Second International Conference on Adventist Theology and Mission in Africa Held at the Adventist University of Africa, Nairobi, Kenya
From August 30 to September 2, 2017, members of BRI participated in the 2nd International Conference on Adventist Theology and Mission in Africa, held at the Adventist University of Africa, Nairobi, Kenya. Frank Hasel and Clinton Wahlen, together with Michael Campbell of AIIAS and other presenters from across Africa examined the topic of “Biblical Hermeneutics:…
Read MoreInternational Bible and Mission Conference held in Sofia, Bulgaria
From May 29–31, 2017 BRI was involved in the International Bible and Mission Conference held in Sofia, Bulgaria. Artur Stele, Galina Stele, Elias Brasil de Souza, Jiří Moskala, and Kleber Gonsalves lectured to an audience of about seventy pastors who serve the Bulgarian Union of Seventh-day Adventist Churches.
Read MoreJapan Union Bible Conference
Japan has a population of 120 million, 13,000 of whom are Adventists. From January 25-28, 2010, the Japan Union organized a Bible Conference for its ministers and administrators. The five scholars of the Biblical Research Institute together with Jon Paulien of Loma Linda University and Merlin Burt of the White Estate provided a tight schedule of lectures on a…
Read MoreBible Conference held in Southern Asia Division
At the end of March and beginning of April 2015 a Division wide Bible Conference for pastors of the Southern Asia Division of Seventh-day Adventists took place in Hapur, India. This Bible conference as many others was organized by the Biblical Research Institute and the Southern Asia Division. Main lecturers were Dr. J. Moskala, Dr.…
Read MoreMinisterial Council held in Central Brazil Union
On February 1-5, 2015, Artur Stele, Ekkehardt Mueller, and Ángel Manuel Rodríguez were guest speakers for the Ministerial Council of the Central Brazil Union in Sao Paulo, Brazil. They spoke to more than 600 pastors about ecclesiology, eschatology, and current trends in Adventist Theology. The attendees were actively involved in the Q&A session that concluded…
Read MoreBible Conference held in South Brazil
On August 2, 2014, Ekkehardt Mueller and Elias Brasil de Souza were guest speakers for the Bible Conference held in the city of Porto Alegre in the South of Brazil. During the Sabbath they spoke to more than 500 church elders, bible workers, and pastors of the Rio Grande do Sul central conference about the…
Read MoreBible Conference held in Almaty, Kazakhstan
BRI with the support of the Euro Asia Division held a Bible Conference in the city of Almaty, Kazakhstan, September 5-10, 2013. Lecturers from the General Conference and the Euro-Asia Division gave seminars on biblical, theological, and practical topics to an audience of about one hundred pastors of the Southern Union. Artur Stele, Ángel M.…
Read MoreBiblical Research Committee of the West-Central Africa Division
The BRC of WAD met for the third time to discuss the theology of ordination in order to be able to present a report to the Theology of Ordination Study Committee (TOSC). The meeting was held in the Univeristé Adventiste Cosendai, Cameroon. Representatives of BRI were Drs. Donkor and Mueller. The discussion was lively and…
Read MoreBiblical Theological Symposium in Chile
Ekkehardt Mueller and Elias Brasil de Souza have represented BRI in the X South American Biblical Theological Symposium held in Chillán, Chile, from the 14th to the 18th of August, 2013. More than 400 attendees including Seminary professors, publishing house editors, and administrators of the South American Division along with pastors of the Chile Union…
Read MoreBible Conferences in the Philippines
Gerhard Pfandl, associate director of the Biblical Research Institute (part-time), led a team of scholars from Andrews University and Newbold College, England, who spoke at the North Philippine Union Conference-wide Ministerial Bible Conferences (July 29-August 7, 2013). The three conferences for about 450 ministers were held at the Central Philippine Adventist College on Negros Occidental,…
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