Ten Days, Three Countries, Two Divisions: One Mission
28 June 2019 | St Albans, United Kingdom [Tor Tjeransen, Thomas Müller / tedNEWS] A group of 18 representatives from the Northern Asia-Pacific Division (NSD), the administrative region which includes China, North Korea, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Mongolia, had Norway as the first stop on a ten-day journey through some of the countries of…
Read MoreThree days to change Europe!
20 June 2019 | Binfield, UK [Victor Hulbert] “Christianity as default is gone,” states a headline in the UK’s Guardian newspaper. Quoting a report by Stephen Bullivant, a professor of theology and the sociology of religion at St Mary’s University, London, the conclusion is that, “The new default setting is ‘no religion’, and the few…
Read MoreNew book encourages joy and diversity for children
17 June 2019 | Binfield, UK [Victor Hulbert] How do you instil community and joy in your children when you live in one culture, but come from another? The answer for Judith Nyirenda is simple: “Write a book.”
Read MoreUntangling policies – Understanding risk and liability
13 June 2019 | Binfield, UK [Giles Barham] What better hymn for a day on Risk Management than ‘Blessed Assurance, Jesus is mine’. That was the apt hymn choice as Pastor Ian Sweeney, President of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the UK and Ireland, led worship for a group of Adventist leaders, who came to understand…
Read MoreTED Stewardship Summit emphasises environment
7 June 2019 | St Albans, UK [John Surridge. Photos: Victor Hulbert] "Stewardship is practical from the word go," states the newly appointed TED Stewardship director, Pastor Paul Lockham. Even in his introduction to a team of stewardship leaders from across the Trans-European Division, he pointed out that he uses a refillable water bottle rather…
Read MoreNewbold alumni to join College’s theology team
4 June 2019 | Binfield, UK [Kirsty Watkins] Two new staff members will add significant additional expertise to the theology department at Newbold College of Higher Education this autumn.
Read MoreAdventist Youth march against knife and gun crime in their community
31 May 2019 | Hackney, London [Darell J Philip] UK Home Secretary, Sajid Javid, has described the escalation in knife crime as a ‘national emergency’ with a special emphasis needed to “tackle violence among young people”. [The Guardian] As their part in tackling the problem, Seventh-day Adventists in the UK and Ireland set aside two…
Read MoreMessy church – It’s more than a programme
30 May 2019 | St Albans, UK [Victor Hulbert] Messy Church has become an established programme for many churches across the Trans-European Division (TED) – but during an International Messy Church Conference, 2 – 5 May, Adventist participants recognised that it was far more than just a programme.
Read MoreA new sporting look for Newbold’s 23rd Annual General Meeting
24 May 2019 | Binfield, UK [Angeline Tyrokomos] Sombrely dressed men and women headed towards a sports hall? That is not the traditional picture of the Newbold Annual General Meeting – a review of academic and financial progress over the past twelve months. Yet on Sunday, 19 May, that is exactly what happened. With the…
Read MoreBecoming European: The Trans-European Division at 90
23 May 2019 | Binfield, United Kingdom [Victor Hulbert with Helen Pearson] There are three essentials for a good party: guests, a cake and a good speech. Leaders of the Trans-European Division found they had all three aplenty when they gathered for a ninety-year celebration on Saturday afternoon, 18 May.
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