By Kevin Butler Conference President 2021 Australian journalist Matthew Knott is a 32-year-old U.S. correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald. He was in New York City earlier...
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By Carl Greene Executive Director If your answer to this inquiry about a “Questionable Life” is no, then your church may not be healthy. Really. A questionable life is necessary...
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The global coronavirus pandemic continues to affect the physical, emotional, and financial well-being of millions of North Americans. Developing and maintaining healthy leaders and...
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Focus on Missions By Andy Samuels Chief Executive Director SDB Missionary Society Jesus has a master plan for transforming the world. His plan is that through the power of the...
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Feb 21, 2014
World Fed names new General Secretary by Janet Thorngate Pastor Andrew Samuels, World Federation Vice President for North America and pastor of the Miami, Florida, Seventh Day Baptist Church, was elected General Secretary by majority vote of the World Federation member conferences in December 2013. As required by WFed bylaws, the vote was by mail/email...
Feb 21, 2014
Four Core Values of Small-Town Ministry When the going gets tough, these values will keep you going by Ron Klassen, RHMA Executive Director Editor’s note: Several years ago, I attended a conference sponsored by the Rural Home Missionary Association (RHMA). I had the opportunity to meet their executive, Ron Klassen. He has a heart for small-town...
Feb 21, 2014
The “Small” Church: Beloved, Beautiful, and Significant by Pastor Luis Lovelace, Metro Atlanta SDB Church The “small church” is the body of Christ in compact form. She is just as valuable as a group of larger size, and just as subject to the work of God upon them, and through them, for His glory. The small church resembles a family in many ways and has...
Feb 21, 2014
“The Lord would not let me not come to church!” An interview with Grace Rabatin By John and Ellen Griffin Members of the Paint Rock, Ala., SDB Church (and the Sabbath Recorder Committee), John and Ellen Griffin took some time to interview longtime church member Grace Rabatin. Over the years, the Paint Rock church faced the ups and downs of...
Jan 22, 2014
Mind your markers by Kevin Butler Elizabeth Akers Allen wrote this in 1860: “Backward, turn backward, O time in your flight, Make me a child again just for tonight. Backward, flow backward, O tide of the years! I am so weary of toil and of tears.” It’s comforting to recall happier times of childhood. But living in the past can become troublesome...
Jan 22, 2014
New Members Central SDB, Mitchellville, MD David Taylor, pastor Joined after baptism Japheth (Jay) Sieglein Joined after testimony Laura Alonzo Susan Sieglein Joined by letter Joel Alonzo Beatriz Velasquez Jorge Alberto Velasquez Jorge Antonio Velasquez Keila Velasquez Daytona Beach, FL Wray Winborne, pastor Joined after testimony Court A. Thomas Foothill...
“Little” is relative Hello Kevin, We stand in awe at God’s provisions here in Little Genesee, N.Y. We remember well you standing in our midst after the church fire and asking, “What do you want your church to be?” and who we want for members. Seeking only the will of God, the remnant worked diligently to construct a new building and a new church body....
Jan 22, 2014
SDB researcher gets honor Editor’s note: Here’s a special news item that seemed to slip “under the radar” for well over a year. Dr. Bernie Yurke, husband of Pastor Jeanne Yurke, received a well-deserved recognition in 2012. This is from the Boise (Ida- ho) State University website: Editor’s note: Here’s a special news item that seemed to slip “under the...