Jun 26, 2019

By Sarina Villalpando Maranatha Community Church, Colton, CA One of the hard challenges God puts into our journey is to step out of our comfort zone. God wants us to be uncomfortable. To be uncomfortable is how we grow. It’s how we continue God’s journey. We are to abandon our comfort zones and step out into faith. When talking about stepping out of our comfort...

Jun 26, 2019

By Michael Spearl I was contemplating the progress toward unity within the Philippine SDB family of churches as Pastor Andy Samuels and I flew into Dumaguete, in the province of Negros Oriental, on the afternoon of Thursday, April 4, 2019. Since the early 1980s, two separate SDB conferences have been active, leading souls to Christ, representing the SDB name in...

Jun 26, 2019

By Katrina Goodrich With so much focus on outreach and discussion on different ways to be involved in your community, I think it’s important to take a small step back and look at our individual church and community situations because not everything that has succeeded in one place is going to work in another. We need to be mindful of the fact that just because...

Jun 26, 2019

By Donna S. Bond Shiloh SDB Church, NJ “Aw, Dave, let Grampa rest for a few minutes. Just till the big hand is on the 12.” With that request, Grampa leaned back on his recliner and closed his eyes. Groan. That left Grandma to entertain our five-year-old grandson. Understand: I love, love, LOVE our little David Timothy. But he was headed outside. I don’t “do”...

Rev. Nicholas J. Kersten Director of Education and History The Council on History met in Janesville, WI, at the SDB Center the weekend of May 4-5, 2019. Council members Janet Thorngate (chair), Judy Parrish, Kim Merchant, Tim Lawton, and Elon Sinclair, as well as consultant Elizabeth Camenga and Director Nick Kersten, met to evaluate and organize the work of...