Jun 23, 2017
Sixth in a series by Assistant Pastor Phil Lawton at the Seventh Day Baptist Church of Shiloh, NJ. Check out Phil’s blog at contemplatingkenosis.blogspot.com The last two entries in this series have been about the Kingdom and Will of God. You read about what the Kingdom of God looks like and you read that to truly live in that Kingdom you need to submit...
Jun 23, 2017
The General Council met May 19-21, 2017, hosted by the SDB Church in Pataskala, OH. We meet every 2-3 months to look at progress, concerns, budgets, decisions, and future direction across the SDB General Conference (USA & Canada). Part of our focus is to look forward at where we want to be 3-5 years from now and what we need to do to get there. It was...
May 22, 2017
by Canaan Phiri, new WF Vice President for Africa “How good and how pleasant it is when brethren dwell together in unity” (Psalm 133:1) True to the reflections of the Psalmist, I believe this should be the same feeling for each and every SDB once he or she tastes the Seventh Day Baptist World Federation (SDBWF) fellowship. I attended the SDBWF sessions for the...
May 22, 2017
By Daisy Moitinho and Amaury Moitinho To be translator at SDB World Federation Sessions was an honor and a blessing. We asked the Lord to help us to translate exactly what He wanted to speak to everybody there, and we thank the Lord for His help. It was wonderful to meet people from all parts of the world speaking the same language — we mean Seventh Day Baptist...
May 22, 2017
The most significant thing: to meet my brothers and sisters from different countries…and be received in great and perfect love. (Karimutumye, Rwanda) There was love and a sense of belonging in every activity, service, and conversation, especially the music…. I think of the words of a song Sandi Patty recorded which says, “Love in any language, fluently spoken...
May 22, 2017
What do you think is the most important role of the World Federation in the work of your Conference or in the mission of Seventh Day Baptists throughout the world? • to keep all conferences informed (Communication) of the work and ministry of each conference, offer advice to member conferences on how they can improve ways and means of carrying out their...