ADRA Albania launches renovated health center
The health center will offer free training, seminars, and courses about healthy lifestyle, stress relief, weight reduction, and the monitoring and fighting of important cardiovascular risk factors for all citizens in Tirana. Services offered are rehabilitation and physiotherapy, medical services, support, and advice.
ADRA Albania, the first not-for-profit organization that entered postcommunist Albania, is appreciated by government bodies and the civic society as well as their numerous beneficiaries. Apart from the “Love Your Heart” project, ADRA Albania is also simultaneously implementing other projects in conjunction with the Austrian Government/ADRA Austria (“Reflection! Action! Integration!”), Toms Shoes Inc., USA (massive distribution of donated shoes for unprivileged children) as well as ADRA Germany (“Reflect Second Chance”), thus enabling tens of thousands of beneficiaries.
For more information about current and recent projects of ADRA Albania, please visit www.adra.al. [tedNEWS]
Thailand symposium on biblical and evangelistic preaching
Through surveys and conversations with church pastors and church leaders of the Southeast Asia Union Mission, it was deemed essential that the most important need for pastors was addressing how to become great preachers. As a result, the symposium had an incredible and unexpected impact on all participants. Participants were challenged by these questions: Why should we preach? How should we preach? What should we preach?
The symposium on biblical and evangelistic preaching will be a historical and memorable event for the faculty of Religious Studies as well as for the Southeast Asia Union Mission. Everyone involved in the symposium unanimously and enthusiastically recommended another opportunity like this for the coming year. [Miguel Luna]
Evangelism in Malaysia
The Sarawak Mission, located on the island of Borneo, invited Willie E. Hucks II, associate ministerial secretary of the General Conference, to be the speaker for the November event, conducted at a venue in downtown Miri. The theme for the week’s presentations was “Joy in the Christian Life.” The evangelistic event formed a part of the larger emphasis of the Sarawak Mission, Southeast Asia Union Mission, and the Southern Asia-Pacific Division to proclaim the gospel through both one-on-one and larger-scale events.
According to Simon, “This event was not the culmination of local evangelism, because the next steps in the process will take a lot of effort and require more time to nurture and disciple the new believers.” [Terry Simon]
