Central States Conference: Pastor Leakey Nyaberi, from Kenya by way of Syracuse, New York was installed on May 26, 2018 at the United Central and Kushite SDA Churches in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Pastor Philip Baptiste was installed in May at the Allen Chapel SDA Church in Lincoln, Nebraska on May 12, 2018, after spending approximately 4...
Southwest Region Conference Camp Meeting 2018 In spite of abbreviated days, our 2018 “Returning to the Old Paths” Camp Meeting held something for everyone. The theme selected from Jeremiah 6:16 provided the backdrop. In his welcome found in the introduction of the printed program, President Calvin L. Watkins qualifies the old paths as “the standard...
The Seventh-day Adventist Church has no shortage of critics-including, critics who are Seventh-day Adventists. It seems as though hardly a day goes by without a sermon, a social media post, an article-something, that says how bad off our church is, how it is losing members-particularly, young adult members-in droves. Baptisms and tithe have fallen (at...
A very popular quote states, “Good things come in small packages”. Such is the case for Mrs. Jo Ann Bushner. Though small in stature, she is large in character and gifts. Mrs. Bushner moved to Huntsville, AL in 2006 were she served as the Executive Assistant for the Bradford, Cleveland, Brooks Leadership Center under the...
Please don’t tell my Mother about this article. The title alone is enough to make me lose my spot at the holiday dinner table. I’m pretty sure that the 11th commandment for my mother and her pals is, “Thou shalt not miss camp meeting.” Camp meetings have been a part of the American landscape since...
A Joint Statement from the Presidents of the Regional Conferences, the Vice Presidents for Regional Ministries for the Pacific and the North Pacific Unions and the Executive Directors of the Regional Conference Retirement Program and the Office for Regional Conference Ministry: We the Presidents of the Regional Conferences, the Vice Presidents for Regional Ministries for...
Exactly two years after an electrical fire in April 2016 that forced the Office for Regional Conference Ministry (ORCM) to vacate its small office building on the campus of Oakwood University, the ORCM held a dedication service for its brand new office suite on Thursday, April 29, 2018. ORCM had occupied its original office building...
OAA Places First and Third at Southern Challenge for Robotics On March 25, 2018, the robotics team from Oakwood Adventist Academy (OAA) won first place in one category and third place in another in the Southern Challenge – an annual tournament held at Southern Adventist University. The tournament features LEGO robotics and research projects presented...
We welcome our new administrator Elder Dana Edmond, Director of the Office for RegionalConference Ministry and Publisher for Regional Voice Magazine. As a graduate of Oakwood College, Elder Edmond accepted his first call to the North Caribbean Conference in the St. Thomas, U. S. Virgin Islands. There he began his career in teaching and pastoring....
It is a privilege to mark and honor the service of Elder James L. Lewis, who has worked as Director of the Office for Regional Conference Ministry (ORCM) for nearly 10 years, and Publisher for Regional Voice Magazine for eight years as well. He prepared for his career by first earning a B.A. in Theology...
