The Office for Regional Conference Ministry(ORCM) is grateful to God to be able to announce the first ORCM Andrews University Seminary Fellowship. This historic initiative originated with a dialog between Dr.Jiri Moskala, Andrews University Theological Seminary and Dr. R. Clifford Jones, President, Lake Region Conference and former Andrews University Theological Seminary Professor. Dr. Moskala expresses...
I recently returned from the North American Division Regional Black Caucus. That is the meeting that is held once per year where all the black Administrators on the Conference, Union, Division and the General Conference level come together to discuss and plan the work in Regional Conferences and our West Coast affiliates. In addition to that...
In this present age of technology, it is not uncommon to file information and then retrieve it from a hard-drive, disc drive, zip drive, flash drive, thumb drive and let us not forget, “The Cloud”! Information is readily available from any of the aforementioned devices. But there was a time when information, important information; glimpses...
Lake Region Conference New Hires: • Allens Gilles to Chicago Bethlehem French & Evanston Nouvelle Jerusalem Churches; effective April 1, 2019 • Afolarin Olutunde Ojewole to Indianapolis Tabernacle of Hope & Muncie Philadelphia Churches • Jimmy L. Atkins, Jr. to Evanston First & Downers Grove All Nations Fellowship Churches; voted hire by LRC EXCOM on...
On Monday, July 29, 2019, the NAD Regional Caucus Meetings, hosted by the Office for Regional Conference Ministry convened. The meetings were held at the newly renovated Louisville Marriott Downtown, just minutes away from the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. It was during these meetings, directed by Elder Dana Edmond, Executive Director of the Regional...
Last month, we talked to you about “Why I Still Go to Church Every Week” (even though I am the preacher!). In that article (which is still posted), we talked about why I believe weekly church attendance is still important to the life and spiritual health of the individual Christian and their local church. As...
Pastoral Reassignments Allegheny East Conference: Pastor Charles Brooks, II – Martinsburg, West Virginia Pastor Wayne Hosten – District Heights, Maryland Pastor Geston Pierre – Associate Pastor, Church of the Oranges, Orange, New Jersey Pastor Vernon Walters – Associate Pastor, Washington First Church Central States: Pastor Trevor Barnes – St. Louis Northside Southwest...
A Vision to Fill a Void Habakkuk 2:1-4 Common English Bible (CEB) I will take my post; I will position myself on the fortress. I will keep watch to see what the Lord says to me and how he will respond to my complaint. The Lord responds 2 Then the Lord answered me and said, Write a vision, and make it...
I still remember the surprised looks-from both of us. I was talking to several young adults. All of them were regular attendees of their local church, who I knew to be fairly active. In fact, I had worked with them on a few projects and, as the Bible would say “I knew their works”. I...
May 19, 2019 the Gianna Snell Photography Studio opened its doors for business and ministry. There are many different small businesses that have begun from a dream or the awareness of a need: doorbell cameras; food trucks; exercise equipment; and tech companies to name a few. Likewise many ministries have also taken root as a...
