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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Mar 18, 2016
By Rob Appel Executive Director The History The last time we had General Conference gathering in Southern California was 1993! Since 1949 we have been in SoCal a total of five times. That means between 1949 and 1993 we averaged about every eight years we would be there. So, what happened between 1993 and 2017? Why haven’t we been there? There are two...
Mar 18, 2016
by Casey Greene Berlin, NY, SDB Church I had the privilege, along with four other youth from the Berlin and First Hopkington SDB Churches, to go to Puerto Rico this past summer. Our time there was an amazing and eye-opening experience. The relationships and connections we made there will be a blessing for a lifetime. Never before had I walked into a place and...
by Kory and Amanda Langley SDB Church of Texarkana, AR “Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven” Matthew 5:3 I am going to tell you two different stories from the past year. One happened on the official mission field and one at home. To understand my stories you have to understand this: no matter how much you seem to have or...
Barb Green, Parish Nurse Milton, WI Sepsis is the body’s overwhelming and life-threatening response to an infection which can lead to tissue damage, organ failure, and death. An old term for it is blood poisoning. Sepsis can occur to anyone, at any time, from any type of infection, and can affect any part of the body. It can occur even after a minor infection....
Mar 18, 2016
by Debbie James Verona, NY, SDB Church After Steve returned from his first trip to Kenya in June 2012, God began to place a burden on my heart to teach the women of Kenya how to sew as a way to help provide for their families. I watched as God orchestrated all the details from that time up to our trip there in June 2015. One Sabbath, I shared with a friend at...
Mar 18, 2016
by Rev. Gordon Lawton Boulder, CO, Seventh Day Baptist Church Zambia is a beautiful country in south-central Africa. It borders eight different countries, one of which is Malawi on the East. Pastor Carlton Ferguson, from Jamaica, and I were selected to go in June of 2015 to initiate teaching the T.I.M.E. program to their pastors. Preparation included choosing...
Mar 18, 2016
by Carla Burlingame and the Mazza Family SDB Church of Shiloh, NJ While sitting on a porch at Camp Glory in Georgetown, Guyana, we had a moment. We were appreciating the beauty of God’s sunset, drinking a cold drink (a rare commodity in Guyana) when it sank in that God’s yoke is much easier than our own. Matthew 11:28-30 was the theme verse of the Guyana...
Mar 18, 2016
by Nicholas J. Kersten meddle [med-L] verb (used without object), meddled, meddling. to involve oneself in a matter without right or invitation; interfere officiously and unwantedly: ex. Stop meddling in my personal life! One of the ideas at the core of the life of local Seventh Day Baptist churches is that of covenants. Covenants are the documents that define...