Welcome to the support website of the seventh Quinquennial Session of the British Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. This session was significantly different to those of previous years. Following the constitutional change voted in May 2009 a lot of the committee work was done prior to the actual constituency meeting which took place around a Day of Fellowship at Westminster Central Hall, London on Sabbath, 2 July and a Business Session at Stanborough Park church on Sunday, 3 July.
MESSENGER REPORT [22 July 2011] The official report of the BUC Session is now available in MESSENGER, Journal of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the UK & Ireland.
THANK YOU [3 July 2011] Thank you to all the delegates and the supporting staff who took of their time, their prayers and activiely participated in worship and duscussion under God's leading for the decisions voted on Sunday, 3 July. The nominating committee report was voted as listed, and various recomendations were discused and voted - full details later this week. A Twitter and Facebook feed provided continuous updates of the day. A small gallery of photos from the day are on the BUC News Facebook Feed and fuller galleries are now posted on this site and more reports are in MESSENGER. Members were blessed by Pastor Charles Tapp's Sabbath morning sermon so we have also posted his script online and made a video of the sermon, along with other video segments from the day, available on the Hope TV-UK website.
UPDATE [21 June 2011] The Session Report book has been posted to all the delegates and is now available online. Please note that while highly compressed, the 243 page document is a 5mb pdf. Please download from our documents page.
GRAND DAY OF FELLOWSHIP, "That the World May Know"
Pastor Charles A Tapp, Senior Pastor at the Sligo Seventh-day Adventist Church, Takoma Park, Washington, USA, will be the visiting speaker for our Day of Fellowship at Westminster Central Hall on Sabbath, 2 July. A full day programme including preaching, praise, highlights of the church's mission over the past five years and a grand concert to conclude will make this a special day for delegates and up to 2,100 church members who are expected to pack the Hall that is to be found just across from the Houses of Parliament. The theme is "That the World May Know".
NOMINATING COMMITTEE REPORT UPDATE [17 May 2011] The Session Nominating Committee reconvened at the BUC offices, Stanborough Park, Watford on Sunday, 15 May 2011, to consider feedback from session delegates to its initial report of recommendations for BUC officers, departmental director, and executive committee members, which it produced at its meeting on 27 March. Read the chairman's update on our news page.
The strategic plan for the past five years, the constitution, and other important documents can be viewed here.
The delegate listing for the 2011 session is now available. Click on the appropriate link for view delegates from each of the Conferences and Missions:
North England Conference.
South England Conference.
Irish Mission.
Scottish Mission.
Welsh Mission.
The Recommendations Committee met on Sunday, 13 March to recommend the Constitution and Nominating Committees. Click here for a list of committee members. Delegates then voted either electronically or by post the names for the Nominating Committee which then met on Sunday, 27 March. A full list of Nominating Committee members is available on the News Page. A listing of nominations from this committee is now available. Voting for the Constitution Committee completed 11 April 2011 with 161 in favour and two opposed.
More information will be added as we move closer to the session including draft reports from the departments [2 reports available 17/03/11].
Here is a listing of events that will lead up to the session:
Sunday, 30 January. Conferences and Missions elect delegates to the Session. 
Sunday, 27 February. Recommendations Committee elected by Conferences and Missions.
Sunday, 13 March. Recommendations Committee met to recommend names for the Nominating Committee and the Constitution Committee. Delegates were informed by post immediately following the committee and were able to vote on the names electronically (or by post for those who do not have internet access). The results were posted here as soon as voting was finished.
Sunday, 27 March. The Nominating Committee met (at least 12 weeks prior to the session). As soon as those nominated were asked, delegates were informed of the candidates' names and now have eight weeks to make representation with any comments or concerns prior to the next Nominating Committee. [Note: only authorised delegates can make representation.] A listing of nominations is now available.
Sunday, 15 May. Nominating Committee reconvened to consider any representations by delegates. A report from this meeting is now available on the news page.
Sabbath, 2 July. Grand Day of Fellowship at Westminster Central Hall, London. A special day with guest speakers, music, testimony, and an overview of how God has led His church during the last five years.
Sunday, 3 July. Seventh Quinquennial Session at Stanborough Park church, Watford.
