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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Aug 25, 2015
How Star Wars can teach us about God Liam Probasco Shiloh SDB, NJ 1. The Rebels in Star Wars keep fighting against the Empire no matter what the odds. So, you could say that the Rebels are steadfast in what they are doing, just like we should be. 2. Clone Troopers support their Jedi generals at any cost, just like we should support God at any...
Aug 25, 2015
Kenya Mission by Kory Langley Assistant Pastor Texarkana SDB Church in Texarkana, AR Recently I was blessed with the opportunity to be a part of a short-term mission to Kenya. Upon returning I was informed that I could write about the experience for the Sabbath Recorder. I immediately began to think of the highlights of the trip. I wanted to be...
October FAITH Youth/Adult Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1 NASB Junior Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for… Hebrews 11:1 NASB Primary Now faith is the assurance… Hebrews 11:1 NASB November FAMILY Youth/Adult Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be prolonged in the...
Aug 25, 2015
President’s Page Rev. Dr. Kenneth Chroniger Alfred Station SDB Church, NY My oldest daughter is 39; my youngest is 16. But all six “kids” have heard it so many times they can complete what jokingly became a mantra. “There are three most important things in life: Faith, Family, and Education.” The echo then comes, “Not necessarily in that order.”...
Aug 25, 2015
Robe of Achievement 2015 The robe was crafted by a former chairman of the Robe of Achievement committee, Yvonne Stephan. It replicates the original robe that came to us from China. Yvonne lost a courageous battle to cancer in 2013 and is greatly missed. We are so thankful to have this robe as a reminder of her and the service she gave to us as a denomination....
Aug 25, 2015
The Beacon Hi everyone! My name is Caleb! And my name is Gabi! We are excited to announce that we are the 2015-2016 Beacon editors! Hooray! Get the confetti! We stole the ingenious idea of co-editing from Ellie Chroniger and Becca Olson…but we are also adding our own twist by having an apprentice editor, Annie Lloyd. You said “twist,” but I...
Aug 25, 2015
Spring Forward, But Don’t Fall Back! Willy Villalpando Maranatha Community Church; Colton, CA After a very exciting and action-packed week at General Conference in Lancaster, PA, and a very awesome, yet long summer for those who participated in SCSC and Stained Glass this year, I bet we are all excited to be home and get the chance to rest before we start...
Resolution on Child Protection Rev. Nicholas J. Kersten Director of Education and History The following Resolution was passed at General Conference 2015. Because of the importance of this Resolution and the issues surrounding it, we are printing it in its entirety here. Please be on the lookout for more information about this in the coming months....