Trans-European Division Recommendations to Encourage Greater Participation of Women in Ministry and Leadership
21 May 2019 | St Albans, United Kingdom [TED Executive Committee] On Monday, 20 May, the Trans-European Division (TED) Executive Committee voted a series of recommendations to encourage the greater participation of women in ministry and leadership.
Read MoreNurture, retention and renewal for pastors at the BUC Ministers’ Council
23 May 2019 | Grantham, United Kingdom [Messenger News Service] As British Union Conference Ministerial Director Eglan Brooks and his team of association secretaries, pastors, George Kumi (NEC) and Ebenezer Jones-Lartey (SEC) planned the 2019 Ministerial Council, they designed it with a difference. ‘Our world needs strong leaders to nurture, retain and place opportunities for…
Read MoreGiles Barham to join TED treasury team
20 May 2019 | St Albans, United Kingdom [Victor Hulbert] Giles Barham is to join the Trans-European Division (TED) as Assistant Treasurer. Included in his brief will be the important role of training finance teams across the 22 countries of the TED. This is more essential as a number of Unions and Conferences have had…
Read MoreThe Lord of the gift
13 May 2019 | St Albans, UK [Raafat Kamal] "Reflecting on God’s power to do the impossible, I love reading stories about missionaries who committed their lives to God’s service. During one of my readings, I came across this inspiring story," states Pastor Raafat Kamal, Trans-European Division president. This moving miracle story was originally part…
Read MoreThe eco-college in leafy Royal Berkshire
22 April 2019 | Binfield, UK [Victor Hulbert] In celebration of Earth day, 22 April 2019How do you heat a redbrick Jacobethan mansion built in 1864. That was the challenging question facing Governors at Newbold College of Higher Education. The boilers were ageing and running on a crude, thick black heating oil.
Read MoreDeath, Life and Easter
18 April 2019 | St Albans, United Kingdom [Article & Photos: Victor Hulbert] With the spring flowers out, leaves already on the trees, the woods filling with bluebells, and, at least in the UK, the sun warming up nicely for the Easter weekend, it is not a good time to talk about death – yet,…
Read MoreReal-life Forgiveness is more than just a word
4 April 2019 | Binfield, UK [Helen Pearson/tedNEWS] How do you forgive and build bridges with the man who murdered your father? That is the reality for Jo Berry, the daughter of British politician Sir Antony Berry who was one of five killed in the October 1984 Brighton bombing of the Conservative Party annual conference.
Read MoreUnderstanding the business of Church
1 April 2019 | St Albans, UK [David Keszeg] Church is about God, relationships and theology. But for Newbold Business students who visited the Trans-European Division Office on 19 March 2019, it is also a business. The Business Students’ Society visit aimed to help students understand Church operations and potential opportunities available for them.
Read MoreEnoch Kanageraj’s ‘One Vision’ earns him an Audentior award
26 March 2019 | Watford, United Kingdom [June Coombs] When a ball starts rolling it can sometimes end up somewhere unexpected. That was certainly the case for Enoch Kanageraj, a member of Stanborough Park Church, England, when he set up the Community Chaplaincy Service at his local church.
Read MoreSaving Planet Earth – Can we? Should we?
11 March 2019 | Bracknell, United Kingdom [Helen Pearson] There is one issue that affects everyone on the planet, whether or not we want to recognise it. Our attitude to general environmental breakdown and the multiple ecological crises which is affecting us all was the subject of the March Diversity Lecture at Newbold College of Higher…
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