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 29, 2019
By Rev. Nate Crandall Spiritual gifts are not an optional part of the Christian life. They are essential tools which are given by God for the building up of His body. The New Testament describes spiritual gifts in three different places—Romans 12, 1 Corinthians 12, and Ephesians 4. The list of spiritual gifts found in 1 Corinthians further describes them as...
By Rob Appel Rarely will you start a trip without deciding first on a destination. However, most of us live life withoutever deciding on a destination. In 2010, my good friend Althea Rood was reading a book titled “Visioneering: God’s Blueprint for Developing and Maintaining Vision” by Andy Stanley. She was so inspired by the book that after she finished it she...
Jan 29, 2019
Submit Nominations for the Robe of Achievement and WISE Award The Recognitions committee of the Women’s Board would like to encourage you to submit your nominations for the Robe of Achievement or a Women In Service Everywhere Award. The purpose of the Robe of Achievement is to honor a woman who has had an influence or contributed “beyond the limits of her own...
Jan 29, 2019
By Katrina Goodrich Building Relationships Sometimes the best laid plans get put on hold or temporarily interrupted. There is truth in the old adage that man plans and God laughs. I am still intent on highlighting different community services and actions going on throughout our denomination this year. However, I had intended that those articles actually be...
by Janet Thorngate Part 2 Fifth in a series of spinoff articles from recent research on the Newport, Rhode Island, Seventh Day Baptists1 The Newport Seventh Day Baptist covenant listed no tenets of faith. Once signed by the original seven, its pattern of commitment to a common faith walk and watchcare seemed to hold for generations, but very seldom were...
Jan 29, 2019
By Conor Hannah I am planning to make a major change in what I anticipate to be the next phase of my life. I am a senior at Fairmont State University in West Virginia and will be graduating in May of 2019 with a degree in Graphic Design. However, after graduation I plan to enlist with the Chi Alpha Campus Ministries missionary team full time on the FSU campus....
Jan 29, 2019
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...
by Steve Moncrief After a restful Sabbath and a good night’s sleep, a new week began. Several were up early on October 28 and ready to go. It was the day of the annual Chicken Barbeque to raise funds for the William Lupton Fund for Needy Children. The preliminary work had been done, the tickets sold, and we were ready to go. By 8:00 a.m. the barbeque racks had...