The Trans-European Division (TED) of the General Conference is inviting all members in the British Union Conference (BUC) to complete the Global Church Membership Survey 2022 (GCMS 2022). The last GCMS survey was conducted in 2017 and the outcomes were valuable to both the TED and the BUC as they directed their mission and discipleship efforts.
How long does it take?
The survey takes around 45 minutes to complete. Please click on the link below for the survey.
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Deputy Director attends HM Queen Elizabeth II State Funeral
Angela Knight Jackson MBE, Deputy Director of Nursing Professional Development, NHS England, invited to attend HM Queen Elizabeth II’s State Funeral.
The State Funeral had two thousand people in attendance which included around two hundred people who were recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours and Jubilee celebrations in June 2022 who received an invitation to the State Funeral service at Westminster Abbey, on Monday, 19 September 2022. Charity founders, volunteers who are supporting…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2022-09-22/deputy-director-attends-hm-queen-elizabeth-ii-state-funeral/
Pastor and Mrs George Dadey Retire
The Retirement Service of Pastor & Mrs George Sekyi Dadey
The Reading Ghana Seventh-day Adventist Church became the destination of many church members in the UK on Sabbath, 3 September 2022. The event was the Retirement Service of Pastor George & Mrs Esther Dadey. The church was fully packed both morning and afternoon. Pastor Dadey preached in the morning on the topic, ‘The Church Militant Becomes the Church Triumphant’.
The actual Retirement Service took place in the afternoon, which was…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2022-09-22/pastor-and-mrs-george-dadey-retire/
Four get Baptised in the North Sea
Four get baptised in the North Sea After months of Bible studies and anticipation, four South Shields church young people got baptised on 10 September 2022 at Britain’s best beach. The weather looked bleak in the run-up to the baptism, with a chance of rain and high winds predicted; however, this did not stop Pastor Dan Majaducon from proceeding with the planned North Sea baptism of Arnold Joseph Fortuna, and three brothers, Leano Lemuel Samwinga, Luendo Lehae Samwinga, and Levi Liron…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2022-09-22/four-get-baptised-in-the-north-sea/
ATSS: Jim Walters on “Why We Need Religion”
21 September 2022 | Humans need a purpose for which to live, and religion addresses this existential need more adequately than any other discipline. Religion functions at the affective level, where we really live; its content may sometimes be fuzzy and even wrong, but that’s secondary. Teacher: James W. Walters is professor emeritus of ethics […] Source: https://atoday.org/atss-jim-walters-on-why-we-need-religion/