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In this Issue Issue 730 Militant Secularisation Threat to Religion 14 February 2012 London, United Kingdom [BBC News; ted NEWS] Britain is under threat from a rising tide of “militant secularisation”, Baroness Warsi and conservative cabinet minister wrote in an article for the Daily Telegraph. Religion is being “sidelined, marginalised and downgraded in the public sphere…
In this Issue Issue 729 also in the news ‘Jesus7′ Evangelism Reintroduced Law Again Jeopardising Status of Some Churches in Hungary Sacred Music in Secular Opera Theatre How to Read the Bible features & analysis Women in Leadership ‘Good preaching – What is it?’ How should we treat the newly elected leader? Pieces of God – Experiencing the Joy – This is a collection of 42 short drama clips in a variety of styles dealing with Adventist beliefs in a creative approach and asking current questions.
Issue Title: In this Issue Main Text: ‘Jesus7′ Evangelism 18 January 2012 Veszprem, Hungary [ ted NEWS] People in the 21st century experiencing the consequences of the multiple crises (economical, financial, ecological, ethical, relational, etc.) are searching for something more trustworthy. Adventists in Veszprem, a University town in the West part of Hungary, understand..
Issue Title: In this Issue Main Text: Gold Champs for 2012 05 January 2012 London, United Kingdom [Colin Stewart/BUC News; ted NEWS] Ten thousand tickets may have been oversold for synchronised swimming at the 2012 London Olympics but the 10,000+ members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the London area are gearing themselves up to synchronise their witnessing and community activities to… Read more Story from Albania 05 January 2012 Berat, Albania [Sean and Brenda Mays; ted NEWS] Although the religious repression was intense in communist Albania, and the atheist brainwashing had been mind-numbingly effective, Mustafa had never let go of his faith in the Creator. While the dictator had tried to outlaw God, and religious materials were strictly forbidden..
Issue Title: In this Issue Main Text: Happy Holiday Season Dear readers, Once a year we have a sense of moving forward, leaving something behind and getting into something new – it’s the time of Christmas and New Year and it is here now. For us as Seventh-day Adventists the passing of time has always been significant… Read more Church Leaders Meet with Hungarian Ambassador on Looming Deregistration of Churches 13 December 2011, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States [Bettina Krause/PARL/ANN; ted NEWS] Religious liberty leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church this week met the Hungarian ambassador to the United States in an effort to help officials from that country better understand the potential effects..
Issue Title: In this Issue Main Text: Women in Leadership 16 November 2011 Becici, Montenegro [Miroslav Pujic, Breaking News, ted NEWS] Today, forty-five delegates and twenty five invitees (union secretaries and treasurers) from the thirteen Unions and three attached Fields, which constitute the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Trans-European region (TED), discussed a Motion on Women in Leadership . After prayer, the 91% of the delegates voted by secret ballot to express approval of the motion at the annual year-end executive committee meetings
Issue Title: In this Issue Main Text: WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP 16 November 2010 Becici, Montenegro [Miroslav Pujic, Breaking News, ted NEWS] Today, forty-seven delegates from thirteen Unions and three attached Fields, which constitute the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Trans-European region (TED), voted approval of the Motion on Women in Leadership, at the annual year-end executive committee meetings, as follows: Preamble to the Motion In November 2010, the Trans-European Division Executive Committee made four requests to the General Conference regarding Women in Leadership within the TED: (a) that the study of the theology of ordination is prioritised; (b) that the General Conference would review and amend its policies so that the wording is gender neutral and all leadership pathways are open to male and female; (c) that a variance to the model constitutions and bylaws be granted with the insertion of “conference and union presidents should be ordained/commissioned ministers” in its policy language; (d) that the General Conference grants permission to ordain women to the gospel ministry within the TED… Read more Right Side: also in the news Newbold Gap Year Students Visit Dembidollo, Ethiopia Newbold College Partners with Adventist Colleges Abroad Hope Channel Helped Me to Find Jesus ‘Look at the Reality’ Sweeney Tells Ministers features & analysis ‘Good preaching – What is it?’ How should we treat the newly elected leader
Issue Title: In this Issue Main Text: Change in Church’s Operations in the Middle East… 09 October 2011, Silver Springs, MD, USA [Miroslav Pujic, ted NEWS] The Seventh-day Adventist Church’s top officials, represented at the General Conference (GC) Annual Council, voted today to accept a recommendation to realign the mission fields of the Euro-Africa Division (EUD) and the Trans-European Division (TED). For the TED… Read more Adventist World Church Approves Urban Focus; New York City is First Launch Site 9 Oct 2011, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States [Elizabeth Lechleitner, ANN] Top leadership of the Seventh-day Adventist Church today endorsed a plan to evangelize the world’s cities, beginning in 2013 with New York City.
