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“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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Shiloh Church Honored

Shiloh Church honored by Donna S. Bond, Shiloh, N.J.   Too often we hear the cries of separation of Church and State from those who wish for “freedom from religion” rather than “freedom of religion” as envisioned by our Founding Fathers. It was therefore refreshing to attend Ranch Hope’s* Founder’s Banquet celebrating their Golden anniversary on May 8,...

It Feels Like Winter on a Summer Day

It Feels Like Winter on a Summer Day

Jun 24, 2014

It Feels Like Winter on a Summer Day by Rob Appel       Saying goodbye to the people who make a difference in our Conference work is not easy. I have been trying to figure out how to write about Kevin Butler and his 25 years serving as Director of Communications of the American Tract and Communication Council. His contributions to the betterment...

Choose… to be Fruitful!

Choose… to be Fruitful!

Jun 24, 2014

Choose… to be Fruitful! by Steven James     As my final installment as this year’s Conference President, and keeping on track in sharing some thoughts about each passage in our Scripture Memory program for 2013-2014, we have one last passage—the “big” one—to tackle. It’s John 15:1-17. Perhaps it’s “big” not just because it is the traditional “long”...

What Do I Do Now?

What Do I Do Now?

Jun 24, 2014

What Do I Do Now? By Seth Osborn        Well, here I am. My last Beacon article. After serving for two years as the editor/most-of-the-time-writer, I’m now at the end. Similarly, I’m at the end of my high school career; I graduated on May 25. And I’m also at the end of a romantic relationship. Actually we broke up just a few hours before I sat...

Forever changed in West Africa

Forever changed in West Africa

Jun 24, 2014

Forever changed in West Africa By Danny Lee, Colorado Springs, Colo.     I was humbly blessed to accompany Missionary Society Director Clint Brown to the Republic of Cameroon, Liberia and Ghana on a much-needed mission trip to see SDBs in West Africa. We first flew to Cameroon and had the pleasure of attending their Annual Conference in a small...

Committing the Word to memory

Committing the Word to memory by Andrew J. Camenga   Part of obeying all that Christ commanded is remembering what He said and what He valued. Seventh Day Baptists encourage this part of discipleship by memorizing Scripture together. The Board of Christian Education has strengthened that impulse with the annual Scripture Memory program. Since the program...

2014 Institute held

2014 Institute held

Jun 24, 2014

2014 Institute held Sessions dealt with the Sabbath by Gordon Lawton        Seven students gathered in Janesville, Wis., at the SDB Center for the final week of the “Summer” Institute in Sabbath Theology. The students began participating online in February and submitted their Sabbath Theology paper at the end of the class session in Wisconsin....

Jamaican SDB Pastors In North America

Jamaican SDB Pastors In North America By Rev. Andy Samuels     Over the last 40 years—approximately the span of a generation—no less than 27 Jamaicans or men of Jamaican descent have served as Pastor, Assistant Pastor, or Associate Pastor of a Seventh Day Baptist Church in North America. That is quite a remarkable occurrence when considered from any...