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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...
2022-09-22T13:40:11.000Z
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...
2022-09-22T12:33:33.000Z
Pastor and Mrs George Dadey Retire
The Retirement Service of Pastor & Mrs George Sekyi Dadey The Reading Ghana Seventh-day Adventist Church became the destination of many church members in the UK on Sabbath, 3 September 2022. The event was the Retirement Service of Pastor George & Mrs Esther Dadey. The church was fully packed both...
2022-09-22T12:01:11.000Z
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...
2022-09-22T11:45:16.000Z
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...
2022-09-16T10:04:46.000Z
ADRA Trustee Recalls Meeting Queen Twice
ADRA Trustee Recalls Meeting The Queen Twice In 2002, Her Majesty the Queen visited Jamaica as part of her Golden Jubilee celebrations. After she had visited downtown Kingston to visit a very troubled area of the capital, Her Majesty paid a visit to the British High Commission, where I was workin...
2022-09-16T07:14:27.000Z
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 ...
2022-09-16T07:00:39.000Z
Encounters with The Queen: A personal memory
"What a privilege to shake the hand of a British monarch who has, in the words of Robert Hardman, “Travelled further than all her predecessors put together…lived longer than any of them…known more historical figures than any living person and played a major role in transforming Britain from an imperial power to a multicultural nation.”
2022-09-09T17:16:31.000Z
Remembering Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II
We join with the people of the United Kingdom, the nations of the Commonwealth and the world, in expressing sincere condolences to the Royal Family on the death of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. Her death marks the end of the modern Elizabethan era giving 70 years of dedicated service as Britai...
2022-09-08T18:04:24.000Z
Urgent Prayers Needed
This afternoon, we learned that the Royal Family have gathered at Balmoral amid concerns for the Queen's health. As the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, we would like to extend our prayers to her and her family at this challenging time. We live in un...
2022-09-08T16:42:00.000Z