Nov 1, 2020

By Katrina Goodrich Women’s Society No matter your gender, your socioeconomic status, your tendency to follow rather than to step in the limelight—you’re a leader to someone. It doesn’t matter if you’re standing in the pulpit or in the nursery during the sermon: you are a leader by virtue of your proclamation of Christ because every Christian is called to lead...

Nov 1, 2020

Young Adult Page By Melissa Brown Texarkana SDB Church The other day in my Music Theory 4 class, my professor was going over the parts of a sonata form. He was explaining that the first part of the sonata form is repeated in the last part without changing it much. That repeated section is called a “recapitulation.” The descriptions of the sections made sense...

Nov 1, 2020

by Andy Samuels Chief Executive Director SDB Missionary Society Please consider discussing with your church and family about adding some of these to your end-of-year giving. Some of our SDB families have made it part of their year-end tradition to select items from our suggested gift list to support the ministry work of our SDB brethren around the world. During...

Nov 1, 2020

By Kevin Butler Conference President 2021 While video chatting with our granddaughters, they couldn’t wait to show Papa and Grandma their new refrigerator with a shiny stainless steel finish. After oohing and aahing, I said, “Wow, it sure looks nice, but it’s kind of bare! What are you going to put on it?” Leah rushed out of view to find their dry erase...

Nov 1, 2020

by John J. Pethtel Director of Church Development Director of Pastoral Services What have you (yes, YOU!) been called to do by God? Have you been called to be a leader? YES, YOU! Leadership is not exactly what the world tells us it is. Sure, there are some who are uber gifted at managing things or in inspiring others. But what the world says a leader should be...