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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Nov 22, 2017
9th in a series by Assistant Pastor Philip Lawton Seventh Day Baptist Church of Shiloh, NJ Check out Phil’s blog at contemplatingkenosis.blogspot.com What is your biggest temptation? It might be those cupcakes that a coworker brought into work. It might be speeding. For some it will be a bottle of alcohol, for others heroin or meth. The answer to that...
by Rev. Carl Greene Hebron SDB Church, PA I was one of the most feared pitchers in my Little League Division. Batters would come to the plate with white knuckled twitches as they held their bat and sweat flowed from their brows. I could throw the ball fast and hard. I also had lousy ball control. I could not get many batters out, but man, they feared me!...
Oct 26, 2017
John J. Pethtel Director Church Development & Pastoral Services Here are 5 questions leaders can ask if their church stops growing: One of the best things any leader can do when he is in a tough spot is to stop making assumptions and start asking questions. Our assumptions got us to where we are, but they won’t necessarily get us where we need to go. 1....
Oct 26, 2017
Reprinted from Christine Hoover who is a church planting wife and a mom to three boys. She also writes on her blog, Grace Covers Me (www.gracecoversme.com). In 2008, God called my husband, Kyle, and me to plant a church in Charlottesville, Virginia. Though we had eight years of ministry experience under our belts at an established church,...
El discipulado funciona esencialmente mediante la instrucción y la imitación. El discipulado funciona mejor a través del amor. A medida que instruimos con amor a creyentes más jóvenes en el camino de la piedad y de una vida encomiable, ellos crecerán en su semejanza a Cristo imitando nuestra vida y doctrina (cf. 1 Ti. 4:16). Instrucción: La Biblia llama...
Oct 26, 2017
by Clinton R. Brown Executive Director Now this I say, he who sows sparingly shall also reap sparingly; and he who sows bountifully shall also reap bountifully. 2 Corinthians 9:6 Please consider discussing with your family if you can add some of these to your Christmas gift list this year. We have Seventh Day Baptist families...
Oct 26, 2017
by Pastor Michael Spearl Pastor Michael Spearl had a passion for science and engineering early in his life. But after earning an MS in Electrical Engineering, and working and teaching in that field, God redirected him into a new direction working for the kingdom. Pastor Michael says, “My passions have changed. Now, I teach...
Oct 26, 2017
Less Talk. More Action. Rev. David Stall, Conference President After entering the beautifully renovated interior of the Toronto church, I found Omari Rhoden teaching a Sabbath School class on the Transformational Church. There were several “extra” friends in Toronto since it was the Allegheny Association weekend. Pastor Owen Lynch was asking the right questions...