SDB News

When the next SDB World Federation Sessions are held January 22-28, 2017, it will be the second time the Brazilian SDB Conference will serve as hosts. The first such opportunity was in February 2003. That was the first and only time in the then 30-plus ... Read More

The Summer quarter of the Helping Hand in Bible Study is here, this  quarter is called “God’s Prophets Demand Justice”. The Large Print PDF Edition was emailed to churches who have requested the service this past week. The Kindle Edition (God’s Prophets Demand Justice: June ... Read More

  We are pleased to announce Conference 2015 online registration is live! You can head here to register online or here to download the paper forms to register via mail. We hope you will all join us in being Steadfast at this year’s Conference in Lancaster, ... Read More

The biennial SDB Pastor’s 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 Leader”. Fifty-three pastors and leaders registered with fifty-one ... Read More

From the National Day of Prayer committee: As our nation struggles with continued economic insecurity, vast healthcare change, and continual challenges to basic constitutional rights, citizens of the United States are preparing to exercise one of their most precious freedoms – the right to gather, worship, and pray ... Read More

In January 2015 when John Pethtel began in his new position as Director of Church Development and Pastoral Services, he stepped down as a member (and chairman) of the General Council. The General Council has elected Susie Fox (formerly vice chair) as the new chairman ... Read More

“The Kingdom of God is like…” will be the theme for SDB World Federation sessions in Curitiba, Brazil, January 22-28, 2017. In preparation for that emphasis, it will also be the theme for the SDB Week of Prayer, January 3-9, 2016, with daily devotions on ... Read More

Andy Samuels, General Secretary of the SDB World Federation sent the following: “In less that two years, the next Seventh Day Baptist World Federation Sessions will be held in Brazil; January 22-28, 2017 to be exact. The Pre-Registration process has begun, and all 18 of ... Read More

Rob Appel writes: “I have secured a block of rooms at the Days Inn & Suites located at 1492 Lititz Pike in Lancaster.  It is the second closest hotel to the campus. I have 27 Rooms with Double Queen beds -and- 20 Single Rooms with a ... Read More

As many Seventh Day Baptists and other subscribers are aware, there have been several issues with the distribution of the Helping Hand for the current quarter (March-April-May 2015).  We have received numerous reports of churches which have either not received any copies or have not ... Read More