Aug 25, 2014
A Two Way Street: Jamaican SDB Pastors in North America Part 2 By Rev. Andrew Samuels Last month, we began a series of three articles from Rev. Andrew Samuels detailing the relationship between the SDB Conferences in the USA & Canada and Jamaica. This is the second of those three articles. This series will be concluded in next month’s Recorder....
Breathing, Being and Benedictions by Kevin Butler After my Korner in June, some people were hoping to hear my plan for what I’ll be doing next. Here it is: Breathing. I want to pull back from a quarter-century of deadlines and just breathe for a bit. I want to concentrate on “being” more than doing. In April, I was immensely blessed to participate in a...
New Members Full Gospel SDB Cumberland, MD Ron Higson, pastor Joined by letter Sandi Clark Daniel Pikora Shiloh, NJ Don Chroniger, pastor Joined after baptism Jonah Charles Bond Marriages Bond – Williams. Richard Aaron Bond and Katherine “Kate” Williams were united in marriage on May 17, 2014, at the home of the bride’s parents in Bridgeton, NJ. Rev....
Shiloh Church honored by Donna S. Bond, Shiloh, N.J. Too often we hear the cries of separation of Church and State from those who wish for “freedom from religion” rather than “freedom of religion” as envisioned by our Founding Fathers. It was therefore refreshing to attend Ranch Hope’s* Founder’s Banquet celebrating their Golden anniversary on May 8,...
Jun 24, 2014
It Feels Like Winter on a Summer Day by Rob Appel Saying goodbye to the people who make a difference in our Conference work is not easy. I have been trying to figure out how to write about Kevin Butler and his 25 years serving as Director of Communications of the American Tract and Communication Council. His contributions to the betterment...
Jun 24, 2014
Choose… to be Fruitful! by Steven James As my final installment as this year’s Conference President, and keeping on track in sharing some thoughts about each passage in our Scripture Memory program for 2013-2014, we have one last passage—the “big” one—to tackle. It’s John 15:1-17. Perhaps it’s “big” not just because it is the traditional “long”...