27 Aug 2026, 00:02SEC CommunicationsBracknell, Bracknell Forest, England, United Kingdom
SEC Camp Meeting 2026 Opens with Renewed Call to Be ‘Inspired for Mission’
The South England Conference (SEC) Camp Meeting 2026 opened on Wednesday, 26 August, at Newbold College, bringing together church members from across the Conference and beyond for four days of worship, fellowship and spiritual renewal under the theme “Inspired for Mission”.
Welcoming the SEC family to his first major Conference event since his appointment as President in July, Pastor Kwesi Moore emphasised that Camp Meeting was about more than attending another church event. “We are not here because of the preacher. We are here because of Christ,” he said, encouraging attendees to experience transformation and share the gospel wherever God leads.
The opening Commitment Service featured Pastor John Bradshaw, President of It Is Written, and the Commitment Speaker for the adult programme.
Bradshaw began with a light-hearted journey through sporting history, recalling athletes such as Ben Johnson and Lance Armstrong who turned to performance-enhancing drugs because “your best isn’t good enough”. He then applied the illustration to believers who discover that their best is not enough either.
Reflecting on Revelation 18 and God’s people revealing Christ’s character, Bradshaw challenged those who think, “I could never be that kind of Christian.”
“This is not God saying, ‘I want you to measure up,’” he said. “This is God saying, ‘I want you to know and believe and experience what I can do in your life.’”
“We overcomplicate our faith sometimes,” Bradshaw continued, comparing Christianity to a Rubik’s Cube, with its seemingly countless combinations yet solvable in no more than 20 moves. “Christianity is a little bit like that,” he said. Drawing from John 14:16 and Christ’s promise of the Holy Spirit, he asked: “When did you last pray that God would baptise you with the Holy Spirit?”
He applied the same principle to mission. Acknowledging the challenge of reaching a global population of eight billion with around 25 million Adventists, he stressed: “This isn’t a numerical battle. This is the commission given by God.”
Urging the Church not to be paralysed by the scale of that commission, Bradshaw reminded members that God can “make you what you could never make yourself”.
“We would not only be inspired for mission, we’d be on the front lines of mission,” he said, urging members to reach the world with the gospel “one person at a time”.
The service concluded with an invitation to surrender afresh to Christ, seek the Holy Spirit and become, in Bradshaw’s words, “inspired for mission, prepared for mission, used in mission, and prepared for eternity”.
The South England Conference (SEC) Camp Meeting 2026 opened on Wednesday, 26 August, at Newbold College, bringing together church members from across the Conference and beyond for four days of worship, fellowship and spiritual renewal under the theme “Inspired for Mission”.
Welcoming the SEC family to his first major Conference event since his appointment as President in July, Pastor Kwesi Moore emphasised that Camp Meeting was about more than attending another church event. “We are not here because of the preacher. We are here because of Christ,” he said, encouraging attendees to experience transformation and share the gospel wherever God leads.
The opening Commitment Service featured Pastor John Bradshaw, President of It Is Written, and the Commitment Speaker for the adult programme.
Bradshaw began with a light-hearted journey through sporting history, recalling athletes such as Ben Johnson and Lance Armstrong who turned to performance-enhancing drugs because “your best isn’t good enough”. He then applied the illustration to believers who discover that their best is not enough either.
Reflecting on Revelation 18 and God’s people revealing Christ’s character, Bradshaw challenged those who think, “I could never be that kind of Christian.”
“This is not God saying, ‘I want you to measure up,’” he said. “This is God saying, ‘I want you to know and believe and experience what I can do in your life.’”
“We overcomplicate our faith sometimes,” Bradshaw continued, comparing Christianity to a Rubik’s Cube, with its seemingly countless combinations yet solvable in no more than 20 moves. “Christianity is a little bit like that,” he said. Drawing from John 14:16 and Christ’s promise of the Holy Spirit, he asked: “When did you last pray that God would baptise you with the Holy Spirit?”
He applied the same principle to mission. Acknowledging the challenge of reaching a global population of eight billion with around 25 million Adventists, he stressed: “This isn’t a numerical battle. This is the commission given by God.”
Urging the Church not to be paralysed by the scale of that commission, Bradshaw reminded members that God can “make you what you could never make yourself”.
“We would not only be inspired for mission, we’d be on the front lines of mission,” he said, urging members to reach the world with the gospel “one person at a time”.
The service concluded with an invitation to surrender afresh to Christ, seek the Holy Spirit and become, in Bradshaw’s words, “inspired for mission, prepared for mission, used in mission, and prepared for eternity”.
