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Tottenham Lighthouse Celebrates Five Years of Service and Community Impact
Photography by Joshua Amartey
6 November 2025
‘Called to Be Faithful’ – BUC Adventist Educators Association Conference UK
A day of connection, renewal & purpose
6 November 2025
ADRA-UK Launches Emergency Appeal for Communities Affected by Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica
On Wednesday, 29 October, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency UK (ADRA-UK) launched an urgent fundraising appeal in response to the severe devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa across Jamaica. Entire communities have been destroyed, families displaced, and critical infrastructure signif...
6 November 2025
Seventh-day Adventist Schools Lead the Way in 21st-Century AI-Enhanced Teaching
As the UK Government announced on 4 November that a new national curriculum will include lessons on budgeting, mortgages, and the safe use of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Seventh-day Adventist schools in the British Union Conference (BUC) are already well ahead. Just one day earlier, on 3 Nove...
6 November 2025
Faith and Health: A Gospel-Centred Partnership for Wholeness
Faith leaders and healthcare professionals came together in St Albans to promote whole-person wellbeing through faith, service, and collaboration. On 29 October, the St Albans Seventh-day Adventist church opened its doors to host a special community initiative – the One Vision Faith and Health Bo...
6 November 2025
Adventist Women Impacting Their Communities
Our British Union Conference (BUC) Women’s Ministries Department continues to acknowledge Seventh-day Adventist women who are positively impacting their communities. We continue this series by spotlighting Cynthia Osei-Owusu – Consultant and Director of People and Culture, award-winning HR profes...
6 November 2025
The Death of God in Europe
In this thought-provoking feature, retired pastor, Ebenezer Jones-Lartey reflects on the dramatic decline of Christianity across Europe — once the heartland of missionary activity, now a mission field in urgent need of renewal. He explores what this shift means for the Church today and how faith ...
6 November 2025
A Time to Keep and a Time to Throw Away
“A time to keep and a time to throw away” (Ecclesiastes 3:6, NIV). My daughter laughed, a deep belly laugh. “Dial-up telephones? What are you talking about?” She vaguely remembers the cordless phone from her early childhood. Still, she belongs to a generation that grew up in the age of mobile tec...
6 November 2025
Enoch Kanagaraj Appointed Deputy Lieutenant for Hertfordshire
His Majesty King Charles III has approved the appointment of Enoch Kanagaraj BEM, founder and Chief Executive of One Vision charity and member of Stanborough Park Seventh-day Adventist church, as a Deputy Lieutenant for Hertfordshire, appointed by The Lord-Lieutenant, Robert Voss CBE CStJ. This r...
6 November 2025
30 Years of Women’s Ministries: Celebrating the Journey
A Legacy of Vision and Mission This year marks a significant milestone – 30 years since the official establishment of Women’s Ministries within the global Seventh-day Adventist Church. The journey of women’s empowerment and ministry began as early as 1898 when Mrs Sarepta Myrenda Irish Henry pion...
23 October 2025
Welsh Mission Triennial Session 2025: Shining Bright Like Diamonds
The Welsh Mission’s 2025 Triennial Session, taking place on Sunday, 27 September in Newport, Wales, commenced with prayer, reflection, and heartfelt gratitude for God’s guidance. Delegates, officers, and pastors from all over Wales and the British Union Conference (BUC) assembled to welcome atten...
9 October 2025
Community Spirit Shines at Swansea Adventist Church Market Fundraiser
On Sunday, 5 October, Swansea Seventh-day Adventist church was filled with energy, generosity, and fellowship as it hosted an Indoor Market Fundraiser in support of its vibrant youth ministry. The event served as a heartwarming example of what can be achieved when a church family and its wider co...
9 October 2025
Dr Robbie Addaih Honoured for Outstanding Service to Humanity
Members of the West Bletchley Seventh-day Adventist Community church in Milton Keynes joined in celebrating one of their own, Dr Robbie Addaih, who was recently recognised for his exemplary dedication to humanitarian service and community empowerment. Dr Addaih received a Distinguished Service Aw...
9 October 2025
Adventists Honoured at UK Gospel Music Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
On Saturday evening, 4 October, the UK gospel music landscape witnessed a historic moment as the inaugural Gospel Music Hall of Fame United Kingdom Induction Ceremony celebrated the genre’s pioneers and legends at the magnificent Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church, where on 29 October 1961, Dr Mar...
9 October 2025
The Church and Women: Gender, Culture, Scripture, and Leadership Can the Seventh-day Adventist Church learn from the Church of England?
Editor’s Introduction At BUC News , we welcome thoughtful reflections that explore relevant issues shaping faith, society, and leadership. In this article, Dr Jude Jeanville offers a personal reflection on women in leadership – drawing lessons from the Church of England’s appointment of its firs...
9 October 2025