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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Sep 25, 2019
By Lance Greene The Imposter Syndrome is feeling inadequate to do the job we are given and more specifically feeling inadequate to fulfill God’s calling on our life. I want to start by talking about an interview Lisa Bevere had with Risen Magazine. Lisa was asked about the dynamics of her childhood and I’m going to paraphrase her response: My parents were...
Sep 25, 2019
By Dennis Coleman I had a lot of fun at this year’s Conference, even though as stage manager the week turned into a sort of working vacation. But that’s okay. It was an honor to serve our Lord and to serve those of you who attended. Things were not perfect on stage (with overlapping practice schedules and with having to fit a piano, organ, choir, symphony-sized...
Sep 25, 2019
By: Kim Merchant At the 2018 General Conference, the Council on History requested volunteers to enter library records into the online catalog, CuadraSTAR. Playing on the catalog name, the Council on History named the group of volunteers the STAR Team. It turned out to be an apt name based on the volunteers’ enthusiasm, skill, and productivity. The team of 14...
Sep 25, 2019
The Recognition Committee is the newly named committee choosing the Robe of Achievement and Women In Ministry Everywhere recipients. Last year was the first year for the Women In Service Everywhere (or WISE) to be awarded. This year your committee (Janet Butler, Marcy Kersten, and Karen Payne) chose a woman who has served our denomination and her church for...
Sep 25, 2019
A summary of Thursday night’s message By Miriam Berg When I think about people being truly separated and isolated from one another, one of the first things I picture is the Berlin wall. This wall separated families and communities in Berlin for almost thirty years. And when it was broken down, people experienced wholeness, health, and unity—not only in Berlin,...
Andy Samuels Chief Executive Director SDB Missionary Society My Dad passed away on Sabbath, May 25, 2019, one month short of his 86th birthday, and on the very Sabbath I preached my last sermon as Pastor of the Miami Seventh Day Baptist Church. Like me, he was born on the island of Jamaica in the West Indies. When he was a teenager, attending Crandall High...
Sep 25, 2019
President’s Page by Kevin Butler The little pink notebook in my wife’s purse measures only 3 by 5 inches, yet it carries a boatload of heavy memories. Janet started to faithfully document my medical visits last year before, during, and after my cancer diagnosis. The strange symptoms started around Easter time. Falling onto a very unforgiving sidewalk sent me to...
Sep 25, 2019
By Isaac Floyd I first want to say thank you. Nothing from YouthCon could have been available to us without you. Thanks! Using your resources, we at YouthCon were able to go to laser tag, go to a high-end buffet, and we were able to have an air-conditioned room to use for class. Beyond material things, we also have grown more in Christ. We learned that we are...