Dec 22, 2016

Council on History Rev. Nicholas J. Kersten Director of Education and History   “Let me tell you what I wish I’d known when I was young and dreamed of glory: you have no control who lives, who dies, who tells your story.” — George Washington to Alexander Hamilton in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Hamilton.” For most of my tenure doing historic work among Seventh...

by Nicholas Kersten, Director of Education and History   A few weeks ago, I stumbled across an article on the internet that made me smile. It was written by a librarian who was also a Lord of the Rings fan. She notes that about 30 minutes into the first LOTR movie, the wizard Gandalf spends what seems to be a significant amount of time rifling through a...

Sep 22, 2016

by Rev. Nicholas J. Kersten Director of Education and History   One of the greatest pleasures I have had in doing the Historical work of our Conference is the aid we are able to provide researchers of various kinds in their inquiries about Seventh Day Baptists. Many requests are about our earliest churches in North America and Europe, and thanks to the...