President's Page

“A divine wake-up call?”

Posted by on Jan 15, 2021

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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Alliance In Ministry

Does Your Church Live a Questionable Life?1

Posted by on Oct 1, 2020

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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Features

Announcement about Conference 2021

Posted by on Apr 1, 2021

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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Departments

We’ve Heard the Cry

Posted by on Jan 15, 2021

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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The Sent One Becomes the Sender Pastor Steve Osborn Boulder SDB Church, CO There they were, a huddled, frightened mass cowering behind locked doors, just waiting to be discovered by the Jews and imagining what would become of them when they did. Were these really the same men Jesus had invested three years of His life training, shaping, and mentoring? Yet we...

You Are In Good Hands

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You Are In Good Hands Caleb Crouch I’ve lived a very exciting life for a fifteen year old. I’ve lived in eight or nine different houses across three states. My family has been a homeschool family, (briefly) a Military family, and (recently) a quite large family—five brothers and one sister. Dad has worked a lot of jobs, from fabric cutting to locating work to...

That They May Have Life

That They May Have Life

Mar 26, 2015

That They May Have Life Part Two from “Doesn’t He Know?” Daniel Lovelace Metro Atlanta SDB Church   The tax collector I am a murderer. I murdered both a man and his family two years ago because he never paid back the money I lent him, after several of his broken promises to do so. Then I covered it up by framing his best friend as the killer. The friend...

Safe at second…?

Safe at second…?

Mar 26, 2015

Safe at second…? President’s Page by Bill Probasco Ever felt like God has given you a task and you just haven’t been able to carry it through? What does it mean to be steadfast for the Lord? Have you given up or stepped away from something God had in mind for your church? Have others done that and you’ve found it hard to welcome them back into an activity? I...

“On the Road to Emmaus” God With Us

“On the Road to Emmaus” God With Us

Mar 26, 2015

“On the Road to Emmaus” God With Us Rev. Dr. Dale D. Thorngate Salem, WV “Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; but...

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Meet the SDB Councils

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