News Archive

Daily Program Schedule

A new page has been added to the Programming section of this website. It shows the programs for each day, in chronological order, including the title and guests for that episode. The new page can be found here.

Posted: 14th January 2008 - Permalink

3ABN NEW YEAR’S EVE SPECIAL 2007/08

The schedule for the 3ABN New Year's Eve Special for 2007/08 for the International Channel is available here.

Posted: 30th December 2007 - Permalink

“BE” - Generation of Youth for Christ 2007

Formerly known as General Youth Conference
December 20 to 23, 2007

The General Youth Conference will be held this year in Minneapolis, Minnesota and 3ABN will be recording the meetings again. The speakers and presenters will be of the LIVE programs will be:

  • Pr Israel Ramos : Opening General Session Keynote Address
  • Pr David Shin : Thursday, Friday, Saturday Evening Devotionals
  • Mission Report: lead by Pr Mark Finley
  • Sabbath School: discussion panel
  • Pr Paul Ratsara : Sabbath Worship Service

The air time schedule of the live programs can be found here.

Posted: 17th December 2007 - Permalink

Optus B3/OptusD2 change over news (UPDATED)

I would like to give you an update on the Optus D2 satellite.

Currently, this satellite has successfully completed in-orbital testing at 177 degrees East. It is making its way to its final destination at 152 degrees East where it will replace the Optus B3 satellite.

The satellite is scheduled to be in position on December 3, 2007 and its centre frequency (home frequency) will be operating at :
Freq 12,706.5 GHz
Symbol rate 22,500
Pol Vertical
FEC 3/4

NETWORK SEARCH MUST BE SET TO ON

Once new channels are loaded up in the Set-Top Unit (STU), using remote control scroll up ALL the Channels on the STU till you find your desired channel.

Post the scanning the STU may store previous list of channels in their current channel position and the new channel list added to it. This can be rearranged using organizing services or channel list option on your STU (refer your STU manual to do this).

At this stage your viewers are able to rescan their receivers and acquire this new frequency. This will load a number of new services and also lock in the new home frequency of the D2 satellite – which is the above.

Optus and GlobeCast Australia will commence migrating services onto the D2 satellite once it has completed final destination testing. Transponder 7 and Transponder 5 are scheduled for migration on January 15, 2008. At that time your viewers have two options:

  1. If they rescanned before January 15, their set top boxes will already have the new home frequency installed in their receivers. So, by completing a simple rescan on January 15 for the above parameters they will acquire their service automatically.
  2. If they have not rescanned before January 15, they can simply add in the home frequency details set out above and they will acquire their service.

It is important to note that even if they rescan the home frequency between now and January 15, they will still need to refresh (rescan) the receiver on January 15 once the services are off-air in order to acquire the new satellite frequencies. This is because the new channels and new transponders will not be in operation until January 15.

So, once your viewers’ channel goes off air and the set top box displays "searching for signal", they should complete one of the above options and their channels will return.

This is a most exciting time for all channels. It is relatively straightforward to acquire our new state-of-the-art hybrid satellite without involving any physical work to the satellite equipment.

I hope I have made this as simple as possible to follow but please let me know if you need additional information.

Kind regards
Mark Lobwein

Globecast Australia

Update: Switch-over delayed until the 22nd January 2008.

Posted: 29th November 2007 - Permalink

Adventist Youth Conference 2008, 14 - 17 Feb 2008

Do you have a desire to be on fire for the Lord? Do you want to rekindle the passion and commitment that was in your heart for serving Jesus? Do you want to be trained to reach out to the people around you?

For 2008, we aim to inspire the young people to be ready, to take on a challenge in their lives in directing their goal in life in spreading the Three Angel’s Message. Jesus called the disciples to: "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." (Matt 28:19,20)

If you have a desire in serving the Lord and serious in being equipped to be trained in practical ways to witness, evangelise and teach God’s Word, Adventist Youth Conference 2008 (AYC’08) is for you!

AYC ‘08 will run from the 14th to the 17th of February 2008 in Sydney, NSW, Australia, and is hosted by Fountain in the City church and Greater Sydney Conference. Registration is now open and can be found at http://www.adventistyouthconference.org/.

Posted: 29th November 2007 - Permalink

3ABN Announces New President!

On August 30, 2007, the 3ABN board invited Elder Jim Gilley to become the new president of the 3ABN world ministry. Jim joins Danny Shelton, founder and visionary of 3ABN, in a move designed to meet the challenge of rapidly expanding opportunities opening up to the ministry. Daily, signs in the world about us shout of the momentous times in which we live. We see a vast world of hurting people crying out to God for they know not what. The 3ABN board has seen this need and heard this cry.

Elder Jim Gilley brings with him a vast experience in administration and in both personal and public evangelism. As such, he is uniquely qualified for this special calling. Building upon the strong foundation already in place, Jim envisions even greater and more cooperative efforts among the many varied ministries of God's people as they seek to reach the honest in heart everywhere, calling them out of Babylon in preparation for the glorious return of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Jim will be introduced to our viewing audience in his new role in an early upcoming live television appearance.

Walter Thompson
Chairman, 3ABN Board of Directors

Posted: 4th September 2007 - Permalink

HERE WE STAND - Foundations Of Our Faith ('07 Revive series)

The air times for Here We Stand with Doug Batchelor is available here.

Posted: 29th August 2007 - Permalink

3ABN and Amazing Facts News

Dear 3ABN Family,

3ABN and Amazing Facts are both committed to fulfilling the gospel commission. With this commission, 3ABN and Amazing Facts have been diligently and prayerfully studying the possibilities of combining these two ministries. Both ministries have concluded that remaining separate at this time, better serves their mission of spreading the gospel. We will continue to seek the Lord's will and go as He leads, to Tell the World of His Soon Coming.

3ABN continues its supportive relationship with Amazing Facts, and we look forward to working with them in the upcoming revival series Here We Stand which will be aired live on 3ABN and 3ABN Latino September 7-15 from Lansing, Michigan.

We ask your prayers for both 3ABN and Amazing Facts as we continue to seek God's guidance in these closing moments of Earth's history. We live in exciting times, and we eagerly look forward to what He has planned for both ministries.

Danny Shelton, President

Please note: Here We Stand will air live in the Australia/New Zealand region, on the 3ABN International Channel, from September 8 to 16.

Posted: 21st August 2007 - Permalink

Airtimes for ASI Convention 2007

The air times for the remaining live broadcasts from the ASI Convention 2007 are available here.

Posted: 3rd August 2007 - Permalink

New 3ABN International Channel Delayed - UPDATED

This new channel, which was due to start airing on August 1, has been delayed due to equipment that was not installed in time by the optic fibre teleport station in Washington DC. Once the equipment is in place and working the channel will be received from Europe to New Zealand. Meanwhile, please use the July program guides until the International Channel is on the air. Thank you for your patience and support of this ministry.

Update: The new 3ABN International Channel began airing on Friday 10th August 2007, US time. The August program guides on the 3ABN Australia website can now be used.

Posted: 3rd August 2007 - Permalink

3ABN Spring Camp Meeting 2007

May 24, 2007 to May 27, 2007 Australia/New Zealand Time

Some programs will be shown LIVE on 3ABN and will interrupt regular programming. For a complete schedule, click here.

Posted: 20th May 2007 - Permalink

10 Commandments Weekend 2007

The 10 Commandments Weekend is on again this year, in Chicago, May 5 - 7. For a complete schedule, click here.

Posted: 24th April 2007 - Permalink

Pr John Lomacang in Western Australia, February, 2007

In conjunction with the Western Australian Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists, the Bunbury and Morley SDA churches are happy to invite you to a special Revival Series and Gospel Concerts by International Speaker and Gospel singer, Pr John Lomacang. Pastor of the Thompsonville, IL, USA, Seventh-day Adventist Church and a presenter/singer on 3ABN, John will be in Western Australia, with his wife Angie, during the second half of the month of February, 2007.

The venues and dates are as follows:

Bunbury SDA Church, Cnr Vittoria and Woodley Roads, Glen Iris, Bunbury

  • Friday February 16th - Revival Meeting 7:30pm
  • Sabbath February 17th - Divine Service 11:00am
  • Sabbath February 17th - Gospel Concert 7:30pm
  • Sunday February 18th - Revival Meeting 7:30pm
  • Monday February 19th - Revival Meeting 7:30pm
  • Tuesday February 20th - Revival Meeting 7:30pm
  • Wednesday February 21st - Revival Meeting 7:30pm

Morley SDA Church, Benara Road, Morley

  • Friday February 23rd - Revival Meeting 7:30pm
  • Sabbath February 24th - Divine Service 11:00am
  • Sabbath February 24th - Gospel Concert 7:30pm
  • Sunday February 25th - Revival Meeting 7:30pm
  • Monday February 26th - Revival Meeting 7:30pm
  • Tuesday February 27th - Revival Meeting 7:30pm
  • Wednesday February 28th - Revival Meeting 7:30pm

CD's DVD's and John's autobiography will be on sale after the evening Gospel Concert. An expense offering will also be taken up during the concert. Invite all your friends to the concert and be sure to attend the Revival Meetings each other evening as well. You are sure to receive a great blessing by attending this series of programs.

A Sabbath luncheon will be held after the Divine Services. We ask that you please bring a plate of finger food to share. Thank you.

For further information contact:
Bunbury -

  • Pr Robert Kingdon on 08 9725 6554
  • Steven Billington on 08 9731 1224 or 0427 173 771

Morley -

  • Pr John Horvath on 08 9298 8763

Posted: 5th February 2007 - Permalink

Discover Series with David Asscherick

For times and schedule changes for the Discover series, click here.

Posted: 4th February 2007 - Permalink

General Youth Conference 2006 LIVE Schedule

For the GYC 2006 schedule of LIVE programs on 3ABN, click here. For more information on General Youth Conference, please visit their website at www.generalyouthconference.org.

Posted: 24th December 2006 - Permalink

New Zealand Youth Conference 2007 - January 23-28, 2007

The New Zealand Youth Conference is a supporting ministry of the Seventh-day Adventist Church dedicated to seeing an army of youth, deeply grounded in the scriptures, committed to God and enthusiastic about the distinctive mission of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The churches of the Hamilton region are hosting this 5 day training event.

Dates: January 23-28 2007
Location: Tui Ridge Park, Rotorua, New Zealand
Theme: The theme is "Stand" and is based on Ephesians 6:10,11 "Be strong in the Lord and the strength of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that you may be able to stand..."

Building on the spiritual success of NZYC 06, this year's Conference will again focus on spiritual growth and training for soul winning. Speakers include Pr Samuel Braga and Pr Geoff Youlden together with other local speakers selected to prepare young people for God's work through personal knowledge of Christ. Training includes topics such as giving bible studies, public evangelism, spiritual maturity and discipleship, prayer and personal bible study, the spirit of prophecy and health evangelism.

If you are looking for a conference filled with Godly enthusiasm that will:

  • draw you nearer to Christ
  • help you understand world events in light of the Bible
  • encourage you as you meet other young people who are on fire for Truth
  • increase your knowledge of God’s end-time message
  • give you the opportunity to take part in evangelism

NZYC 07 is for you!

Registration is now open at www.nzyc.org.

Posted: 18th December 2006 - Permalink

Youth Conference 2007 - February 15 to 18, 2007

Youth Conference 2007 is a training event for young people to equip them for soul winning in their local churches/ministries. Working in conjunction with a network of churches and Vicyouth, Gateway Adventist Centre is hosting the youth conference in 2007.

Dates: 15 Feb 2007 - 18 Feb 2007
Location: Melbourne
Theme: "Training God's Army" based on 2 Timothy 2:2 and "an army of workers as our youth" - Education p.271

A number of international and local speakers and trainers have been invited. These include Pr Randy Skeete, Peter Gregory, Pr Louis Torres, Dr Clarence Ing, Dan Viz, Pr Geoff Youlden, Dr Allan Lindsay, Pr Greg Evans, Pr Denis Hankinson and Pr Wayne Boehm. Pr Mark Finley and Mrs Ernestine Finley in conjunction with Discoveries 2007 will speak at the event. It is planned that all the delegates will go 'house to house' to seek for contacts for Discoveries 2007. The training will cover areas such as soul winning, giving Bible studies, preaching, discipleship, teaching Daniel & Revelation, small groups and health evangelism.

What did the youth delegates say about the last conference?
"Best training event I have been to..."
"I wish my friends had come..."
"We seen an army of youth recruited for God's work..."

Last year's event was booked out and over 100 young people turned away. This year we have increased the delegates but for logistic reasons there is still a seating capacity limit. To secure a seat please register early. Registration is now open at www.australiayouthconference.org.

Posted: 14th November 2006 - Permalink

Website Maintenance

This website has been down for maintenance (19/10/06). Sorry for any inconvenience.

Posted: 19th October 2006 - Permalink

Venues for 3ABN Rally 2006

Dates: October 28 to 31, 2006
Attending from 3ABN USA: Danny and Brandy Shelton, CA and Irma Murray
Attending from 3ABN Australia: John and Rosemary Malkiewycz

October 28, 2006
  1. Sabbath School 9:00am, Divine Service 10:30am followed by fellowship lunch
    Bunbury SDA Church - Cnr Vittoria and Woodley Roads, Glen Iris, Bunbury, Western Australia
    Contact: Steve Billington, ph (08) 9797 2335
  2. 5:00pm
    Livingston SDA Church - Nicholson Road (adjacent Ranford Road), Canning Vale, Western Australia
    Contact: David Aitken, ph (08) 9455 4245
October 29, 2006, 5:00pm
Wahroonga SDA Church - 183 Fox Valley Road, Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia
Contact: Pr Lloyd Grolimund, ph (02) 9487 1374
October 30, 2006, 7:30pm
Lilydale SDA Church - 608 Hull Road, Lilydale, Victoria
Contact: Jenny Heyde, ph (03) 9735 0309
October 31, 2006, 7:30pm
Ilam (pronounced eye-lam) SDA Church - 26 Ilam Road, Ilam, Christchurch, New Zealand
Contact: John and Lois Shearer, ph (03) 318 1913

Posted: 12th September 2006 - Permalink

TV Viewing Survey

3ABN Australia Inc. has launched a new Outreach Initiative - a TV Viewing Survey that can be used to make contact with people in your community. Click here for more information.

Posted: 20th August 2006 - Permalink

Program Changes: Most Amazing Prophecies (MAP) Series

September 16-24 2006

For information about this special series over the week of September 16-24 presented by 3ABN and Amazing Facts with Doug Batchelor, click here.

Posted: 20th August 2006 - Permalink

Program Changes: Ten Commandments Day Marathon

May 6-8 2006

3ABN will have special programming over the weekend of May 6-8 for Ten Commandments Day. For the program schedule, click here.

Posted: 23rd April 2006 - Permalink

Louis Torres Evangelistic Training Course

"How to bring a person to Jesus" seminars

Melbourne and Perth, Australia, 2006

Pr Louis Torres (Mission College of Evangelism, Oregon) will be running evangelistic training meetings in:
Melbourne, Victoria – Monday, 27/2 to Friday, 3/3/2006
and
Perth, Western Australia – Monday, 6/3 to Friday, 9/3/2006

These meetings will run all day for 5 days, lunch provided in the training cost along with a training manual and book on gaining decisions for Christ. If you can only attend some of the time, please contact the people listed below. The costs for the course are $100 for the early bird cost, regular cost $120 or $24 per day.

For more details, brochures and to book a place at the training course, please contact:
Melbourne – Pr Rod Anderson ph (03) 9435 0144 or 0439 615 250,
EMAIL : randerson1844@yahoo.com.au

Perth – Pr Mark Wilson ph (08) 9296 9880 or 0400 640 130,
EMAIL : markjwilson@ozemail.com.au

THERE WILL ALSO BE MEETINGS FOR ANYONE TO ATTEND EACH EVENING from the Sunday to the Sabbath in each location. We hope you will take advantage of this great opportunity to learn how to do God’s work more effectively while Pr Torres is here.

Posted: 15th January 2006 - Permalink

The 3ABN Producer's technical perspective of GYC 2005

GYC was fantastic! I mean, it was outta this world. We had just gone through several tough months on the truck as we encountered every kind of technical problem you can imagine. It seems that the demons were really out to harm the equipment during Pastor Doug Batchelor's series, and considering the difficulties we had with the trucks breaking down last year for GYC, we were a bit worried. But we hadn't counted on 4,000 young adults praying for us. I know they did, they would tell me! I saw them with my own eyes, praying around the truck, praying when they weren't talking to someone - praying all the time. Guess what. We didn't have a single technical issue - not one single problem the whole time we were there! And talk about smooth? Man, this was an incredibly different GYC from our perspective. My hat is off to all of the officers and volunteers that learned so much from last year's experience. This year everything ran so smoothly it almost freaked me out!

But getting back to their prayers, I believe that's why things went as smoothly as they did. Surely Satan wasn't ignoring us. Surely he would love to disrupt what we were doing! But I don't think he quite counted on the fact that those prayers were going up continuously, and I believe the reason we had no problems was because Satan couldn't come within several miles of that building!!!

Posted: 9th January 2006 - Permalink

New website addition - Web support

If you're experiencing any problems with this site, downloading program guides, or just want to make a comment, please feel free to use the Web Support page.

Posted: 9th January 2006 - Permalink

Australia Youth Conference Feb 23 - 26, 2006

Are you passionate about evangelism??

Are you searching for fellowship with other Adventist young people who are serious about God and the Bible??

Then Australia Youth Conference is for you!!

Designed to prepare young people to take the Three Angels' Messages to the whole world in this generation, the conference will be held in Melbourne, with the theme, Recruited into God's Army based on Joel 2:11.

The speakers include: Pr David Asscherick, Pr Geoff Youlden, Pr Bruce Price, Pr Chester Stanley, and Pr Louis Torres.

Registration begins on November 14.

The Conference website is www.australiayouthconference.org.

Posted: 1st November 2005

Posted: 9th January 2006 - Permalink