Nov 1, 2020
Reprinted from The Sabbath Recorder dated May 19, 1947 SALEM CHURCH FIRE STARTED IN UPPER CORNICE Roof and Loft Burned; Interior Damaged by Water SALEM, WV—Fire which broke out in the upper cornice of the building, seriously damaged the Salem Seventh Day Baptist church at about 10 a.m. Sunday morning, May 4. Damage as estimated by Fire Chief, Winston Davis, was...
May 29, 2020
By Rev. Nicholas J. Kersten Director of Education and History In this month’s column, I’d like to gently nudge all of you. In this COVID season, things are moving both very quickly and exceedingly slowly, depending on your vantage. Because of a lack of good information, the situation around medical, governmental and economic reactions to...
Apr 28, 2020
Council on History Rev. Nicholas J. Kersten Director of Education and History As you read this issue of the Sabbath Recorder, word has reached you that our General Conference sessions this summer are canceled. As the situation progressed surrounding the consideration of canceling, I researched recent Conference cancellations on a recollection from...
Jan 28, 2020
By Rev. Don A. Sanford [Editor’s note: Given the theme of the publication this month, we have elected to print this previously unpublished work from the beloved (and now departed) SDB Historian Don A. Sanford.] Few people in colonial times left as complete a record of the times and families as did Samuel Hubbard. Much of his journal was later used by such...
Dec 26, 2019
Council on History Rev. Nicholas J. Kersten Director of Education This issue of the Recorder represents the first in the new decade. From the historical perspective, these sorts of changes represent ripe opportunities for consideration, as obvious signs of the changes of times and seasons (see Genesis 1:14). Beyond these biblical injunctions, our Conference’s...
Nov 26, 2019
Rev. Nicholas J. Kersten Director of Education and History Readers of the print version of the Sabbath Recorder should already have received in their mailbox our most recent edition of History Happenings, our newsletter for history updates for the past several years. If you haven’t had a chance to read that mailer yet, you should check it out, as it includes… •...