Third in a series of spinoff articles from recent research on the Newport, Rhode Island, Seventh Day Baptists by Janet Thorngate One of the first three people baptized and received into membership in the Newport, Rhode Island, Seventh Day Baptist Church was an Indian named Japeth who lived in New London in Connecticut Colony.1 Later in the year that Japeth was...
Where the Fish Aren’t
May 25, 2018
Rev. Nicholas J. Kersten Director of Education and History Earlier this year, my children acquired a new game—a “fishing” game. A rotating plastic pond is filled with plastic fish. Each fish has a hinged jaw that opens and closes as the pond holding the fish rotates around. The object of the game is simple: you use a simple plastic fishing rod to catch...
The Best Way to Help Your Church
One of the questions that I get frequently from people in congregations is, “What can I do to help my church?” While the answer can be specific to your local church, I am suggesting a few ways that you can be helpful to your local church and its ministry. 1. Regularly Attend and Participate: Don’t just come when you feel like it. Commit to that relationship...
Brazil Ministers with Music in Africa
May 25, 2018
By Clinton R. Brown and Cristiane Miranda Two Brazilian musicians were confronted with the prospect of going to Africa to share their talents with SDB young people in Malawi while waiting for flights leaving the Seventh Day Baptist World Federation meetings in January of 2017. The Miranda family had just finished serving as musical worship leaders for WF at...
The Beacon
May 25, 2018
by Xander Post You know… One day we’ll be perfect. One day we’ll be without sin. There will be a day where we walk without sin. We will walk with God. I know I will. Will you? You know… One day we will feel no pain. There’ll be no sickness, no disease, and no heartache. Not even death. When we stand before the Father, will you enter through...