Why I Would Invite A Non-SDA Pastor to Preach in My Church
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Why I Would Invite A Non-SDA Pastor to Preach in My Church

It pops up each year around this time-at least, for the past several years. The Pastors Evangelists and Leadership Conference (PELC) has a long-standing tradition of inviting non-Adventist Pastors to speak at one of the evening worship services. Of late, this seems to be a problem for some. Everyone has the right to their own...

December 24, 2020December 24, 2020by
Office for Regional Conference Ministries and Regional Conference Retirement Plan Collaborate On Oakwood Academy Gift
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Office for Regional Conference Ministries and Regional Conference Retirement Plan Collaborate On Oakwood Academy Gift

At the weekly staff meeting of the Office for Regional Conference Ministries (ORCM), the subject of the recently completed third and final building phase of Oakwood Adventist Academy (OAA) came up. The third phase involved the building of a facility that would house Grades 9-12. Some of the staff had attended this historic event and...

December 24, 2020January 11, 2021by
Pastor Chanda M. Nunes Receives Historic Call as Lead Pastor for Pacific Union College Church
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Pastor Chanda M. Nunes Receives Historic Call as Lead Pastor for Pacific Union College Church

On July 1, 2020, Pastor Chanda Nunes made Black Adventist history by becoming the first African-American female Lead, or Senior Pastor, of an institutional church in the North American Division. An institutional church is a church that is connected to an institution-often, an educational institution-often a college or a university. Almost always, those churches are...

December 24, 2020December 24, 2020by
PELC 2020
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PELC 2020

2020 has been a year of uncertainties. This year filled us with highs and lows on every level as we have been taken from one extreme to the next. The arrival and devastating effects of COVID-19 continued economic disparities among various ethnic groups, politically instability at multiple levels of government, the unfortunate and hateful attacks...

December 24, 2020December 24, 2020by
The Need to Look in My Mirror
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The Need to Look in My Mirror

It is my personal belief that Pastors should remain publicly non-partisan in political matters. First of all, our job as Pastors is to take the gospel “to every creature”-which means, to everyone and to everywhere-in blue states and red states. We live in a very polarized country. If as a Pastor, we take a partisan...

November 25, 2020December 24, 2020by
Dr. Hubert Morel Elected Executive Secretary for the Mid-American Union
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Dr. Hubert Morel Elected Executive Secretary for the Mid-American Union

On Thursday, November 19, 2020, the Mid-American Union Executive Committee elected Dr. Hubert J. Morel Executive Secretary of that Union. He replaces the current Executive Secretary, Elder Gil Webb, who is retiring at the end of the year. Dr. Morel was born in Port of Prince, Haiti. His family immigrated to the United States when...

November 25, 2020November 25, 2020by
Rupert Salmon-Black Seventh-day Adventist Television Station Owner
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Rupert Salmon-Black Seventh-day Adventist Television Station Owner

On November 17, 2020, Rupert Salmon of the Spokane, Washington area became a trailblazer: He bought the television station operated by the Upper Columbia Conference and thus became one of the few black television station owners and in all likelihood became the first black Seventh-day Adventist station owner. His journey began in Kingston, Jamaica. He...

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