Mar 20, 2018
by John J. Pethtel I like John Maxwell. I have read many of his books. I agree with many of the things that he says. One of those things that has been beneficial to me has been to do a personal evaluation. I used to just hope that things in my life would get better without doing any assessment or working at it. While God is gracious, it turns out that He has...
Mar 20, 2018
by John J. Pethtel Chances are you don’t want to see your church stop accomplishing its mission. One of the primary missions of the local church is to reach new people with Christ’s love, which, naturally, implies growth. But almost every church (and almost every organization) faces seasons in which growth stops. Some haven’t seen growth in years…or...
by Rev. John J. Pethtel Director of Church Development & Pastoral Services Multiply Conference Thirty-three SDBs from across the United States and Canada descended upon beautiful Colorado Springs for the 2nd Annual MULTIPLY Church Development Conference from October 20 to 22. The main theme for the conference was “Engaging in Hard Conversations.” On...
Jun 2, 2015
Palmiter Ordination by John J. Pethtel, Director of Pastoral Services The First SDB Church of Genesee (Little Genesee, NY) celebrated the ordination of Pastor Kevin Palmiter to the gospel ministry on May 2, 2015, at 3:30 pm during the spring meeting of the Allegheny Association of SDBs hosted by the church in Little Genesee. Pastor Kevin’s ordination council...
Jun 2, 2015
Denman Installed as Pastor by John Pethtel, Director of Pastoral Services On May 2, 2015, Glenn Denman was installed as the new pastor of the Central Washington SDB Church in Yakima, WA. Levi Bond, President of the NW Association, from the Portland Area SDB Church preached the sermon, titled “Faith through the Ages”, from Hebrews 11. Previous pastor Stan Fox...
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...