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Vol 124 Issue 09

Vol 124 Issue 09

Member Retention - Top of General Conference Agenda

10 May 2019

BUC Ministerial Council 2019

It's not often ministerial staff from within the British Union Conference (BUC) come together, so this event, planned by the Ministerial department of the BUC was a welcomed occasion. Held from Friday 3 until Monday 6 May, this extended weekend gave ministers the unique opportunity to fellowship,...

9 May 2019

ADRA-UK Project in Ghana

Bert Smit, CEO of ADRA-UK, recently paid a visit to Ghana – home of our recent BAAT (Bono Asante Atea) Project. This project, co-funded by the European Commission and ADRA-UK, will assist cashew nut farmers in the cashew belt of Ghana. The cashew nut has risen to become the second largest foreign...

9 May 2019

Holy Land Visit Brings Attendees Back to the Bible

A group of Seventh-day Adventists along with their friends visited Israel to visit places associated with the Bible. Familiar sites such as the River Jordan, Galilee, Gethsemane, Bethany, Mount of Olives, Golgotha are a few of the forty-five places that the group visited. They walked through Heze...

8 May 2019

BUC Pathfinders Excel in North American Division Level Testing Finals

On Sabbath 27 April, 210 teams each consisting of up to seven Pathfinders assembled at Rock Valley College in Rockford, Illinois, to take part in the North American Division (NAD) Pathfinder Bible Experience (PBE) Division finals. Teams came from all Unions across America, Canada and the British ...

3 May 2019

Seventh-day Adventist Becomes CEO of Christian Aid

This week the BUC office had as a visitor, Amanda Khozi Mukwashi, Chief Executive Officer of Christian Aid. Amanda who took up her position just last year in April 2018 is the first Seventh-day Adventist to hold such a post. Christian Aid has always been a pivotal charity organisation within the ...

2 May 2019

BUC Ministerial Council 2019 Coming soon

This weekend 3-6 May, over 400 minsters and their families from within the British Union Conference will be spending the bank holiday period in a time of spiritual, physical and social refreshment and renewal. This precious time will enable ministers and departmental directors to spend valuable t...

2 May 2019

Vol 124 Issue 08

Vol 124 Issue 08

Sometimes it is Just too Much

19 April 2019

Adventists Perform on Easter Sunday Songs of Praise

Ken Burton, and a number of Adventist singers, were heavily featured in BBC1's Songs of Praise in two Easter programmes filmed in Jerusalem, specially commissioned by the BBC as part of the BBC 'Year of Belief' season. The first programme, aired on 14 April, followed Holy Week, and featured six s...

17 April 2019

A Mother's Love

A special programme dedicated to mothers took place at the Hackney Seventh-day Adventist church on Sabbath 6 April in recognition of mothers' day. Sabbath School Superintendent, Maria Vinas, said, "A mother's love is nurturing and enables her children to grow. A mother's love is faithful ‒ she en...

17 April 2019