“The Living Know That They Shall Die”- But Their Survivors Do Not Have A Clue: Three Ways to Minister to the Bereaved “For the living know that they shall die, but the dead know not anything”. Ecclesiastes 9:5. That text is one of the first texts that any Seventh-day Adventist uses in a Bible study...
(Introducing Elder Robert Chandler, Treasurer, Northeastern Conference of Seventh-day Adventists} “…And Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.” 1 Kings 19:19 The story of Elijah casting his mantle upon Elisha has been taught many times over the years. Often, the message being that he, Elijah, was in essence turning things over to...
The Office for Regional Conference Ministry has begun a study of the dynamics for growing African-American Seventh-day Adventist Churches in the United States. This study began back in the fall of last year when the Executive Director of the Office for Regional Conference Ministry, Elder Dana C. Edmond, asked each of the nine Regional Conference...
South Central Conference Pastoral Assignments – New Hires • Pastor William Branch [from DLAP to full-time Pastor] – First (Tunica, MS) & New Beginnings (Coldwater, MS) Dec 29, 2018 • Associate Pastor Marc Raphael – Oakwood University Church (Huntsville, AL) Jan 5, 2019 • Associate Pastor Byron Crockett – First (Huntsville, AL) Jan 12, 2019...
Last month, we discussed the tragic event-the death of Lucy Byard-that served as the catalyst for a very good thing: The origin of Regional Conferences. I am indebted to Edwards Woods III, Religious Liberty and PARL Director, for the Lake Region Conference, for making me aware of the recent 75th anniversary of her passing. Make...
Order My Steps A very popular song, recorded by many gospel artists and sung in many local churches is “Order My Steps”. Some of the lyrics say: Order my steps in Your word dear Lord Lead me, guide me every day Send Your anointing, Father I pray; Order my steps in Your word Please, order...
On November 28, eight of the nine Regional Conference Presidents, Elders William L. Winston, South Atlantic; Benjamin Jones, Jr., South Central; Greg Mack, Southeastern; Calvin Watkins, Southwest Region; Roger Bernard, Central States; Dr. W.T. Cox, Allegheny West; Dr. Daniel Honore, Northeastern; and Dr. R. Clifford Jones, Lake Region; along with the President of Oakwood University,...
In 2018, E*TRADE launched a commercial for their Super Bowl Campaign. It was entitled, “This Is Getting Old”. It was sung to the tune of Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) sung by Harry Belafonte. The commercial basically depicted various seniors still working (firefighter, window washer, lifeguard and of course D. J. Nana) with the background...
We are living in an age where “matters” is the end word for a multitude of phrases: Life matters; Family matters; Performance matters; Money matters; Your vote matters; Education matters. The list could go on and on. However, two more prominent phrases that comes to mind are Black Lives matter and My Voice Matters. The...
