Jun 2, 2015
Growing Your Church Recipe Clinton R. Brown, Executive Director In March 2015, I visited the small Seventh Day Baptist fellowship in Indonesia. They are the only congregation in their primarily Muslim country and their group has shrunk to a handful of faithful believers after a series of deaths in their leadership and a subsequent move to a different community...
Jun 2, 2015
Sharing the Journey with You Pastor Scott Hausrath North Loup, NE Recently I was asked if social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.) are a blessing or a curse. I think they can be both. They’re like prescription drugs, since they can bless us powerfully, or harm us severely. It depends on how we use them. Wisdom and self-discipline are key. Part of...
Jun 2, 2015
Biennial SDB Pastors Conference 2015 Rev. John J. Pethtel, Director of Church Development & Pastoral Services jpethtel@seventhdaybaptist.org The biennial SDB Pastors Conference took place from April 21-24, 2015, and was hosted by the Boulder SDB Church and the pastors from the Mid-Continent Association of SDBs. The theme for this year’s event was “Pastor as...
Jun 2, 2015
The Beacon – June 2015 by Rebecca Olson Since when do we give up on something because it’s broken? Since when do we look at a principle and say, “There’s something wrong with it, so let’s just throw it out”? Saying that makes me so uncomfortable. The thought that my generation is giving up on something that’s broken hurts me. But that’s what I see...
Jun 2, 2015
April was a BLUR Executive Director, Rob Appel On April 2 I left for a trip to Brazil. I was going down to Brazil to give a seminar to fifteen T.I.M.E. students on one weekend and then give the commencement speech to 25 graduating T.I.M.E. students the following weekend. I led a leadership seminar in the city of Santo Antonio do Sudoeste, in the state of...
President’s Page by Bill Probasco Spring is a wonderful time of the year. This particular winter seemed to keep going and going…it was almost as if the Groundhog saw two shadows! But finally warmer weather has come. Flowers bloom. Trees bud. And spring sports return. Many of you know that I coach a couple of sports. Every spring for the last decade I’ve coached...