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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Nov 24, 2015
Unavoidable? By Katrina Goodrich With the holidays just around the corner, Christians are provided an excellent opportunity to carry out the great commission. We go caroling, put on Christmas pageants, set up nativity scenes, have soup/turkey suppers, make cards for shut-ins and those in the hospital, and provide for the less fortunate through clothing and food...
Nov 24, 2015
Zach in the Sack By Dennis Coleman SDB Church of Shiloh, NJ Have you ever gotten caught with your hand in the cookie jar? I almost did and, while trying to hide, I wound up taking a long ride in a sack of grain. In the end I met the most amazing human, a baby who would forever change the world. My day started like any other with a slice of mom’s barley bread...
Nov 24, 2015
Alliance in Ministry Rob Appel Executive Director Mission: The reason for our existence At the General Conference sessions in July 2015, the General Council shared with all in attendance a document called the “Vision Map.” This document laid out for the reader and viewer four distinct areas that the General Council believes define and move forward...
Oct 28, 2015
Willy Villalpando Maranatha Community Church, Colton, CA Today my friend and I were coming out of our biology class and we were greeted by a “lovely” heavy rain. All we could think about was how we were going to get to our next class across campus. Neither one of us had brought an umbrella and we had left our jackets in my car. We had heard a rumor that it...
by Katrina Goodrich Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house, ready for every good work. —2 Timothy 2:21 ESV These are excerpts from the exit testimonies of Team VESSEL The idea of participating in SCSC was briefly brought up by a...
by Gabi Osborn Boulder SDB Church, CO Contrary to popular belief, being a teenager is hard. It brings the struggles of high school, extracurricular activities, piles of homework, college searches, part-time job applications, trying to fit in, learning how to maintain relationships, and so much more. It’s easy to be consumed with these things. It seems like...
Oct 28, 2015
I live and work in Toronto, Canada, attending the First Seventh Day Baptist Church pastored by Herlitz H. Condison. I am married to my sweetheart, Zelmur James Lyons, and still on our honeymoon going five years strong! I am a committed follower of Jesus Christ. I was born to an itinerant pastor, Charles S. Lyons, who planted many churches all over Jamaica and...
As part of last year’s Scripture Memory Program, 178 individuals from 27 churches completed the program. The winner of the Mary Clare Scripture Memory bowl, given to the church with the greatest number of individuals who complete the program, is the Toronto, Ontario SDB Church with 24 individuals who successfully memorized all the verses. The program for this...