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"…. let your good deeds shine out for all to see so that everyone will praise your heavenly Father." Matthew 5:16 (NLT) On Sabbath, 25 February 2023, there was much praise and thanksgiving to God, as Government agencies recognised the 'good deeds' of Tottenham Lighthouse Seventh-day Adventist ch...
3 March 2023
Intensive Interviews at Newbold College for Prospective Pastors
The leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the UK and Ireland gathered at Newbold College for an intensive series of interviews with the students from Monday, 20 to Wednesday, 22 February. They interviewed nine undergraduate students with the view to sponsoring them for their postgraduate...
24 February 2023
ADRA Advocates for Peace
On the first anniversary of the Ukraine conflict, ADRA-UK joins with members of the ADRA network to advocate for a peaceful end to the conflict. "To some men, peace merely means the liberty to exploit other people without fear of retaliation or interference. To others, peace means the freedom to ...
24 February 2023
Turkey/Syria Earthquake: ADRA Update 2
On Monday, 20 February, two weeks after two devastating earthquakes killed thousands of people in Turkey and Syria, an aftershock of 6.3 magnitude struck Turkey's southern Hatay province near the Syrian border. ADRA staff are on the ground and continue to work in these challenging conditions. Let...
23 February 2023
Can Vegan Food be Tasty?
Even though the Seventh-day Adventist Church encourages a plant-based diet, many still think plant-based food is bland, boring, and not for them. Susanne Kirlew helps you change that view. This outdated view is still in the minds of some of us. How do I know? That is how I used to think before I ...
22 February 2023
Turkey & Syria Earthquake Update - ADRA Continues to Save Lives
By the time most of you read this report, it will be 12 days since the Kahramanmaras earthquake affected the borders of south-eastern Turkey and north-western Syria. The disaster has been dubbed the worst in modern history in the region as the death toll passes 41,000. ADRA continues to escalate ...
16 February 2023
A Prayer Corner at Harper Bell Seventh-day Adventist School
A prayer corner at Harper Bell Seventh-day Adventist School results from a five-year relationship between the North England Conference (NEC) Area 5 prayer team and the school's Headmaster, Mr Nigel Oram. The connection was initiated in 2018 by Mrs Judith Asare, a member of the Parent Teacher As...
9 February 2023
ADRA Responds to Turkey Syria Earthquake
On Monday, 6 February, hours after an earthquake of 7.8-magnitude struck south-eastern Turkey and Syria, followed by an aftershock of 7.5, ADRA-UK launched an Emergency Appeal. In the past two days, thanks to your generosity, we have raised more than £20,000. Let's provide you with an update abou...
9 February 2023
Sharon Platt-McDonald speaks to BBC Three Counties Radio
'Taking Action on Mental Wellbeing'
9 February 2023
Unexpected Blessings for Coventry North Ministry to Community
Coventry North Seventh-day Adventist church opens its doors to the community every Wednesday at 1:00 pm to run a social supermarket to help families struggling with the cost-of-living crisis. Under the leadership of Brother Kingsley Forbis, the church has been running this social supermarket for ...
2 February 2023
Five Youth from Wellingborough Church Commit Their Lives to Christ
The Wellingborough Seventh-day Adventist church started 2023 on a high note witnessing young five lives give themselves to God through baptism on the first Sabbath of the year on 7 January 2023. At the Kettering Adventist church in Northamptonshire, where the baptism took place, it was a unique a...
1 February 2023
Adventist Lifestyle Extolled in Channel 4 Documentary 'How to Live to 100'
Former Channel 4 News anchorman Jon Snow commended the Adventist lifestyle in a documentary, How to Live to 100 . The two-part documentary on Channel 4 was shown on Sunday, 15 and Sunday, 22 January 2023 at 6:45 pm. In this two-part documentary, in which Snow ventures out across the world to fin...
27 January 2023
Reflecting Hope – your missionary initiative
All entities within the BUC territory will organise specific events in the coming months culminating with an evangelistic proclamation of the gospel during the last two weeks of May. This is Reflecting Hope!
27 January 2023
BUC Orientation and Induction for new ministers and interns
Photos by Kofi Osei Owusu and Sam Davies
26 January 2023