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,...
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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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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!
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?
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
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
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...