by Rev. Nicholas J. Kersten Director of Education and History The question of the keeping of holidays and festivals among Seventh Day Baptists is for some a matter of dire importance which points at the purity of our faith. For others, it is seldom given a second thought as they carry out whichever traditions have been handed to them. Given those divergent...
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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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Too Busy!
Nov 26, 2018
By Katrina Goodrich “‘Crazy-busy’ is a great armor, it’s a great way for numbing. What a lot of us do is that we stay so busy, and so out in front of our life, that the truth of how we’re feeling and what we really need can’t catch up with us.” —Brenė Brown Lately, I’ve been catching myself responding to the question, “How’ve you been?” with things like “really...
Tribal Dance and SDB Worship
Nov 26, 2018
By Clinton R. Brown Executive Director Seventh Day Baptist Missionary Society You can experience quite a variety of worship styles due to regional preferences or the importation of culture from other countries if you visit some of the different Seventh Day Baptist congregations in the USA & Canada. Being a westerner, I was somewhat naive to the variety of...
People Get Ready
Nov 26, 2018
By Jane Mackintosh Conference President Last month I shared my first idea about how we can “get ready” as Seventh Day Baptists to serve the Church when she returns to the Sabbath. The first idea was to pursue Biblical counseling, training to help with the woundedness of people sitting in our churches. Doug and I just returned from Florida where we spent a...
THE GIFT THAT KEEPS GIVING!
Nov 26, 2018
Servant Leadership Development A SUMMER OF SERVICE: LEADERSHIP FOR A LIFETIME 2019 DATES AND INFORMATION • January 8, 2019 — DEADLINE for Student Applications • January 31, 2019 — DEADLINE for Church Applications • June 12 – 16 — Project Director Training Camp Harley Sutton, Alfred Station, NY • June 12 – 20 — SCSC On-Site Training Camp Harley Sutton, Alfred...
“Test Run” in Shiloh
By Frank Mazza SDB Church of Shiloh, NJ Have you ever gone to the doctor for a check-up and got a report that was different than you expected? Recently, I went in for an annual physical and was told that my cholesterol was high. Dangerously high. At first, there was some denial. I am relatively young, active and have a well-balanced diet. I was not expecting to...
Church Development & Pastoral Services
Nov 26, 2018
By John J. Pethtel Director of Church Development &Pastoral Services GEORGIA AND FLORIDA SDBS GATHER FOR ASSOCIATION MEETINGS SDBs from Georgia and Florida gathered together in Plantation, FL, from November 9 to 11, 2018, for their annual association meetings held at the Sawgrass Inn and Conference Center. The theme chosen by Association President...
Luciano Barreto Nogueira de Moura Elected President of World Federation
Nov 26, 2018
By Pastor Andy Samuels General Secretary The General Secretary of the Seventh Day Baptist World Federation is pleased to announce the election of Pastor Luciano Barreto Nogueira de Moura as President of the organization. Pastor Luciano serves in the Seventh Day Baptist Conference of Brazil. His election was ratified by a majority of the World Federation member...