Wales - News
Pastor Ian Sweeney Elected for a TED Post
Pastor Ian Sweeney, President of the British Union Conference (BUC), has been voted to a new position of Field Secretary at the Trans-European Division (TED). The vote came about after an end of year meeting by the Division's Executive Committee members on Sunday, 14 November 2021. Sweeney respon...
15 November 2021
BUC Departmental Changes for the Next Quinquennium
Here is a list of the officers, departmental directors and executive committee members for the next quinquennium Nominating Committee Report Administrators: Pastor Ian Sweeney - President Pastor John Surridge - Executive Secretary Mr Wederly Aguiar - Treasurer Pastor Jacques Venter - Associate Ex...
22 October 2021
BUC Session Administrational Reports
Thursday at Session ‘Be Thou My Vision, O Lord of my heart’ – the opening prayerful 8th century words of the English hymn with an Irish tune, set the tone of the Ninth Quinquennial Session of the British Union Conference (BUC). A session which takes place during incredibly challenging times, post...
22 October 2021
Welsh Mission Day of Fellowship and Ordination
On Sabbath 18 September, for the first time since the lockdown, members from within the Welsh Mission territory were able to come together for a Day of Fellowship. Held at the Holiday Inn hotel conference suite in Newport, approximately 200 people assembled wearing their masks and in their 'famil...
29 September 2021
BUC Session Postponed
On Thursday 10 June 2021 the British Union Conference (BUC) Executive Committee voted to postpone the BUC Session from its previously scheduled dates of Thursday 8 and Friday 9 July 2021. This is primarily because the hotel we had been planning to use was requisitioned for government use at the t...
11 June 2021
Death of Pastor Rafael Luz
We were saddened to learn of the death of Pastor Rafael Luz on 5 April 2021. Pastor Luz was born on 15 May 1967 in Brazil. On 21 August 2005 he married Sheilla Ferraz and their union brought about Shawn and Timothy. Pastor Luz joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church denominational service in the ...
14 April 2021
Seasonal Year End Messages From the Presidents
Pastor Ian Sweeney - President British Union Conference On behalf of the British Union Conference, I would like to extend season's greetings to all our church family. Quite obviously 2020 has been a most remarkable year which has been defined by Covid-19 and all the devastation that has been left...
17 December 2020
24 Members Trained and Equipped for Evangelism in Wales
This year started with great pomp and ceremony as January 1 rang out. But within two months that joy and euphoria was short-lived as the United Kingdom and the whole world experienced a darkness that came over it in the form of Covid-19. Nobody expected it to last as long as it has, nobody experi...
17 December 2020
BUC Presents: Three Cosmic Messages with Mark Finley
This 13-part series goes into the heart of the biblical book of Revelation providing you with a clear and deeper understanding of the events surrounding the last days in light of the Three Angels Messages of Revelation 14.
21 November 2020