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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Jun 23, 2016
Pastor David C. Pearson was born in Amsterdam, NY, on September 10, 1931. He was baptized when he was 12 years old and grew up going to the Schenectady mission of the Berlin SDB Church and to his uncle’s first-day church. His family was very active in both churches, often attending seven or more services each week. However, it was not until his time in Paint...
Jun 23, 2016
Pastor Leroy Bass was born on January 17, 1925, in Springfield, MA. He was raised in a Christian home and was baptized by immersion at the age of 18 in a Methodist church. He graduated from Northampton Vocational School in Northampton, MA, in 1943. It was through Bible study during Leroy’s service in the army that he discovered that Sabbath was on the...
Jun 23, 2016
By Diane Andries The decision to have spine surgery was not an easy one to make. I had so many tearful conversations with God about, and for, my healing. But I believe God had something different in mind for me. I knew that surgery was what I had to do, and finally I scheduled spine surgery for June of 2014. After surgery was done, I had a big shock. I realized...
Jun 23, 2016
by Pastor Herb Saunders There is a shrine in the French Pyrenees where people come to pray for healing. A war veteran who had lost a leg appeared at the shrine sometime after World War II. As he hobbled his way along the street to the shrine someone said, “Look at that silly man! Does he think God is going to give him back his leg?” The young man overheard the...
Jun 23, 2016
Introducing short devotional thoughts from a series by Donna Mae (Ochs) VanHorn. She graduated from Milton Union High School and later met, then married, her husband Jared while both were students at Milton College. They relocated to RI, Jerry’s home state, when he took a job with The Providence Journal. Her professional career has spanned several...
Jun 23, 2016
by Pastor Bill Shobe My interest in healing began quite suddenly on a Sunday about 25 years ago. A young man from our congregation collapsed and was being transported to the hospital. I raced to the emergency room only to wait almost a half hour for the ambulance to arrive. The news they brought was bad. His heart had stopped. They could not resuscitate him....
Jun 23, 2016
by Rev. Nicholas J. Kersten Director of Education and History Every day, each of us makes decisions about how we will spend what God has given to us. Those decisions extend to every area of our lives — from our time and energy to our physical resources. How we make these decisions define our lives and our relationships, both with other people and with the Lord....
Jun 23, 2016
by Clinton R. Brown Executive Director SDB Missionary Society Our 2016 General Conference President, Dr. Ken Chroniger, has set a theme of Faith, Family, and Education. As you may have noted, the Missionary Society has been receiving and helping respond to many in our Family of Faith asking for help with their need for Education. The two final teams of...