What makes BCC members willing to invest in Brunstad? (1)

The major expansion of Oslofjord Convention Center has not gone unnoticed, and the fact that hundreds of BCC members have put their names on future suite leasing contracts is no secret. Occasionally, one hears allegations that the church mixes business and religion at Brunstad, but despise that, we meet a family who is more than willing to invest in the future here.


Text: Johanne Reiersrud – Photo: BCC/private

In a quiet residential area outside Stathelle in Telemark, family Tombre Nilsen are busy getting back to daily life after a long summer holiday. Two adults and five children between 7 and 14 years of age live here.

Helene and Erling work respectively as accountant and General Manager in two different businesses. With five children enjoying a variety of sports and other interests, they have, like many parents, a very busy schedule. The family is one of many that have invested in an apartment at the Oslofjord Convention Center project at Brunstad, where they travel several times a year.

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Erling and Helene, Cedric (13), Celina (14), Vanessa (11), Mariell (9) og Levi (7) have had a lovely summer holiday, among other things, spent at the annual BCC summer conference at Oslofjord Convention Center. The family has a long-term suite leasing contract there, and consequently travels to Brunstad several times a year. Photo: private</em></p>
<h4>What do the conferences at Brunstad mean to you?</h4>
<p><em>–</em> The conferences at Brunstad, especially the summer conferences, have been one of the highlights of the year right since we were little, Helene tells us. I was born and raised in France, and every year the whole family travelled to Brunstad, which was something we looked forward to months beforehand. To be able to meet friends again and make even more friends meant a lot for us.</p>
<p>And we see the same with our children, when they arrive at Brunstad they disappear as soon as we have parked the car. The eldest ones, who have also been along in the Easter Camp for youth, have made many new friends through these events, and they count the days between the times they get to see each other at Brunstad, she says.</p>
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