Former directors, church leaders and researchers gathered at Avondale University to celebrate 50 years of the Ellen G White Research Centre and reflect on its role in preserving Adventist history and supporting mission in the South Pacific.
Tag: lyndelle peterson
Each conference was represented at Converge, with a significant number of people—around 90—coming from Western Australia for the first time.
The Church Next consultation provided space for participants to examine current societal, economic and political trends and to evaluate existing missional strategies within the Church in Australia.
More than 80 theology students sat through the Disciple-Making and Movement-Building symposium.
Organised annually by the AUC, the camp provides intensive training to help equip future pastors for practical ministry.
The annual Ministerial Interns Camp is organised by the AUC and for the first time, this year’s camp was co-led by representatives from the New Zealand Pacific Union Conference.
Pastor Lyndelle Peterson has experience in the role already after acting as associate to Dr Brendan Pratt, who will take up a position at the General Conference.
Unprecedented church growth across Papua New Guinea has led to an explosion of new church attendees and more than 6000 new branch churches, causing a shortage of trained pastors, leaders and resources for retaining new members.
Special guest speaker Curtis Hall travelled across seven conferences, visiting 24 locations to undertake Sabbath school training with SS leaders, facilitators and attendees.
