By Kevin Butler Conference President 2021 Australian journalist Matthew Knott is a 32-year-old U.S. correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald. He was in New York City earlier...
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By Carl Greene Executive Director If your answer to this inquiry about a “Questionable Life” is no, then your church may not be healthy. Really. A questionable life is necessary...
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The global coronavirus pandemic continues to affect the physical, emotional, and financial well-being of millions of North Americans. Developing and maintaining healthy leaders and...
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Focus on Missions By Andy Samuels Chief Executive Director SDB Missionary Society Jesus has a master plan for transforming the world. His plan is that through the power of the...
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Apr 1, 2021
The global coronavirus pandemic continues to affect the physical, emotional, and financial well-being of millions of North Americans. Developing and maintaining healthy leaders and healthy churches continues to be the main focus of our General Conference ministries. With this focus in mind, we come to you with news concerning plans for Conference Week 2021. Out...
Jan 20, 2021
By Patty Petersen One of the best parts of my job as the New Contacts and Data Management Coordinator for our Conference is hearing the excitement of people who have newly discovered God’s holy day, the seventh-day Sabbath. They are very excited to find Baptists who keep the Sabbath. Their next question is usually, “Is there a church near me?” And my reply is...
Jan 20, 2021
By Carl Greene Executive Director I crave efficient schedules. I color code my calendar so I know not only how much time I have committed each day, but also what I am investing in each day. I schedule my electronic reminders to ensure that I do not forget commitments…and Sabbath Recorder article deadlines. I track the number of hours that I invest in...
Jan 20, 2021
An Update By Pastor Darrell Chilson It all started with an earnest desire to reach “Phoenix for Christ” (an article so named in the Sabbath Recorder of September 2019) and an opportunity to establish a Sabbath ministry in the fifth largest city in the United States. This new ministry had to be Christ-centered, and the telling of His story the focus of its...
Jan 20, 2021
By Pastor Ron Higson Thanks Patricia for the opportunity to share our experience and to encourage those who may be contemplating planting a Seventh Day Baptist church. When I told my wife that Patricia emailed about writing an article about church planting for the Sabbath Recorder, the first words out of her mouth were, “It’s not for the faint of heart.” Those...
Jan 20, 2021
By Pastor Chuck Meathrell Possibly the toughest thing I have ever had to do as a pastor is to move on from Jacob’s Well Church in South Carolina. I have sometimes felt that it must be something like sending your child off to college. You hope and pray that she remains focused, that she clings to the King, and that she hangs onto the lessons you...
Jan 15, 2021
You ever feel down? Depressed? In the dumps? Lonely? Isolated? Misunderstood? Like nothing matters anymore? Like life… just… totally… sucks? Merry stinkin’ Christmas! I don’t say this as a slam on Christmas. I say this to remind us that, although Christmas can be a season of deep joy and celebration, it can also be a season of...
Jan 15, 2021
Reprinted from The Sabbath Recorders dated from 1935 through 1948 Our Letter Exchange Dear Mrs. Greene: I am eight years old and in the fourth grade. I have three brothers younger than myself. Their names are Duane, Kenneth, and Roger…. I hope you had a nice Christmas. We did. On Christmas day there were about twenty-five of us at the home of one of...