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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May 29, 2020
By Michael Spearl Modern culture has altered the way many Christians live their faith. Christianity has been removed from many of our social structures, sometimes politely, sometimes with disdain. It’s true. Mentioning the name of Jesus in a public forum usually brings some funny looks at a minimum, other times a quick rebuke. Christians are expected to...
May 29, 2020
WHILE the Sabbath is not a sacrament, we feel that it partakes of the nature of a sacrament. In the midst of time the Sabbath anchors eternity, signifying and symbolizing the sacredness of all time. To observe the Sabbath therefore is to worship God and acknowledge His love and care. Even as we read in New Testament times of the preparation day preceding...
By Rev. Nicholas J. Kersten Director of Education and History The mission that Jesus gave to his disciples after His resurrection was to “make disciples of all nations” (Matthew 28:18-20). The message of His saving death, miraculous bodily resurrection, and ascension to heaven are signs that the Kingdom of God has broken back into our world and...
May 29, 2020
By John J. Pethtel Something that I often say while preaching—and why the gospel must be shared in ways that all can understand it—is, “The gospel is for believers and unbelievers.” The gospel for unbelievers is meant to offer conviction of sin and/or hope for the future. The gospel for believers is for confession of sin and a...
May 29, 2020
The Seventh Day Baptist General Council is pleased to announce that Rev. Kevin Butler has agreed to serve as SDB Conference President and Charlotte Chroniger as President-elect for the 2021 General Conference session. In light of the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 General Conference session, the willingness of Kevin and...
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...
May 29, 2020
By Steve Osborn We were not a bad church. In fact, we were a pretty good church. We had been serving the Lord for 125 years in Boulder, Colorado, since a small gathering of individuals had the vision to plant a new church on this frontier and set their minds to doing it. Over the years, the church had twice relocated to new...
May 29, 2020
By John J. Pethtel Director Church Development & Pastoral Services Christ-likeness is both the goal and the promise given to all disciples of Christ. Our path to Christ-likeness begins in recognizing who Christ is and what He has done for us. He then becomes our example for how to live out the faith that we have been entrusted with. It is also His promise...