Sam Neves
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Sam Neves is a Pastor of the Seventh-Day AdventistSeventh-day Adventist Church
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Protestant Christian denomination distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the original seventh day of the Judeo-Christian week, as the Sabbath, and by its emphasis on the imminent second coming of Jesus Christ...
church.
He is currently the serving Pastor at Wimbledon International Seventh-Day Adventist Church (WISDAC) in London
London
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, UK.
Originally from Brazil, the son of Nerocy (a retired Police Colonel) and Regina Neves. He moved to the UK to study as a teenager and stayed to complete his ministerial studies at Newbold College
Newbold College
Newbold College is a Seventh-day Adventist higher education provider located in Binfield, Berkshire, England; 40 miles west of London. It offers courses in Theology, Business Management, Arts & Social Studies as well as English Language and is accredited by the University of Wales Lampeter...
. His Masters thesis was on the spiritual messages that could be elucidated from The Matrix
The Matrix
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series of films. As an intern
Intern
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Pastor he served as Youth Pastor for Holloway Seventh-Day Adventist Church.
Role in Adventist Media
- He currently serves as MediaMedia (communication)In communications, media are the storage and transmission channels or tools used to store and deliver information or data...
Director for the South England Conference. - Presenter for internet TV program "The Dark RoomThe Dark RoomThe Dark Room is a novel written by R.K.Narayan, the well-known English-language novelist from India. Like most of his other works, this is a tale set in the fictitious town of Malgudi....
" which invites non-Christians to discuss the moral/philosophical issues raised by popular books/films - One of two lead Adventist presenters (with Pastor Richard DeLisser) on the Revelation TVRevelation TVRevelation TV is a UK Christian television channel started by Howard and Lesley Conder in 2003; the channel broadcasts on Freesat channel 692 and Sky channel 581.-Programming:...
channel on British Sky BroadcastingBritish Sky BroadcastingBritish Sky Broadcasting Group plc is a satellite broadcasting, broadband and telephony services company headquartered in London, United Kingdom, with operations in the United Kingdom and the Ireland....
from May 2011. This is the first time an Adventist Conference have broadcast their own programmes on mainstream media in the UK. "The Dark Room" is to be part of the initial broadcast programming. - Influential in the establishment of a number of new media ventures by the Adventist Church in the UK, notably the establishment of an Adventist record label "EdgeMusic" which released its first Albumn "The Greatest Gift" for Christmas 2010, with a run of 5000 copies. and the UK Adventist TV company "EdgeTV" in 2009/2010.
- Pastor Neves is listed as being one of the most frequent Adventist users of TwitterTwitterTwitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
. - Has been responsible for promotion of an iPhoneIPhoneThe iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007...
appApplication softwareApplication software, also known as an application or an "app", is computer software designed to help the user to perform specific tasks. Examples include enterprise software, accounting software, office suites, graphics software and media players. Many application programs deal principally with...
for the Seventh-Day Adventist Hymnal, the recognised book of hymns used at Adventist Churches world wide
Other roles/previous posts held
- Previously Youth Minister Holloway SDA Church
- Chaplain ASI-UK
Public declarations/appearances
- Pastor Neves was one of over 67,000 signatories to the Westminster 2010: Declaration of Christian Conscience
- Appeared on the BBC One TV Programme "The Big Questions" on the issue of "Is there evidence for God?" (Answering questions as part of the studio audience) He challenged people to not just to look at if there is evidence for God's existence but to ask what that evidence suggests God is like.
- Appeared on the Graham Norton Show in the 'Stories from the Red Chair' section sharing a humorous story about meeting his wife Amy'