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Adventurer Bible Experience – Newbold College – Union Final
Imagine a large hall filled with over 40 teams consisting of 6 Adventurer age children in each team. Imagine the noise! Then try and imagine that same hall with that same large group of children concentrating deeply on answering difficult Bible questions about the Gospel of Luke. You have imagine...
BUC Celebrates International Women's Day 2019
The International Women's Day Celebration, which was hosted by the Development Education Department of ADRA-UK in partnership with ADRA-UK, Adventist Community Services and Women's Ministries Departments both under the directorship of Sharon Platt-McDonald, was, according to ADRA's Cathy Boldeau,...
BUC Executive Adopts New Policy on Domestic Abuse
At the British Union Conference (BUC) Executive Committee held on Thursday 14 March, the adoption of a new policy on domestic abuse was ratified. The policy was presented and developed by BUC Family Ministries director Pastor Leslie Ackie received uniformed appreciated and consensus by the commit...
BUC Pathfinder Bible Experience Sees Unprecedented Results
It was a proud spectacle to behold seeing over 800 young people assemble at Newbold College of Higher Education for the British Union Conference (BUC) regional finals of the Pathfinder Bible Experience (PBE). The event held on Sabbath 9 March saw over 28 Pathfinder clubs that had successfully pro...
ADRA-UK Highlights International Women's Day
On Friday 8 March, the United Nations marks the 108th International Women's Day (IWD) ‒ an occasion to celebrate women's social, economic, political and cultural achievements around the world, as well as to advocate for gender parity. This year's theme, Balance for Better, focuses on creating a...
Saving Planet Earth – Can We? Should We?
There is one issue that affects everyone on the planet, whether or not we want to recognise it. Our attitude to general environmental breakdown and the multiple ecological crises which is affecting us all was the subject of the March Diversity Lecture at Newbold College of Higher Education. On th...
Communicators and IT Specialist Attend GAiN Conference
Each year Communication directors assemble from within the General Conference vicinity to keep abreast of the ever-changing world of media. The conference known as GAiN (Global Adventist Internet Network) has seen steady growth in attendance since its commencement in 2003 when a group of the Chur...
Pastors in Britain Join in GC Evangelism Thrust in Jamaica
The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Inter-America celebrated in Jamaica on Sabbath 9 February 2019, as more than 8,000 people crowded the Montego Bay Convention Center and an overflow area to worship and witness the results of intense evangelistic efforts and community-impact events across the is...
BUC Induction for New and Transitional Ministers
The British Union Conference (BUC) Ministerial department under the directorship of Pastor Eglan Brooks, held five days of training designed to better equip ministers for ministry within the UK and Ireland. Held at the BUC board room from Sunday 20th to Thursday 24th January 2019, 22 ministers fr...
UNITY – BUC Youth Day of Fellowship 2019
The British Union Conference (BUC) Youth Day of Fellowship took place this year on Sabbath 26 January 2019 at the Dominion Centre in Wood Green, London. It was a day in which more than 2,200 youth travelled from all over the British Union ‒ Ireland, Scotland and Wales, North and South England. Th...
New BUC Documentary Highlights the Early Beginnings of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the British Isles
How well do you know the history of how the Adventist Church started in the UK and Ireland? I must confess that having spent six years studying for the ministry I have never gone into too much detail about how the Church started where I was born, raised and have pastored for the past 25 years. My...
An Immigration Personal Testimony
On 11 November 2018, our family was granted the right to live in the UK after so many years of struggling with the Home Office. Our final court case was held on 17 August 2018 in Birmingham and coming out of the Home Office tribunal victorious, we thanked God and thanked friends and family who ha...
UK SDA Lawyers Signposting Service (UKSLSS)
On 3 November 2018 we launched the UK SDA Lawyers Signposting Service where the British Union Conference (BUC) introduced an initiative to assist our church members within the territory with a legal signposting resource to assist members with legal issues. The aim is to ensure that if a church me...
Croydon Adventist church on BBC Radio 4 Sunday service
Croydon Seventh-day Adventist church are no novices when it comes to engaging with the media. With gospel choirs that tour the country performing in prestigious venues and regular members appearing on Songs of Praise, the invitation to be the host church for the weekly BBC Radio 4 Sunday service ...
Stanborough School's Centenary Celebrations
On Sabbath 6th and Sunday 7th July 2019, the British Union Conference (BUC) will be joining Stanborough Primary and Secondary School in celebrating 100 years of Adventist Education. In the autumn of 1918, Stanborough College (forerunner to Newbold College) opened an elementary department for the ...