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...

Mar 18, 2016

by Dr. Michael Jordan Dean of the Chapel Chair of the Department of Biblical Studies Theology and Philosophy One Houghton College, Houghton, NY On behalf of the faculty, staff, and administration of Houghton College, please accept my warm welcome to our workplace and home. Houghton was founded in 1883 by Willard J. Houghton, who was born in this tiny town 58...