Members are more than Statistics
3 July 2015 | San Antonio, Texas, USA [Victor Hulbert, tedNEWS] If you work in Secretariat, it pays to have a sense of humour. Dr Ng, Executive Secretary of the Seventh-day Adventist World Church has it in bucketfuls. Just as well, since a report packed full of facts, figures and statistics might otherwise be seen…
Read MorePresident’s Report Looks back, but Urges ‘Go Forward’
2 July 2015 | San Antonio, Texas, USA [Victor Hulbert, tedNEWS] Considering the jet-lag still being faced by the majority of TED delegates it was impressive to see the turn-out for the President's report on Thursday evening, 2 July. After all, they had already done a full day of business. And it's not just the jet-lag,…
Read MoreGreat Expectations!
2 July 2015 | San Antonio, Texas, USA [Katie Allen, tedNEWS] 65,000 people attending General Conference (GC) Session with the same religious denomination in common, but what are their individual expectations for such a significant event in the world Church's calendar?
Read MoreJust Registering!
2 July 2015 | San Antonio, Texas, USA [Victor Pilmoor, tedNEWS] Just Registering! Registration is a formal process through which presence is acknowledged. We show up at a booth and sign a bunch of documents that indicate that we have arrived at the right place for the right purpose and have the right kit to do…
Read MorePraying for 20/20 Vision for the Vision in 2020
1 July 2015 | San Antonio, Texas, USA [Katie Allen, tedNEWS] “My journey was excellent, but as soon as we arrived we discovered that they’ve cancelled our return flights!” commented Pastor Raafat Kamal, Trans-European Division (TED) President.
Read MoreAll Eyes on San Antonio
1 July 2015 | San Antonio, Texas, USA [Victor Hulbert, tedNEWS] There is a sense of expectation in the air around San Antonio. For some, it is literally 'in the air' as over the past couple of days 2,566 delegates along with exhibitors, administrative support teams, media, and thousands of interested Seventh-day Adventists have crowded airport terminals,…
Read MoreMessy Church in the Trans-European Division
17 June 2015 | St Albans, United Kingdom [Clair Sanches-Schutte/tedNEWS] Something amazing is happening within the Trans-European Division; we have discovered Messy Church. Messy Church is a concept that was created by a group of people in St Wilfrid’s near Portsmouth, UK number of years ago. As a church, they felt they were hardly reaching any…
Read More‘The Last Empire’ in Hungary
21 May 2015 | Satoraljaujhely, Hungary [Eric Kormos, tedNEWS] From 3-9 May 2015 an evangelistic series titled ‘The Last Empire’ was held in Satoraljaujhely, Hungary close to the Slovak border. The speaker for the series was Anthony Kent, Associate Secretary of the Adventist Ministerial Association at the General Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Read MoreFrom Norway with love
11 May 2015 Røyse, Norway [Gry Haugen/tedNEWS] ADRA (Adventist Relief Agency) Norway has been allocated NOK 5 million (about GBP 500,000.00) from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to erect 19 temporary school structures while renovating 19 schools in Nepal after the devastating earthquake that killed more than 7,675 people struck the country on Saturday 25…
Read MoreSettling the Past and Building a Future in Hungary
29 April 2015 | Pécel, Hungary [Róbert Csizmadia, tedNEWS] On Friday, 23 April 2015 a document entitled ‘Joint Declaration on Settling the Past and Building a Common Future’ was signed between the Seventh-day Adventist Church and the KERAK Community in Hungary starting the process of healing the 40-year schism.
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