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Adventist Church Member Dr Mark Prince Receives OBE From Queen
'What is Truth?'. On Sabbath 17 November 2018, Dr Mark Prince, preached in his own unique, and dynamic way to a packed church. Wood Green had never before witnessed so many visiting friends joining its regular members for worship on a Sabbath morning. God has surely used the personal tragedy in M...
BUC Religious Liberty Vision 2019
This year the British Union Conference (BUC) intends to build on its vision for Public Affairs and Religious Liberty (PARL). The aim is to promote PARL as an integral facet of the Church in the UK where we can build our understanding of social interaction whilst sharing our faith in an uninhibite...
Adventists and War – 100 years on since Armistice Day, 11 November 1918
It was called 'the war to end all wars'. Sadly, history tells another tale. Despite the WWI deaths of 17 million soldiers, with the injury of 21 million more, the Imperial War Museum in London records that war has taken place every single year since, killing an estimated 187 million people. Thi...
Stanborough Park Pastor To Join Buc Secretariat Team
On Thursday 13 September the British Union Conference (BUC) Executive Committee voted to appoint Pastor Jacques Venter as BUC Associate Executive Secretary. Pastor Paul Lockham, who currently serves in this role, will work together with Jacques for a period of four months, before taking early ret...
Adventists Contribute to Royal Wedding
1.9 billion people who watched the royal wedding around the world on 19 May, would have seen in the midst of the usual pomp and circumstance associated with these events a rather significant spiritual tone. This was evident through the familiar hymns, scriptural passages, a rousing address that c...
2018 Adventist Mission Film Contest
The Office of Adventist Mission at the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists announces the 2018 film contest titled “My Story, My Mission.” Students around the world are invited to creatively express, in one minute or less, what mission means in their lives. The contest was officially laun...
Runners Brave the Cold for ADRA Fun Run 2018
It would have been so much easier to stay at home in a warm bed, but many runners came out to brave the cold to take part in this year's ADRA fun run. Held in the familiar site of Crystal Palace Park, over 100 people supported the annual event which was held on Sunday 29 April. At these events th...
February Diversity Lecture - Being a Muslim woman in the UK
The Newbold Diversity Centre's February event was a lecture called 'Being a Muslim woman in the UK'. The lecturer was Julie Siddiqi, a well-known broadcaster and writer, and former Director of the Muslim Society of Great Britain. A Newbold student focus group had asked for more lectures on the qu...
Home Schooling Call for Evidence ‒ Government Consultation
Dr Brighton Kavaloh, the founder and director of the Advent Religio-Legal Perspective has forwarded to us two documents with regards to the Government consultation 'Elective home education: call for evidence' , launched on 10 April 2018. Check the following link for the Briefing Paper 'Home E...
New Colouring Book for Adults Helps Spiritual Creativity
Do you ever find yourself doodling around the edges of your meeting notes? Perhaps you even find that your accidental art work helps you concentrate. That is the rationale behind a colouring book for adults released by the Women's Ministries department of the Trans-European Division. Based around...
REFLECTIONS ON THE NEW FOCUS MAGAZINE
The last few months has been one of the most conflicted, pain racked periods since World War II. A snap election that engaged more young people than ever with results that confused the pollsters. We have seen terror motivated atrocities in Manchester, London and other world centres. There has bee...
ADRA'S FINAL CALL... DO SOMETHING!
Annual Appeal which ends this coming Sunday 9 April for the majority of the UK and on the 16 April for those in the Greater London area.
MOVING BEYOND IMMATURE FAITH – A PSYCHIATRIST'S PERSPECTIVE
First Diversity Lecture of 2017 held at Newbold College
ADVENTISTS GROUPS AND CHOIR ON TV AND RADIO CHRISTMAS DAY
The 2016 Christmas Day broadcasting schedule sees Adventist music featuring throughout the day
1000th EDITION COMPETITION WINNERS
Competiton winners.