March Diversity Lecture – Good News for Women Leaders and their Countries
11 March 2021 | Binfield, UK [Helen Pearson] The March Diversity Lecture at Newbold College brought good news for aspiring women leaders. Early in the pandemic, anecdotal media reports suggested that women-leaders were more successful than their male counterparts. These reports were the spur for further research by Newbold’s March Diversity Lecturer, Professor Uma Kambhampati,…
Read MoreThe journey to wellbeing continues
18 February 2021 | St Albans, UK [Paul Lockham] This week the Trans-European Division staff were again joined by colleagues from the unions and fields across its territory as well as the Inter-European Division counterparts for more Devotional Webinars. Following the feedback from the January series of webinars, four more aspects of wellbeing have been considered.
Read MorePowerUP – Inspire, Equip, Change
17 February 2021 | St Albans, UK [Paul Lockham] If you are a local church leader, a youth leader, or someone who is interested in helping others on their faith journey, PowerUp, one of the Division’s best kept 'secrets' that recently surfaced in a committee discussion, is something you will want to get involved with.
Read MoreCovid-19 and ‘the wilding of the church’ – what sort of leaders do we need?
11 February 2021 | Binfield, UK [Helen Pearson] ‘Re-imagining’ was a key word in Newbold’s first Diversity Lecture of 2021 on Tuesday, 9 February. After environmental disasters, God works in nature giving it an infinite capacity to bounce back. Similarly, God can work through leaders who model and encourage a re-imagining of the church in the…
Read MoreA Week of Caring and Sharing
9 April 2021 | St Albans, UK [TED Women's Ministries] The Trans-European Division Women’s Ministries department does not let the pandemic stop them sharing the love of Jesus and organises a week of caring and sharing from 21-27 March.
Read MoreA Week of Wellness at the TED
22 January 2021 | St Albans, UK [Paul Lockham] This week’s innovative Trans-European Division (TED) “Devotional Webinars” focus on aspects of Wellbeing. Around 90 attendees, not only staff from the TED office but also the field leaders and directors from across the Division as well as some counterparts from the Inter-European Division, joined each morning…
Read MoreYear-End Message from the TED President
Dear tedNEWS readers, We are ending this year worse off than we started. Many have experienced a loss of job, income, health, friends and loved ones. An invisible virus has reset our focus and rearranged our priorities to love people and live for God.
Read MoreBlinders or Blinkers?
07 December 2020 | Scotland [Reneé Joseph] Engaging. Intriguing. Edifying. Illuminating. These are all words that come to mind to describe the Scottish Mission Youth Day of Fellowship hosted on 21 November 2020. Though the COVID-19 pandemic prevented the face-to-face meeting that is hosted annually, the young people of the Scottish Mission demonstrated their resilience, and…
Read MoreThe Newbold Sisterhood Celebrates its 10th Anniversary
26 November 2020 | Binfield, UK [Judith Makaniankhondo Nyirenda] The Newbold Sisterhood celebrated its 10th year anniversary on Saturday, November 14, 2020, by leading a special online service at Newbold Church based in Berkshire, England. The Newbold Sisterhood is the Women’s Ministry department of Newbold Church and reaches the women in the church as well as…
Read MoreDoes Poverty Have a Colour?
25 November 2020 I Binfield, UK [Michael and Helen Pearson] For its final lecture of 2020, the Newbold Diversity Centre was delighted to welcome Amanda Khozi Mukwashi, the CEO of Christian Aid, on Tuesday, 10th November. The fact that she so clearly identifies as a Seventh-day Adventist added an extra dimension to the event. She framed…
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