By John J. Pethtel Two New Awards for Pastors The SDB Council on Ministry is pleased to increase the recognition of our local church pastors by initiating two new annual awards: The David L. Taylor Pastor’s Heart Award and the Excellence in Preaching Award. The David L. Taylor Pastor’s Heart Award will be an annual recognition award established in honor and...

Mar 20, 2019

By Holly Probasco Shiloh SDB Church Shiloh, NJ The story of Esther has always been my favorite Bible story. A couple fun facts about this book would include that the longest verse in the Bible is in Esther. Esther 8:9 contains 78 words. Another fun fact would be that the book of Esther does not mention God by name at all. However, the presence of God...

By Gary Wade Coats I was sitting in church last Sunday (I attend an Independent Baptist Church as there are no Seventh Day Baptist Churches near where I live in South Carolina.) listening to the Youth Choir singing: “I have a Goodly Heritage, I’m blessed with things you can’t see. I have a Goodly Heritage, and that is worth far more to me.” These words got me...

By Bryan Baker If You Build It They Will Come Who remembers the old style of youth ministry? You know, the let’s start playing basketball in the park every Tuesday and use that as our way of outreach. That approach, while effective, kind of got thrown to the wayside a little bit in the last couple of decades. Then we got started down the path, and I’m sure we...

AIM by Rob Appel Q. HOW DO WE FUND OUR SEVENTH DAY BAPTIST MINISTRIES? A. LOCAL CHURCHES: Tithes and offerings received from local churches who give to special appeals. Many churches tithe their local church budget to the work of the SDB Ministries. ASSOCIATIONS: Offerings at Association meetings. Most Associations have an assessment per member used for...