Rob Appel Executive Director In 2015 the General Council shared with us the SDB Vision Map. In this we had our MISSION, FOCUS, CORE VALUES, and KINGDOM CULTURE laid out for us. The FOCUS, or what we do, states this: “We must develop and support new and existing leaders who will work through healthy local churches. Leaders include pastors, as well...
The Beacon
Oct 26, 2017
Xander Post Shiloh SDB Church It’s hard for me to forgive sometimes. I guess it depends on what the other person has done — but shouldn’t depend on that. Not too long ago, someone hurt me. It doesn’t matter whether it actually affected me in any way, but what I did about it matters. I chose to forgive the person. In the moment, I tried...
The End of the Reformation?
by Rev. Nicholas J. Kersten Director of Education and History The Reformers were committed to taking the Bible as their only authority, and to the Gospel of salvation by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone, for the glory of God alone. These convictions changed the world forever. is widely held and celebrated that Martin Luther kicked...
The Lord’s Prayer: Forgive Us Like We Forgive Others…
Oct 26, 2017
8th in a series by Assistant Pastor Philip Lawton Seventh Day Baptist Church of Shiloh, NJ Check out Phil’s blog at contemplatingkenosis.blogspot.com When we recite the part of the Lord’s Prayer about forgiveness, we often focus on the first half: forgive us our sins. We gloss over the second half about forgiving others. It’s understandable....
The Pulse of a Healthy Church
Oct 25, 2017
Rev. Carl Greene Hebron SDB Church, PA From Remembering to Doing I loved the old oak tree that grew in the stone wall below my parents’ house. It was a massive tree with five trunks — two of which were climbable for a novice such as I. On one particularly fine day, I had shimmied up the easiest climbing trunk and stood on my favorite...