May 28, 2019

John D. Bevis, Editor 1973-1982 Editor John D. Bevis originated much of the Sabbath Recorder as we know it today. When he became editor in 1973, it was a small 6 x 9 inch 16-page newsletter format publication. John changed the Sabbath Recorder into a full-sized monthly magazine for Seventh Day Baptists. Color was added and then occasionally a full-color cover....

By Andy Samuels Chief Executive Director SDB Missionary Society The Sabbath Recorder and the Missionary Society have some parallels. First of all, they are almost the same age. The current organization of the Missionary Society was established in 1846, two years after the printing of the first Sabbath Recorder. Secondly, they both have been all over the globe....

May 28, 2019

Patricia Cruzan, Editor, 2014- In 1976, I joined the team working with Editor John Bevis in the Publishing House in Plainfield, NJ. First, I arrived to do some office work one day a week—and there I discovered that I had a passion for producing the Sabbath Recorder. Before long I was working as Art Director with Sandy Clare (typesetting), Etta O’Connor...

May 28, 2019

By Jane Mackintosh Conference President I am writing this the week of another school shooting and this one was right here in Colorado, just a few miles from Columbine which was twenty years ago. This school shooting was even more personal for me because it took place less than a mile from my daughter’s home. My three grandchildren in Highlands Ranch were not...

May 28, 2019

By Sarina Villalpando Maranatha Community Church, Colton, CA As the Sabbath Recorder continues to grow, I hope for more growth in the Young Adult section. I see this section as somewhere for young adults to journalize their feelings and express what God is putting on their hearts and what God is doing in their lives. I want the young adult Sabbath Recorder...