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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Sep 26, 2018
By Clinton R. Brown In August of 2018 I had the opportunity to travel to Cuba to meet with Sabbath-keeping believers in the city of Santa Marta. Manuel Marambio, a leader of the Chilean SDB Convention, met me there to translate. The Cubans had initially made contact with the Chileans through the Chilean SDB website. Because of this connection and to help...
Sep 26, 2018
by Rob Appel Lately I have had the song “My Way” running through my head. I guess there is a good reason that it has been cycling through my thoughts now and again. With my pending retirement, from the position of Executive Director, I have been thinking about the past 14 years, and planning the next few months until September 2019. And there are so many to...
By Sarina Villalpando Everybody has a testimony. No matter how big or how small, it exists—because we exist and God exists and we are where we are for a reason. Today I will share a part of mine. “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” —Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV) There...
Sep 26, 2018
by Janet Thorngate Fourth in a series of spinoff articles from recent research on the Newport, Rhode Island, Seventh Day Baptists1 There were at least eleven of them. Their stories hide in the records over a period of 123 years. Discovering them elicits emotions from shock and shame to awe and fascination—then admiration. Forty-nine years after the Newport...
Sep 26, 2018
By Katrina Goodrich Excerpts from the exit testimonies of SCSC students from Team Breathe After being told about SCSC, I believed it would be an excellent way to grow in the Lord and serve others at the same time, so I sent in my application. At the beginning of this summer, I began to question why I chose to do SCSC. I was enjoying being home from...
Sep 26, 2018
by Alan Briggs There’s been a lot of talk about pastors in recent days. Blogs, posts, tweets and major media outlets have been abuzz about the challenges of the pastoral vocation. I lead in several spheres, but one of those has been pastor. For twelve years I have experienced the joy, heartbreak, victory and loss of walking with people through the dark caverns,...
Sep 26, 2018
2 Corinthians 9:6-11 by Pastor Andrew Samuels Conference Sermon August 1, 2018 Maybe you haven’t noticed, but we talk a lot. We debate, we discuss, we murmur, we complain, we criticize, we just talk. I mean, as a conference. And I must confess that I have just had a hard time understanding why there is so much talk, and so little action. So, I decided to look...
Sep 26, 2018
by John J. Pethtel Pastoring a church is NOT an easy job. This Pastor’s Appreciation Month (and every day) I wanted to share 9 ways you can encourage your pastor (or pastors). Thank them. It’s not easy to preach every week. It’s not easy to carry the burden of ministry every day. A pastor rarely hears “thank you.” A good pastor isn’t in the ministry for...