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 Sarina Villalpando Charles Schultz came up with many different Peanuts movies, many we watch on our screens for different holidays. Within many of these holiday favorites there is “The Great Pumpkin.” The basis of the movie is that the Peanuts gang celebrates Halloween and Linus waits for the Great Pumpkin to arrive. The Great Pumpkin can be seen as Santa or...
Jan 29, 2019
By Cheri Appel In the past year (2017-2018) Rob and I have had three experiences with neighbors and family members wherein their cancer was treated into remission. For the past six months, my brother-in-law, Rich, was a patient at the City of Hope, Duarte, CA. He was treated for and achieved remission from leukemia! Rich and my sister, Cheryl, are ministers in...
Dec 26, 2018
By Debbie Rod and Valerie Heath The Good News Seventh Day Baptist Church goodnewssdbchurch@gmail.com The Good News Seventh Day Baptist Church, Raleigh-Durham, NC Our small fellowship is home to an amazing woman—and I want to share her story with you. Donna Hudson was raised in a Seventh Day Baptist family and community in a remote village in Guyana. Several...
Dec 26, 2018
by Donna S. Bond “Keep those babies coming,” I like to say to young, Christian, married couples, “because the world needs more Christians.” Well, I can’t really take credit for what happened in the Shiloh area…only God can work the miracles we celebrated on October 20, 2018. On that date, FIVE young married couples brought their babies to church for dedication:...
Dec 26, 2018
by Pastor Phil Lawton This letter is dedicated to all those who in the last year have shared with me their stories. To those of you who have trusted me with some of the deepest hurts in your life. To those of you who years later are now able to look back and find something redeeming about your story. To those of you who are still in the midst of confusion about...
Dec 26, 2018
By Lori Roeleveld Reprinted with permission Lori Stanley Roeleveld, Disturber of Hobbits www.loriroeleveld.com A monster moved into Providence, RI, sometime in the past two weeks. At least, that’s what the mobs who protest outside his building have written on their signs and shout up at the windows. He’s a monster who preys on young boys and they want him...
Survivor. That is a loaded word—sometimes it makes me feel like the trauma is over. But really it just means that you have learned to fly again after your wings have been broken. Sometimes you never really feel whole. I didn’t for a long time and sometimes I still don’t. I was abused for several years and each time I can remember feels like another break. I...
Dec 26, 2018
On December 4, 2018, the Seventh Day Baptist General Conference of the USA and Canada Ltd. was excited to announce their next Executive Director. The Rev. Carl P. Greene has been selected and accepted the position of Executive Director. Rev. Greene will assume the full duties starting January 1, 2020. He will be working with outgoing Executive Director, Robert...