For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. Matthew 18:20. Work, and watch, and pray for souls as they that must give an account. This year, try the Lord's prescribed remedy for evil. Let every man do that which the Lord requires him to do, looking unto Jesus, who is the owner of every soul.... Let smal
November 1 Business Session Dan Jackson began his 10th presidential report by citing God’s promise in Romans 8:32: He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things? “I have far more hope in 2019 than I had in 2010,” said Jackson in regards to the church growth
Session presided by Artur A. Stele, General Conference Vice President Selected Reports on Mission G.T. Ng, Secretary of the General Conference Ng offered a brief historical incursion into the value Adventist pioneers placed on foreign missions. From the early phase of its existence, the Adventist church had a foreign mission board, chaired b
Growing Young isn’t about changing youth ministry. It’s about changing church culture. — Brad Griffin, Fuller Youth Institute associate director With the average age of an attending Seventh-day Adventist Church member growing older as the years go by, how do churches start to grow young? Last year three Washington Conference churches went on a jour
April 15 has come and gone—the dreaded deadline for Americans to submit their tax returns.[1] Regardless of the fact that most of us have our taxes taken out of our paychecks, Uncle Sam still demands a yearly reckoning. This year when I did my taxes, I was excited to receive a huge and unexpected refund. But a couple of years ago I was sweating a b
We have come to the final lesson for this quarter, and there are a few closing issues we still need to address. In Romans 14, Paul introduces an important principle: the idea that the strong should bear the infirmities of the weak. This means, in practice, that we should tolerate the quirks and hangups of those who are immature in the faith, and be
Impression #1 I’ve enjoyed it so far. Overall at this point I think it is in line with what I believe, and the way I try to live my life. I agree with the concepts of it. It’s just been a few things that I feel like people need to be careful with. The way they touch on the subject, giving it importance, but not going overboard. Like in regards to t
Ever heard the expression “Numbers don’t lie”? I put that line in the same file as “…but names will never hurt me.” The truth is that numbers can tell more than one story. Take Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump. Both are “followed” by tens of thousands on Twitter, but only 60% of their Twitter followers are believed to represent real people. On the s
