By Sarina Villalpando Everybody has a testimony. No matter how big or how small, it exists—because we exist and God exists and we are where we are for a reason. Today I will share a part of mine. “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” —Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV) There...
Slaves or Free? African-Americans in the Newport Seventh Day Baptist Church
Sep 26, 2018
by Janet Thorngate Fourth in a series of spinoff articles from recent research on the Newport, Rhode Island, Seventh Day Baptists1 There were at least eleven of them. Their stories hide in the records over a period of 123 years. Discovering them elicits emotions from shock and shame to awe and fascination—then admiration. Forty-nine years after the Newport...
TEAM BREATHE 2018
Sep 26, 2018
By Katrina Goodrich Excerpts from the exit testimonies of SCSC students from Team Breathe After being told about SCSC, I believed it would be an excellent way to grow in the Lord and serve others at the same time, so I sent in my application. At the beginning of this summer, I began to question why I chose to do SCSC. I was enjoying being home from...
Ten Things Every Human Needs to Know about Pastors
Sep 26, 2018
by Alan Briggs There’s been a lot of talk about pastors in recent days. Blogs, posts, tweets and major media outlets have been abuzz about the challenges of the pastoral vocation. I lead in several spheres, but one of those has been pastor. For twelve years I have experienced the joy, heartbreak, victory and loss of walking with people through the dark caverns,...
REAPING THE HARVEST
Sep 26, 2018
2 Corinthians 9:6-11 by Pastor Andrew Samuels Conference Sermon August 1, 2018 Maybe you haven’t noticed, but we talk a lot. We debate, we discuss, we murmur, we complain, we criticize, we just talk. I mean, as a conference. And I must confess that I have just had a hard time understanding why there is so much talk, and so little action. So, I decided to look...