Association meets to serve by Linda Harris “A Servant’s Heart” was more than the theme chosen by President Danny Lee for Mid-Continent Association in Colorado Springs, October 11-12, 2013. In addition to the messages on the theme (seminary student Philip Lawton on Friday night and Pastor John Pethtel on Sabbath morning), over a dozen attendees went to...
Spreading my spiritual wings in Puerto Rico
Spreading my spiritual wings in Puerto Rico by Ruth Russell, Albion, Wis. June 15, 2013 was a very special day. It was Sabbath—which is always special—but this day contained an added blessing. This Sabbath after worship, Pastora Judith Houts and I drove over to the town of Moca, 30 minutes from Bo. (Barrio) Hoyamala where our SDB church is located. The...
A Thumbnail Sketch of Seventh Day Baptists
Oct 22, 2013
A Thumbnail Sketch of Seventh Day Baptists 1650 – Present by Don A. Sanford Seventh Day Baptist Historian From 1987-2005 Seventh Day Baptists are a covenant people based on the concept of regenerate membership, believer’s baptism, congregational polity, and scriptural basis for belief and practice. Seventh Day Baptists have presented the Sabbath as a...
More questions? Some of our FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)
Oct 22, 2013
More questions? Some of our FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) As found at sdbhistory.org Q: Seventh Day Baptist? Don’t you mean Seventh-day Adventist? A: Seventh Day Baptists and Seventh-day Adventists are two distinct groups with very different historical and theological backgrounds. Historically, SDBs precede SDAs by more than 200 years and arose out...
The Story of Seventh Day Baptists
The Story of Seventh Day Baptists by Nicholas J. Kersten Librarian-Historian SDB Historical Society All Christians with traditions rooted in the Protestant Reformation share the conviction that the Bible is the Word of God and the only guide to faith and practice. When the Reformation reached England, one group of believers, the Baptists, came to believe...