the Relay youth club in Novi Sad, Serbia, since it started in September 2012. She had seen the positive effect of the…
Read MoreSeason’s greetings from the Trans-European Division
21 December 2015 | St Albans, United Kingdom [tedNEWS] How has your year been? What would you choose as a highlight? Raafat Kamal, President of the Trans-European Division of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, claims with a smile that his year started on a high, meeting with 450 young people in Sweden. In a year-end video…
Read MoreTED Female Pastors Affirmation Meeting in Copenhagen
3 December 2015 | Copenhagen, Denmark [Anne-May Müller] Anne-May Müller reports on the second affirmation meeting between female pastors and Church leaders in the Trans-European Division.It may be dark and cold on a December morning in Copenhagen, Denmark, but when 36 women pastors meet, their enthusiasm and love both light up and warm the room…
Read MoreNo Crib for a Bed!
3 December 2015 [Fabrice Baker-Livingstone, ADRA-International and ADRA Serbia] At one month old, Qamar has nowhere to call home. Her parents, Mustafa and Hala, are refugees who fled Syria to escape growing violence and the threat of terror that surrounded them. They had left their home in Damascus two months earlier. During their difficult journey, Hala…
Read MoreTED Strategic Plan Designed to Connect, Inspire and Change
Sunday, 15 November 2015 | Bečići, Montenegro [Victor Hulbert] What do you do when you take over as leader for not only the smallest Division of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, but one compounded with severe growth challenges in a highly secularised Europe? For Pastor Raafat Kamal, President of the Trans-European Division (TED), based in St…
Read MorePray for Paris. Pray for France
Saturday, 14 November 2015 | Bečići, Montenegro [Victor Hulbert] Leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church across the Trans-European Division (TED) stood in a minute of silence and solidarity with the people of Paris and France following the tragedy on Friday, 13 November that has left 129 dead and a further 350 reported injured.
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