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International Women’s Day – A Christian Perspective
“The Lord has a work for women as well as for men. They may take their places in His work at this crisis, and He will work through them” (Ellen G White – Welfare Ministry, p. 145).
2025-03-06T19:08:45.172Z
‘Accelerate Action’: A pastor’s voice on equality for women
This year, International Women’s Day (IWD), 8 March, highlights a theme that reflects women’s current struggles and aspirations worldwide. Women are still seeking to be included, heard, respected, valued, and treated fairly. The world’s population is over 8 billion 62 million. Women make up rough...
2025-03-06T18:53:41.609Z
Embracing the Call: Equipping New Pastors for Dynamic Ministry in the British Isles
This year’s annual induction and orientation programme for new pastors took place at the British Union Conference (BUC) offices in Watford from Sabbath, 11 to Thursday, 16 January. The event was coordinated by the Ministerial Association Secretary of the BUC, Pastor Samuel Ouadjo and his team, Ka...
2025-01-23T22:47:16.431Z
BUC STATEMENTS – 8 NOV 24
The British Union Conference (BUC) continues to support the South England Conference (SEC) as they expedite the planned process pertaining to a non-recent sexual child abuse case that Channel 4 News ran last Tuesday, 29 October 2024. We understand that the SEC is arranging a meeting with the surv...
2024-11-08T14:18:07.000Z
If You See Something, Say Something - Responding to Abuse
Recent shocking revelations in the national press have rocked the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the British Union Conference to its foundations and sent reverberations around the world Church. The exposure of evil in our community of faith is a sobering reminder that we ought to "Be sober, be v...
2024-11-08T11:00:52.000Z
Safeguarding – A Biblical Mandate
A quote of disputed origin claims that "The measure of a civilisation is how it treats its weakest members." While the source of the reference may be in doubt, the truth of the sentiment resonates with the plethora of biblical calls to advocate and act on behalf of the vulnerable. The psalmist ur...
2024-11-01T09:12:12.000Z
How to Heal
"'But I will restore you to health and heal your wounds,' declares the Lord,…" Jeremiah 30:17 We sat in reflective silence, processing the words just spoken over the several hours it took to share her story. Recounting the catalogue of childhood traumas and the subsequent repercussions in her adu...
2024-11-01T07:11:18.000Z
I Can Only Imagine.
I grew up scared of God – really scared of Him. I remember, as a 5-year-old, the terror I felt when I was told that if I was naughty, I wouldn't go to heaven. Of course, I was never naughty, but I was often good for the wrong reasons. I can't pretend that as a pre-schooler, I knew what heaven w...
2024-10-25T08:29:10.000Z