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The General Council has announced the hiring of Rev. John Pethtel as Director of Church Development & Pastoral Services, effective January 1, 2015.  This new position reports to Executive Director Rob Appel and includes responsibilities for church development, new contacts, leadership development, and ministry services ... Read More

The General Council will be meeting in Colorado Springs, CO this weekend. We will meet Friday and Saturday evening with some of our members attending all three Colorado churches for worship on Sabbath day.  We covet your prayers as we continue to move forward in ... Read More

Advent is the time of the Christian calendar in which we look back to the arrival of our God made flesh, in the form of Jesus of Nazareth. It is also a time in which we are inspired by the hope of the prophets looking ... Read More

Despite the seemingly earlier and earlier push of Christmas, Thanksgiving remains one of the major holidays we in the U.S. celebrate. Travel exponentially increases, families gather, and while we are supposed to reflect on all that we have to be thankful for, we often get ... Read More

The SCSC committee of the SDB Women’s Board is pleased to announce that the training director for the 2016 SCSC program will be Pastor Andrew Camenga. Having served as an SCSC student and an SCSC staff member for the last eight years, his experience will be ... Read More

The Stained Glass Committee announces the 2015 Stained Glass group, a ministry of the SDB Women’s Society.  These six young adults were chosen by the SG Audition Committee and SG Committee.  The tentative tour schedule will include Seventh Day Baptist churches on the East Coast ... Read More

Last weekend the directors of the Seventh Day Baptist Board of Christian Education, Inc. (BCE) met in Alfred Station, NY and through tele-conferencing.  The group reviewed the progress of dissolution and merging Christian Education ministry into the organizational structure of the SDB General Conference.  If ... Read More

The weather was beautiful, the travel was safe and the work was plenty! This year’s T&CC meeting led by chairman Johnmark Camenga, dove right into some the issues facing us in just about every area T&CC touches, from the Sabbath Recorder to our tracts, many ... Read More

Members of the American Sabbath Tract and Communication Council (TCC) will be meeting this weekend at the SDB Center in Janesville, Wis. We covet your prayers for travel safety and a productive time. Some of the items to be discussed include: Reports from the Sabbath ... Read More

While it may be a made up holiday (possibly by the evilHallmark Corporation), Pastor Appreciation Month is upon us! It is not too late to show your pastor that you appreciate them this (and every other) month.  What are some ways that you could help your ... Read More