Jun 24, 2014

2014 Institute held Sessions dealt with the Sabbath by Gordon Lawton        Seven students gathered in Janesville, Wis., at the SDB Center for the final week of the “Summer” Institute in Sabbath Theology. The students began participating online in February and submitted their Sabbath Theology paper at the end of the class session in Wisconsin....

Jamaican SDB Pastors In North America By Rev. Andy Samuels     Over the last 40 years—approximately the span of a generation—no less than 27 Jamaicans or men of Jamaican descent have served as Pastor, Assistant Pastor, or Associate Pastor of a Seventh Day Baptist Church in North America. That is quite a remarkable occurrence when considered from any...

Above & Beyond  by Katrina Goodrich   Sometimes a word or phrase is spoken and it sticks with you. There are some lines that don’t fade into your memory (movie quotes, Bible verses, BAZINGA!).   During SCSC training one year, our team was given some advice I think about often. We were told that when we finished a task we should look around, find...

Jun 24, 2014

Me? A missionary?? by Paul Andries     Wow! Missions. Mission field. Missionary. These are words that I would have never associated with myself, having had no special training in that area. I never envisioned myself talking about mission work, let alone going on mission trips. I considered “missionaries” as unique (strange) individuals. Yet, here I am...

Jun 24, 2014

Preparing to Answer by Patty Petersen         I just finished a 9-month assignment helping a new Seventh Day Baptist church get planted in Kingman, Arizona. How did I get into this unlikely role of church planter? Looking back, I can see God preparing me step by step.   The early days I chose to follow Jesus when I was 12, at church...