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
By Pat Williams SDB Church, Boulder, CO A recent article in a healthcare magazine stated that “Creative play is a way to bring more relaxation, creative problem-solving, and focus into our busy days.” Our Craft Fellowship has found this to be SO true. About a year ago, a group of ladies from our church who like to do handwork projects decided to get together to...
Mar 20, 2019
By Jane Mackintosh Conference President I believe we all can clearly see the swift decline of our culture that has taken place over a very few years. My experiences working with young adults has helped to shape my view of the need for prayer. Listening to our young people share about what they are up against on the college campuses and in the workplace has...
Mar 20, 2019
By Danny Lee President of Missionary Society As I travel the world, I am humbled to see how God is working in so many ways. Recently I was fortunate to complete a mission trip to Cuba on behalf of the Missionary Society. I was equally blessed to take with me a wonderful Christian, Ricardo (Richie) Sepulveda, member of the Riverside Seventh Day Baptist church....
Feb 20, 2019
By Dodi Moncrief and Sharon Campbell Sitting in a Sabbath School class with children ranging in ages from first through sixth grades made our hearts smile as we listened to the concern these young people have for their unsaved friends. We were actually focusing on JOY as part of the advent study, but our conversation changed to awareness of the unsaved who did...
Feb 20, 2019
By Ruth Burdick In January my Sabbath School class studied the book of Joshua, and (boom!) in the first chapter is God’s charge to Joshua, the Israelites, and us today: be bold, strong and courageous. Years ago I had bracketed the first sentence in verse 5 and underlined the last half of the sentence. I had also underlined the four occurrences of “Be strong and...
Feb 20, 2019
By Patty Petersen “And now, Lord, look upon their threats and grant to Your servants to continue to speak Your word with all boldness.” (Acts 4:29 ESV) I used to read verses like this and be amazed at the faith and courage of these early Christians. Acts 4:29 is part of a group prayer following the release of Peter and John from jail. They know they face future...
Feb 20, 2019
By Pastor Rick Crouch Daytona Beach is promoted as “The World’s Most Famous Beach,” but I don’t know of anyone who believes that statement is true. I can’t find any polls or research to support this claim. The slogan is just a marketing tool to draw tourists that has been in use since the 1920s. However, that doesn’t mean that Daytona Beach isn’t well-known....
Feb 20, 2019
Victor Harold Burdick, M.D. (1927-2015) “We are thanking you for the doctor whom you sent to us,” wrote J. Witness Mankhanamba. “It was a strange thing to see how he was doing with the people. He did not care how dirty they were, did not care how poor they were, but he showed his kindness by giving help to these poor people. Oh! God is Almighty, whom we thank....