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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Aug 30, 2016
by Valerie Probasco Children’s Conference Committee Member SDB Church of Shiloh, NJ The focus of this year’s Associated Conference was taken from the General Conference theme, but elaborated on one key component: EDUCATION. We were delighted to spend this week of our faith walk with approximately 45 kids from our SDB family. Each day, the kids spent time...
Aug 29, 2016
Speaker: Tyler Chroniger SDB Church of Shiloh, NJ Father God, we know Your spirit is here tonight. We know You are moving in our hearts and our minds. I pray for myself, and the message You have given me; that it would not be of me but of You and the words spoken tonight would be glory and honor to Your name. In Jesus’ name, Amen. There are a lot of...
Aug 29, 2016
The Robe of Achievement Committee chose two very worthy women to be awarded the Robe this year; one who has already gotten her eternal reward and one who is still with us. They have several things in common. For instance they are both musical, pastor’s wives, served on the Women’s Board, and served on the Board of Christian Education. Receiving the Robe...
By Willy Villalpando Maranatha Community Church Colton, CA As we have finished another week at General Conference and SCSC, I feel that it is important to reread this message. So thank you all and God bless. (From September 2015) After a very exciting and action-packed week at General Conference in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and a very awesome, yet long summer...
Aug 29, 2016
By Nicholas J. Kersten Christian Education Council As promoted in the pages of the Sabbath Recorder over the last year, the Christian Education Council honored two churches and an outstanding teacher during the awards time at this year’s General Conference meetings. The Sabbath School Teacher of the Year for the 2015-16 Conference year is Rev. David Fox of the...
Aug 29, 2016
by Pastor Steve Osborn SDB Church, Boulder, CO Pastor Dave Stall told me, “One of the most important things in visiting Ethiopia is to be flexible.” Boy, was he ever right! We had plans — and good ones. But God had better ones. Our plan was for Pastor Dave, Pastor John Pethtel, and me to make a follow-up visit to our churches among the Nuer people who are...
Aug 29, 2016
By Nicholas J. Kersten During the afternoon activities at General Conference, the SDB Council on History was allotted 45 minutes to honor and celebrate a century of ministry of the Seventh Day Baptist Historical Society. The Society was merged with the General Conference in April of this year, but not before the Society entered its one hundredth year of...
by Annie Lloyd Welcome to the Beacon of 2016-2017! If you do not know already, the Beacon is a section of the Sabbath Recorder — specifically for the youth of the Seventh Day Baptist denomination. In this section there will be an article written by a youth. These articles are not only meant to honor and represent Seventh Day Baptists, but also, most...