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Death of Pastor Jack Sequeira

Death of Pastor Jack Sequeira

Pastor Jack Sequeira was born on 25 September 1932, in Nairobi, Kenya, to parents from Goa, India. Sequeira lived a long and fruitful life. He suffered a disabling stroke and fell asleep in the Lord on 26 March 2022 at a hospital in Portland, Oregon. Sequeira served the Seventh-day Adventist Chur...

6 April 2022

Dr Stephen Currow appointed as Newbold’s Next Principal

Dr Stephen Currow appointed as Newbold’s Next Principal

On 1 April, the Trans-European Division Executive Committee ratified the recommendation from the Newbold College of Higher Education Board of Governors, to appoint Dr Stephen J Currow as the new Principal of the College. Dr Currow assumes full leadership responsibilities with immediate effect. Dr...

1 April 2022

‘DO GOOD’ - ADRA-UK launches its 2022 Appeal

‘DO GOOD’ - ADRA-UK launches its 2022 Appeal

On 24 February 2022, as all legal Covid restrictions were lifted in England, the Ukraine crisis began. Just as we believed that life here in the UK was returning to 'normal', the people of Ukraine entered an era of mass displacement, loss of homes and livelihoods because of military action. Your ...

25 March 2022

Video footage of Stanborough Press, 95 years ago in 1927

Video footage of Stanborough Press, 95 years ago in 1927

A three-part video footage of the Stanborough Press and the publishing work in the United Kingdom filmed in 1927 is now digitised and added to the BUC News YouTube channel

24 March 2022

Pathfinders respond to the call for baptism

Pathfinders respond to the call for baptism

There was excitement around Newbold College on Sabbath 12 March as Pathfinders and Adventurers arrived from across the British Union for the Union level testing. The day's event was a little different from the norm as it began with most teams arriving on time between 9.00 am and 10.00 am for regi...

24 March 2022

Doncaster Bible Adventurers reach the summit

Doncaster Bible Adventurers reach the summit

Belfast 2022: Tracing the First Footsteps of Doncaster Bible Adventurers

24 March 2022

Home Office immigration team partners with an Adventist lay ministry for understanding.

Home Office immigration team partners with an Adventist lay ministry for understanding.

Six Home Office officials from specialist units of the UK immigration department engaged with nearly 200 attendees in a webinar discussion to build trust and understanding with the community. The event on 5 March was organised and facilitated by an elder of the Milton Keynes Seventh-day Adventist...

24 March 2022

Scottish Mission Adventurer club achieve a first place in a UK-wide Adventurer Bible Experience

Scottish Mission Adventurer club achieve a first place in a UK-wide Adventurer Bible Experience

The Forth Valley District Wildcats Adventurer club accomplished a special achievement on Sabbath 12 March when they participated in an Adventurer Bible Experience at Newbold College. They achieved a "First Place" in a competition that tested their collective knowledge of two books of the Bible. 2...

18 March 2022

Four go down for Jesus at Stanborough Secondary School

Four go down for Jesus at Stanborough Secondary School

Four students from Stanborough Secondary School were baptised this morning, Friday 11 March, at the end of their annual Week of Prayer. The RE teacher, Pastor Ray Patrick, who conducted the Week of Prayer, immersed Hazel, Fae, T'oluwani and Judah in the portable pool. Their peers, teachers and cl...

11 March 2022

UKRAINE APPEAL UPDATE (2) Tuesday 8 March 2022

UKRAINE APPEAL UPDATE (2) Tuesday 8 March 2022

Dear Friends Imagine that you had to leave your home with nothing more than the clothes on your back and a small walk-on suitcase. Imagine that you are a woman with two small children. You are fleeing your country not knowing whether you will ever return home or see your spouse again. You are now...

11 March 2022

A worship experience with the Ukrainian London Adventist Church

A worship experience with the Ukrainian London Adventist Church

Some months ago, I accepted a request to share the Word of God with the Ukrainian church in London. The appointment coincidentally fell on Sabbath 5 March, just several days into the current conflict in Ukraine. As the conflict has escalated, the world's focus has been on dealing with the injusti...

11 March 2022

Through the eyes of an African woman – the Climate Crisis

Through the eyes of an African woman – the Climate Crisis

Newbold March Diversity Lectures

11 March 2022

Generous response to Scottish Mission Ukraine appeal

Generous response to Scottish Mission Ukraine appeal

A Scottish Mission Pound-for-Pound matching challenge has raised more than £15 000 to date and there are still four days to go.

10 March 2022

Breaking Biases

Breaking Biases

From suffragettes to supervisors, from revolutions to rights, from struggles to successes, women have been striving for decades for an equitable and inclusive existence, void of discrimination, stereotype and bias. This determination has paved the way for International Women's Days like this year...

9 March 2022

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