By Rev. Dave Stall What are some aspects of good health in a Seventh Day Baptist church? What are some indicators or common characteristics of churches that are healthy and thriving? What are some areas that a sick church needs to look at in order to be revitalized? These are very good questions that we should all be asking as we consider the vitality,...
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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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Oct 1, 2020
By JR Shick A friend and mentor once told me that it is easier to keep a ball rolling than to let it stop and try to start it again once it stops. I have found this to be extremely wise advice! (Thanks, Mr. Ed!) However you are processing this current season we find ourselves in, we have the opportunity to reflect on what we were doing (rolling the ball) and...
Spirit Week!
Aug 30, 2020
Seventh Day Baptist Annual Women’s Society Meeting
By Katrina Goodrich On the evening of July 28, 2020, the Seventh Day Baptist Annual Women’s Society meeting was held via web platform. It seems silly right now to say it was a historic moment, but the reality is we are living history. With current conditions necessitating the disruption of regularly planned and executed Conference schedules, the Women’s Society...
Virtual Conference 2020
Kevin Butler, Conference President Let us keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, on whom our faith depends from beginning to end. —Hebrews 12:2 I worked closely with 27 different Conference Presidents during my time as editor of the Sabbath Recorder. And I had asked several of them for their advice in approaching my Conference year. I asked them how they went about...
The Boy With the Fish and the Loaves
Aug 30, 2020
by Sarina Gumness There are hundreds of people mentioned in the Bible, but some are not looked at like others. I wanted to discuss the boy who shared his lunch with thousands of people by giving it to Jesus. The story is mentioned in all four of the Gospels—meaning this young man is mentioned in all four of the Gospels. Let’s begin with the account itself. The...
YouthCon Meets on Zoom
Aug 30, 2020
Regardless of what we have faced during this trying time, the Lord still gave us time for General Conference, even if we could not meet in person. The Youth Conference was no different, meeting Sunday night on July 26 at 7pm (EDT). Run by Debbie Bond, we were able to talk to fellow Seventh Day Baptists whom many of us had not seen since last Conference. We...
Missionary Society Report
Aug 30, 2020
Andy Samuels, Chief Executive Director SDB Missionary Society Before the current pandemic curtailed our travel, the Missionary Society, over the past Conference year, through its directors and other missionaries, was able to visit and share ministry in several countries. They included: Bangladesh This is a new field for Seventh Day Baptists. A family of solid...