A Two Way Street: Jamaican SDB Pastors in North America, Part 3  By Rev. Andrew Samuels   For the past two months, we have published the first two portions of an article written by Rev. Andrew Samuels describing the relationship between the USA/Canada and Jamaican Conferences. This is the third and final installment of that article, continuing in a list of...

Oct 1, 2014

A Tribute: Rev. & Mrs. Mynor G. Soper, Sr. by Pastor Don Richards and Gordon Lawton                               Rev. and Mrs. Mynor G. Soper Sr. moved to Texarkana, AR, in 1977. His family, which included his wife, Marian (Coon) Soper and their three youngest children, along with...

Any given Sabbath…? by Bill Probasco   There’s a saying in the National Football League: “Any given Sunday…”. This is a simple way some lesser team will surprise everyone and beat a better team). Why is that? Even the best teams have an off-game and fall short of victory. For the last 40 years, no NFL team has won every game. It just doesn’t happen. No...

Aug 26, 2014

Young Adult PreCon 2014 by William Villalpando   If we read 1 Thessalonians 5:15-24, we are given a list of commands and expectations.  These expectations include not seeking revenge (“Make sure that nobody pays back an eye for an eye”), rejoicing always, praying continuously, giving thanks in all situations, refusing to quench the Holy Spirit and not...

Aug 26, 2014

What and Why is SCSC? by Linda Lawton     The “What” is easy. SCSC stands for Summer Christian Service Corps, which tells you a lot. When SCSC first started, the projects were six weeks long not counting Training, which constitutes basically an entire summer. As schools have gotten out later and started earlier and Conference has moved earlier in the...