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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Jan 6, 2021
By Amanda Langley Before we dive into Gospel Saturation we need to talk about the gospel. Many Christians or church members will tell you that they believe in the gospel but when pressed to say what that means they usually can’t find the words. I recently posted a question on my Facebook page that said, “Non-Christians only: What is the gospel?” One friend...
Jan 6, 2021
By Pastor Jamaal Fyffe By definition, the word saturation refers to “the state or process that occurs when no more of something can be absorbed, combined with, or added.” Quite naturally, the logical question that arises within the context of Gospel Saturation is how does this notion become the lived reality within the body of Christ, with all of the individual...
Jan 6, 2021
By Carl Greene, Executive Director What is gospel saturation? On an individual basis, gospel saturation refers to God causing us to receive Jesus Christ—to soak in Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord. The key to including saturation in this phrase is the idea that we soak in Jesus to the point of being unable to contain the gospel within ourselves—we cannot...
VAUGHT—Austin Grant Jr. (AG), age 64, died March 17, 2020, in Janesville, WI. Persons familiar with hospice care may know they refer to a person’s final days as their last journey. That journey is as individual as the person—but I’ve heard many times of the dying person who suddenly seems to look at or reach for someone unseen. I don’t know if this is just...
Reprinted from The Sabbath Recorder dated November 21, 1878 Prairie Fire in Nebraska A North Loup correspondent sends us an account of a very destructive prairie fire in that vicinity, by which our Sabbath-keeping friends were heavy sufferers, clipped from the Greeley County Tribune, date not given, from which we make the following extracts: On last Tuesday...
Barb Green, Parish Nurse Milton, WI Medications and Aging If you are looking at the title of this article and thinking that you don’t need to read it because you certainly are not old, think again. All of us are aging and if this doesn’t apply to you now, it will. Statistics reveal that 91% of people over 65 take at least one prescription drug and 41% use five...
Nov 1, 2020
Reprinted from The Sabbath Recorder dated May 19, 1947 SALEM CHURCH FIRE STARTED IN UPPER CORNICE Roof and Loft Burned; Interior Damaged by Water SALEM, WV—Fire which broke out in the upper cornice of the building, seriously damaged the Salem Seventh Day Baptist church at about 10 a.m. Sunday morning, May 4. Damage as estimated by Fire Chief, Winston Davis, was...
Nov 1, 2020
By Lauren Kinlocke Deep South Camp Director 2020 With all the unexpected changes brought about by the onset of Covid-19, Deep South Camp (DSC) 2020 was in doubt. But where there’s a will, the Lord always opens a way—this time was no exception: the Internet, via Zoom, was the saving grace. Fully conscious that one key element to DSC success lies in having the...