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“A divine wake-up call?”

Posted by on Jan 15, 2021

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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Alliance In Ministry

Does Your Church Live a Questionable Life?1

Posted by on Oct 1, 2020

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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Features

Announcement about Conference 2021

Posted by on Apr 1, 2021

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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Departments

We’ve Heard the Cry

Posted by on Jan 15, 2021

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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Recent Posts

Seminarian Profile: Omari Makesi Rhoden

Seminarian Profile: Omari Makesi Rhoden

May 24, 2013

SEMINARIAN PROFILE     Name:  Omari Makesi Rhoden Birthdate and place: Toronto, Ontario, Canada   Family:  Wife Stephanie; daughter Jahzarah 3, son Jared 1½   Education: St. Augustine Secondary School, OSSD ‘99 Western University, Bachelor of Administrative and Commercial Studies Nipissing University, Bachelor of Education Tyndale University...

The Watershed: When Principled Conviction Leads to Action

The Watershed: When Principled Conviction Leads to Action by Nick Kersten, Librarian-historian          “Depend on it, brethren and sisters… we shall be accountable for our fellow creatures who are destitute of gospel privileges and the sacred scriptures, which we are indulged with, if we do not use our exertions to communicate these blessings to them—even...

A Dream Comes True— Just Different In A Different Land

A Dream Comes True— Just Different In A Different Land

May 24, 2013

A Dream Comes True— Just Different In A Different Land by Shirley Morgan              He said to them: “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by His own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the...

We asked, you answered

We asked, you answered

May 24, 2013

We asked, you answered   A big THANK YOU to all who participated in the recent General Council survey. (See the survey questions in the February and March Sabbath Recorders.) The Council received a lot of constructive feedback, and wanted to address some of the pertinent areas with you.       Q:  How many people responded to the survey and how will you be...

God’s clear call to Haiti

God’s clear call to Haiti

May 24, 2013

God’s clear call to Haiti by Joel and Laura Sutton   God has been preparing us for full-time mission work for a long time. Slowly but surely, He has been changing our hearts and minds to not only put Him first in our lives, but more specifically serve His children in Haiti. The Lord first planted the idea in Laura’s head at the age of 8 when the Bond...

MISSIONS UPDATE from the Caribbean

MISSIONS UPDATE from the Caribbean

May 24, 2013

MISSIONS UPDATE from the Caribbean by Sis. Claudia Ferguson, Vice President of the SDB World Federation, Representing the Caribbean region   We thank God for spared lives and for the opportunity afforded us to labor in His vineyard and to extend His Kingdom.   CARIBBEAN CHAPTER of the World Federation? This is on the way to becoming a reality with the...

God Works in Wonderful Ways! A timeline of SDBs advancing in Brazil

God Works in Wonderful Ways!  A timeline of SDBs  advancing in Brazil

May 24, 2013

God Works in Wonderful Ways! A T.I.M.E.line of SDBs, advancing in Brazil by Jonas Sommer   God has been working in a marvelous way in Brazil. We have seen Him acting in a way we’ve never experienced here in our church. To tell that story, I would like to go back to the year 1997 and to the Sessions of the SDB World Federation that took place in Jamaica....

Buying Oregano in Tyre: God’s appointment

Buying Oregano in Tyre: God’s appointment

May 24, 2013

Buying Oregano in Tyre: God’s appointment by Pastor Gabe Bejjani, Riverside, Calif.   I have read the Bible’s book of Acts over and over, and even preached from it many times. But after an experience with a mission in my native country of Lebanon, Acts 8:26 became more personal and meaningful to me. Years ago, the Lord brought me out of Lebanon in the...