{"id":380,"date":"2014-08-29T09:21:33","date_gmt":"2014-08-29T09:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/sitenews\/2014\/08\/29\/epc-comment-board\/"},"modified":"2014-08-29T09:21:33","modified_gmt":"2014-08-29T09:21:33","slug":"epc-comment-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/epc-comment-board\/","title":{"rendered":"EPC Comment Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rtejustify\"><span style=\"color: #696969;\">22 August 2012, Roga\u0161ka Slatina, Slovenia\u00a0[Julian Hibbert,\u00a0<em style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px;\">ted<\/em>NEWS]<\/span>\u00a0The EPC Comment Board is up and ready for conference participants to have their say. Here are the first ones:<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\"><strong>Pastor Joachim Telfer of Norway: <\/strong><em>\u201cI was blessed and challenged by Bertil Wiklander\u2019s keynote address. It set the tone for the whole theme \u2018Making God Known in Europe\u2019.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\"> <strong>Pastor Zoltan from Serbia:<\/strong> <em>\u201cWednesday\u2019s worship and plenary sessions were both inspiring and challenging. The common theme was pastoral spirituality and the role of the pastor in the church. Each of the presenters (Laurence Turner, Sigve Tonstad and Derek Morris) drew thought-provoking conclusions from their chosen Bible texts. The main thought was that the perplexing context of evangelism in Europe demands new methods of ministry. However, the new methods are not supposed to replace the pillars of the pastor\u2019s spiritual health: prayer, personal bible study and effective delegation. There cannot be effective ministry anywhere without unless these needs are met. First things first!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\"><strong>Pastor Tom Angelsen, Conference president of North Norway: <\/strong><em>\u201cI was empowered by Sigve Tonstad\u2019s words: \u2018Ministry is local, personal and individual. The missiological strategy of John is to win people\u2019s confidence.\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\"><strong>Pastor Laszlo Gallusz, Serbia: <\/strong><em>\u201cPastors need their spiritual batteries recharged and their ministerial toolboxes updated. The conference\u2019s first morning programme met this need. Laurence Turner\u2019s sermon not only opened a new perspective on a well-known biblical text, but let it show a direction for the future of Adventism. Tonstad&#8217;s exegesis reminded us that even well known texts can speak with freshness. The inspiration talk by Dr. Morris contained very specific pastoral advice aimed at helping us identify the foundations of successful ministry . . . I am already very encouraged and refreshed after spending less then 24 hours in Rogaska Slatina.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\"><strong>Allan Falk from Denmark: <\/strong><em>\u201cA thought that stood out for me during the workshop was that \u2018if we are not that into the people around us, we&#8217;re most likely not that much into God either.\u2019\u201d\u00a0<\/em>[<em>ted<\/em>NEWS]<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\"><em>ted<\/em>NEWS Staff: Miroslav Pujic, director; Deana Stojkovic, editor; Dragana Selakovic-Duval, Frederic Duval &amp; Tor Tjeransen, photographers<br \/> 119 St Peter&#8217;s Street, St Albans, Herts, AL1 3EY, England<br \/> E-mail: tednews@ted-adventist.org<br \/> Website: www.ted-adventist.org<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\"><em>ted<\/em>NEWS is an information bulletin issued by the communication department of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Trans-European Division.<br \/> You are free to re-print any portion of the bulletin without need for special permission. However, we kindly request that you identify <em>ted<\/em>NEWS whenever you publish these materials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rtejustify\"><span style=\"color: #696969;\">22 August 2012, Roga\u0161ka Slatina, Slovenia\u00a0[Julian Hibbert,\u00a0<em style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px;\">ted<\/em>NEWS]<\/span>\u00a0The EPC Comment Board is up and ready for conference participants to have their say. Here are the first ones:<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\"><strong>Pastor Joachim Telfer of Norway: <\/strong><em>\u201cI was blessed and challenged by Bertil Wiklander\u2019s keynote address. 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