Middle East Union

There is more joy in the presence of the angels in heaven over one sinner that repents than over ninety and nine just persons who need no repentance. There is joy with the Father and with Christ. All heaven is interested in the salvation of man. He who is instrumental in saving a soul is at liberty to rejoice; for angels of God have witnessed his efforts with the most intense interest, and rejoice with him in his success.  {GW92 74.1}

Heaven must have burst into a chorus of great rejoicing when 74 new souls were added into the Adventist Church via baptism in the evangelistic campaign that Dr. Bern Yuot and a team in Sudan conducted in Nasir Town. It was dubbed as “the friends of Jesus seminar” and it began on the 21st of April 2010 and ended on the 11th of May 2010. The evangelistic team had to battle with rain and storms that constantly interrupted the evangelistic meetings. Despite the frequent interruptions by rain and storms, the attendance ranged between 180 to 552 persons attending each night for 18 nights of meetings. Daily the meetings started with songs of praise, which was followed by family life, drama, health lectures and finally the main sermon delivered by Pastor Yuot. During the day, the team went from home to home visiting individuals, who attend meetings regularly. All people, young and old were invited to come and attend the “friends of Jesus seminars” conducted in the main market area in Nasir Town. Children had their corners, where biblical stories were shared with them in pictorial forms.

Arua, Uganda – Forty-two successful ministerial graduates were celebrated in an exuberant ceremony in Arua on 21st March, having completed a seven-year ministerial programme facilitated by the Middle East University in Beirut, Lebanon.

When the Middle East University and the Middle East Union (MEU) of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, together with the two Sudan Fields envisaged the plan to train Gospel workers in Sudan, seven years of training to obtain a Bachelor of Arts degree in Pastoral Ministry seemed an almost impossible project to undertake. However, with the support of the Trans-European Division (TED) the plan was put into action in 2003. In the seven years that followed, the Middle East University arranged for 27 lecturers from all over the world to assist in this project; a responsibility carefully organised by Dr Milan Bajic, Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and Theology at the Middle East University.