Enditnow - Adventists Say No to Violence

May 4th-6th  2021 - Training for pastors, bible workers and leaders

Welcome

Welcome to a digital training on the topic of domestic violence. The main concern of this conference is: How do we become better at seeing and dealing with cases of domestic violence within our churches? Our speakers are professionals whose competencies cover different areas within this big topic. But all of them have one thing in common: they are God-fearing men and women, deeply rooted within the church community, who want to bring healing and protection to the hurt. Making God’s love shine within the deepest darkest corners.

How do I participate?

This training is aimed primarily at pastors and leaders. Local leaders are welcome by personal invitation. To participate you have to sign up. You find the sign-up form at the bottom of this page.

The link to the Zoom meeting will be send to your e-mail address. The training will be held in English, with the possibility of translation via Zoom translation rooms. Please make sure to ask someone who can translate.

Each lecture will be followed by a discussion in break-out rooms, inviting you to get active and discuss relevant issues from your region. Questions from the break-out rooms will be answered by the lecturers during the Q&A session in the afternoon.

Program

Meet our speakers

Daniel Duda 

Daniel DUDA has served as the Education Director at the Trans-European Division in St Albans, England since 2005. Since 2015 he is also the Field Secretary and the Adventist Mission Director. Between 2005 and 2015 he was also the Ministerial Secretary of the Division. When he left Newbold for the TED in 2005, he was a Principal Lecturer in Biblical & Systematic Theology in the Department of Theological Studies at Newbold College of Higher Education in Bracknell. He used to be the UG Programme Director and Director of Placement there too. 

Prior to coming to Newbold in 1998, Daniel Duda served as a pastor, evangelist, Theology lecturer and Ministerial Secretary in the Czecho-Slovakian Union. He has also worked in Russia as Head of the Theology Department and Academic Dean at Zaoksky Theological Seminary (now Zaoksky Adventist University).  

Daniel enjoys studying the Bible and sharing the results of his studies with others. He is a frequent speaker at camp meetings in Western, Central and Eastern Europe. His other interests include cars, computers and photography. He is married to Viera and they have two adult sons, Marek and Roman. 

René Drumm

Social Work Professor and Researcher 

René Drumm is a Professor of Social Work at the University of Southern Mississippi and has worked in Adventist higher education for more than 25 years. Her positions included serving as the dean of the school of social work at Southern Adventist University, MSW clinical program director at Andrews University and BSW program director at Southwestern Adventist University.  

Dr. Drumm holds a PhD degree in sociology with an emphasis in family studies from Texas Woman’s University and the Master of Social Work from Michigan State University.  

Having a keen interest in the intersection of religion and social issues, Dr. Drumm has studied domestic violence in the Adventist church, faith-based residential treatment, and sexual identity formation. Believing that research is a vehicle to social change, she is committed to facilitating positive conversations with religious institutions to address social injustice. She has authored and co-authored numerous academic articles and book chapters. 

René is married to Stanley Stevenson and has two married identical twin daughters and five beautiful grandchildren. René enjoys walking, sun and sand, and anything related to chocolate. 

Harald Giesebrecht

Pastor Harald Giesebrecht is married to Kjersti and has three children aged 17, 14 and 8. For 17 years he has been pastor of the Cornelius church in Oslo, a church he has been part of planting. At the same time he worked as a teacher at the Norwegian Bible institute (Norsk Bibelinstitutt). Since 2017 has been working for the youth department at the Norwegian Union. He is the author of the book Ærlig talt Gud, which is about unhealthy and impossible images of God.

Les Ackie

Pastor Les Ackie is the Director for Family & Children’s Ministries for the British Union and has worked in pastoral ministry for twenty-six years. Along with his wife Irma, they have enjoyed many opportunities at home and abroad to present workshops and seminars on marriage, parenting, healthy relationships and emotional wellbeing. 

Joanna Daniel

Joanna is a qualified Integrative Counsellor with many years of experience working with people who have diverse needs, and from different cultural backgrounds. Joanna asserts that empathy, compassion, and understanding are key components in providing an effective therapeutic outcome.

Joanna has worked in different settings and works within the ACC Ethical Framework. She practices primarily in the following areas: Anxiety, Stress, Alcohol, Addiction, Anger, Abendonment, Rejection, Domestic Abuse, Low self-esteem, Bullying, Sexual Abuse, Indentity, Social Anxiety, Relationships, Loneliness, Selfesteem, Shame and trauma.

Joanna organises conferences and retreats that provide a safe place for people to heal. She is also an international speaker and Author.

Joanna enjoys reading, walking, relaxing, cooking and wathing the tide. She also enjoys listening to music and spening time with her family.

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