by Janet Thorngate Part 1 Fifth in a series of spinoff articles from recent research on the Newport, Rhode Island, Seventh Day Baptists1 Their 1671 covenant pointed up the communal nature of a search for guiding principles: “seeking God’s face among ourselves for the Lord to direct us in a right way for us and our children.” It also acknowledged the dynamic...
Sierra Leone Mission Trip 2018
Dec 26, 2018
By David Johnson Sabbath Chapel Branch of Metropolitan Atlanta SDB Church Last year when Clinton Brown and I went to Sierra Leone, we found a group of believers in Jesus Christ who were devoted to worshipping our Lord and Savior in Spirit and truth. The Seventh Day Baptists there were an inspiration to me in their worship and strategy for reaching the lost....
Where are all the people?
Dec 26, 2018
By Katrina Goodrich “Various measures indicate that Americans remain deeply interested in connecting with God, but fewer and fewer retain enthusiasm about doing so in a conventional church setting or through long-standing religious institutions. Millions of Americans are currently marking time until new, more appealing avenues of faith expression and experience...
Christ in the Comics
Dec 26, 2018
By Sarina Villalpando Maranatha Community Church, Colton, CA Lately I have been very intrigued by the Peanuts comics and their background with Christ; more importantly, the life of their creator, Charles M. Schulz. It is something I personally have overlooked but have recently rediscovered through my trips to Knott’s Berry Farm. Here we have a famous author who...
What Does Your Charitable Giving Say About You?
Dec 26, 2018
By Rob Appel So…we have a new tax law once again as we start to think about our 2018 taxes and our charitable giving. “The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” that was signed into law in the last days of 2017 did not, contrary to rumors, take away the deduction for gifts made to nonprofit charities. However, the law’s effect will be much the same. The reason is the near...