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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Jun 29, 2015
Top Ten Words: Hijacking Heaven — Exodus 20:7 Sermon Series by Pastor Dusty Mackintosh Next Step Christian Church, Thornton, CO The other day I asked Logan to go call Arabelle and Dylan in for dinner from outside. He went outside, yelled at them, “Dad says to come in for dinner!” and they came in. That’s a true story. Another day, Dylan made his way over to the...
Jun 29, 2015
TAKING A SPIRITUAL RETREAT Alliance in Ministry Executive Director Rob Appel I have tried to go on at least two Spiritual Retreats per year. These times of reflection and connecting have been very beneficial to me. I do it in a hope of serving God and Seventh Day Baptists with a renewed purpose. On May 17-19, 2015 I finished my first retreat of this calendar...
Jun 29, 2015
Churches Planting Churches Reprinted with permission: Ken Davis, D.Min., Project Jerusalem Director America has an estimated 200 million lost and unchurched people. Yet today there are far fewer churches per capita than one hundred years ago. Many missiologists contend that the best way to fulfill the Great Commission and to evangelize is by means of church...
Jun 29, 2015
God is not finished Katrina Goodrich Women’s Society A few weeks ago, I stopped at a red light waiting for my right turn arrow. Because the light is on a sensor, I was impatient to get to this particular intersection — but I didn’t make it in time. For some reason I stopped several yards before the intersection. This is extremely uncharacteristic for me, even...
Jun 29, 2015
Iron Sharpens Iron Young Adult Josiah Lynch Toronto SDB Church The Christian walk is a walk of great sacrifice and ultimately eternal reward — but nobody said it was going to be easy. Along the way we will be faced with challenges and obstacles to overcome. It is essential to have the support and guidance of other Christians who can provide Godly counsel....
Jun 29, 2015
Partnering with India in Prayer FOCUS on Missions Clinton R. Brown Executive Director In May of 2015 I was able to visit the two groups of Seventh Day Baptist churches in India with Nicholas Solomon from the Salem SDB church in West Virginia. One was the established SDB World Federation conference in Andhra Pradesh (the Kerala, India, conference was no longer...
Jun 29, 2015
Change is the Only Constant: Updates on the Helping Hand Christian Education Council Rev. Nicholas J. Kersten Director of Education and History Seventh Day Baptists have a long tradition in Christian Education. Among our earliest emphases as a Conference of churches was institutions and programs which fostered discipleship and spiritual education. Perhaps no...
Historical Society has Annual Meeting; Votes to Merge with General Conference Rev. Nicholas J. Kersten Director of Education and History On May 17, at the SDB Center in Janesville, more than four years of careful consideration ended with a decision from the membership of the SDB Historical Society to merge with the General Conference by a vote of 85-6. The vote...