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A Reason to be Green - a spiritual response to COP27
A Reason to be Green A spiritual reflection in response to COP27 When sin entered the world through Adam and Eve's decision to disobey God, it did not only damage the connection between humanity and the Creator. Nature that was once perfectly conceived by God to be in harmony with human beings en...
Adventist Community Services Addresses Energy & Fuel Crisis
"Don't look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too" Philippians 2:4 (NLT) Earlier this year, Sharon Platt-McDonald, Director of Adventist Community Services (ACS), Health & Women's Ministries at the British Union Conference (BUC) developed and launched the ACTS of S...
Young Leeds Artist Contributes to UK Art Scene
The World Reimagined sees 10 trails of Globe sculptures across 7 cities, London, Birmingham, Bristol, Swansea, Liverpool City Region, Leeds and Leicester created by 100+ artists responding to themes ranging from 'Mother Africa' and 'The Reality of Being Enslaved' to 'Still We Rise' and 'Expanding...
Flourishing Together - Whatever the Challenge
"This has been the most relevant, timely and impactful training I have received this year!" The enthused comment came from an attendee at the 'Let's Flourish Together!', BUC Women's Ministries event led by Karen Holford, TED director for Women, Family and Children's Ministries. Realising the sco...
Death of Ronald Valerius Edwards
We were saddened to learn of the death of Pastor Ron Edwards. It is currently understood that he passed away on 8 September 2022. However, we are waiting for confirmation. Pastor Ron was born on 21 October 1932 in Sevenoaks, Kent. Pastor Ron completed a BA in Theology from Avondale College, Austr...
BUC President Leads Field Leaders to Commemorate Pastor Appreciation Day
Christians around the world acknowledge October as Pastor Appreciation Month. The General Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (GC) have designated Sabbath 8 October as Pastor Appreciation Day. Pastor Eglan Brooks, British Union Conference (BUC) President, leads senior church leaders to...
Basil Powell (former BUC Treasurer's) Funeral
We are saddened to announce the death of Basil Powell on 12th September. He died peacefully at home. His funeral service is at 11am on 7th October at Stanborough Park Church. His burial is at Tring Cemetery 1pm (Aylesbury Road, Tring HP23 4DH). Basil served as Treasurer of the BUC and when he ret...
Young Men Will Dream
The Internship Symposium organised by the British Union Conference (BUC) Ministerial Association took place from 20-22 September. Interns and their supervisors from across the British Isles gathered at the Union offices in order to share experiences and learn. The programme included many learning...
British Union Conference Executive Votes New Strategic Plan
On 15 September, the British Union Conference (BUC) Executive Committee voted to adapt a new strategic plan to guide its operations from January 2023. Focusing on 12 key priorities, the plan addresses not only the spiritual mission of the Church and the implementation of the GC, 'I WILL GO' initi...
ADRA-UK Joins NGOs to Lobby Government on Horn of Africa
On 20 September a cohort from an informal syndicate of 15 Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) visited No 10 Downing Street with a petition signed by 30,237 people urging, the new Prime Minister, Liz Truss, to fund the humanitarian response in the Horn of Africa. Currently, there are 50 million ...
General Conference Invites Members to Complete Their Survey
The Trans-European Division (TED) of the General Conference is inviting all members in the British Union Conference (BUC) to complete the Global Church Membership Survey 2022 (GCMS 2022). The last GCMS survey was conducted in 2017 and the outcomes were valuable to both the TED and the BUC as they...
Deputy Director attends HM Queen Elizabeth II State Funeral
Angela Knight Jackson MBE, Deputy Director of Nursing Professional Development, NHS England, invited to attend HM Queen Elizabeth II's State Funeral. The State Funeral had two thousand people in attendance which included around two hundred people who were recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honour...
Four get Baptised in the North Sea
Four get baptised in the North Sea After months of Bible studies and anticipation, four South Shields church young people got baptised on 10 September 2022 at Britain's best beach. The weather looked bleak in the run-up to the baptism, with a chance of rain and high winds predicted; however, this...
The Soul of a Nation
At this time of national mourning, BUC News has asked two church leaders to reflect on the social context of her passing in a 21st century globalised world and biblical lessons that we can learn from this historical event. Pastor David Neal (TED Communication & Media Director), writes the first p...
UK Church Leaders Reflect on Meeting Queen Elizabeth II
UK Church Leaders Reflect on Meeting Queen Elizabeth II Since the death of Queen Elizabeth II, on Thursday 8 September, people around the country have recalled their meetings with the Queen. BUC News speaks to Pastor Richard Jackson, former President of the North England Conference and current ...