SDB News

ANNOUNCING NEW POSITION STARTING JANUARY 2015: DIRECTOR OF CHURCH DEVELOPMENT & PASTORAL SERVICES In light of the recent vacancies of our executive staff and the General Conference action to create a ministry for Church Development, a new position for the Director of Church Development & Pastoral ... Read More

Washington, DC (BWA)–Baptist World Alliance (BWA) Day is to be re-launched in 2015. The decision was made by the BWA General Council in its meeting in Izmir, Turkey, in July. The observance will be on February 7 and 8, 2015, depending on whether Baptists worship on ... Read More

 For our September 19-21, 2014, we were joined by Conference President Bill Probasco, Interim SR Editor Pat Cruzan, and Chairman of the Memorial Fund Trustees George Cruzan. Pastor Dale Thorngate was absent from this meeting due to his travel on behalf of the World Federation to Brazil and ... Read More

The General Council continues to implement the Transition Plan in place since November 2013 as a result of the resignations of the Director of Communications/Editor of the Sabbath Recorder and the Executive Director of the Board of Christian Education. Over the last few months, the following have ... Read More

The General Council will be meeting in Shiloh, NJ this weekend. With more changes happening following the resignation of Rev. Gordon Lawton (see here), we will be continuing our discussions on the staffing, strategy, and structure of the future of our General Conference. This is also ... Read More

September 11, 2014 Janesville, WI – Feeling that the timing might be right to look toward other ministry opportunities, Rev. Gordon P. Lawton, Director of Pastoral Services and Dean of the Center of Ministry, has announced that he will be leaving his positions. Rev. Lawton ... Read More

In celebration of 50 years of Summer Christian Service Corps, this scrapbook has been created with pictures of students from each year.  In addition, a brief history of the beginning of the program, lists of staff, students and training locations, and a link to a ... Read More

The fall quarter of the Helping Hand in Bible Study begins Sunday, August 31, 2015. This quarter explores  Sustaing Hope and primarily studies passages of Scripture from Jeremiah, Job, and Ezekiel. The Large Print PDF Edition was emailed to churches who have requested the service this past week. ... Read More

General Conference President Bill Probasco has called Seventh Day Baptists ponder Steadfast. In preparation for announcing this theme, Bill worked with the Board of Christian Education to choose memory verses which complement his theme. This year’s brochures were mailed to churches this last week. Your church ... Read More

What a whirlwind week of adventure this year’s Conference was! The theme “Choose” was perfectly  descriptive of what the week offered: lots of choices!   Here are just some the things you may have chosen to be a part of, you may have…   – ... Read More