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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Mar 20, 2019
CROSS exists to mobilize a generation to lay down their lives in pursuit of the glory of Jesus Christ among all the unreached and unengaged peoples of the world. Twenty-four people traveled with Milton Seventh Day Baptist Church to Louisville, Kentucky, January 2-5, 2019, for this missions-focused conference for young adults. What a blessing it was! • 7,500 in...
By Bethany Crandall At first it seemed a little counterintuitive; to not just mention, but to spend generous amounts of time on the local church at a missions conference geared towards sending young people out into the world. But as the mentions of the local church grew in number and culminated in a sermon by Trip Lee, I realized that in my love, research, and...
Mar 20, 2019
By Janet Thorngate, Chairman, SDB Council on History People sleuthing their family history often discover that in the process of building that endless genealogy chart, the quest for illusive details draws them deeper and deeper into an ancestor’s world. Suddenly they are “into history” (though they never “liked history”) and the name on the chart becomes a real...
By John J. Pethtel Two New Awards for Pastors The SDB Council on Ministry is pleased to increase the recognition of our local church pastors by initiating two new annual awards: The David L. Taylor Pastor’s Heart Award and the Excellence in Preaching Award. The David L. Taylor Pastor’s Heart Award will be an annual recognition award established in honor and...
Mar 20, 2019
By Holly Probasco Shiloh SDB Church Shiloh, NJ The story of Esther has always been my favorite Bible story. A couple fun facts about this book would include that the longest verse in the Bible is in Esther. Esther 8:9 contains 78 words. Another fun fact would be that the book of Esther does not mention God by name at all. However, the presence of God...
By Gary Wade Coats I was sitting in church last Sunday (I attend an Independent Baptist Church as there are no Seventh Day Baptist Churches near where I live in South Carolina.) listening to the Youth Choir singing: “I have a Goodly Heritage, I’m blessed with things you can’t see. I have a Goodly Heritage, and that is worth far more to me.” These words got me...
By Bryan Baker If You Build It They Will Come Who remembers the old style of youth ministry? You know, the let’s start playing basketball in the park every Tuesday and use that as our way of outreach. That approach, while effective, kind of got thrown to the wayside a little bit in the last couple of decades. Then we got started down the path, and I’m sure we...
AIM by Rob Appel Q. HOW DO WE FUND OUR SEVENTH DAY BAPTIST MINISTRIES? A. LOCAL CHURCHES: Tithes and offerings received from local churches who give to special appeals. Many churches tithe their local church budget to the work of the SDB Ministries. ASSOCIATIONS: Offerings at Association meetings. Most Associations have an assessment per member used for...