Submit to Your Leaders: Hebrews 13:17 Scripture Study We invite you to use these scripture studies for personal enrichment, group study or discipleship. Context From this text and others,[1] it’s clear in Scripture that pastors have authority. But what kind of authority? How far does the jurisdiction extend, and are there any checks on that […]
Eastern Region Holds Convention Executive Director Steve Lawson The Eastern Region had their yearly convention this past weekend. The board met on Thursday for their meeting and then on Friday and Saturday delegates gathered on Zoom for both worship and business sessions. We are all thankful that we have the technology of Zoom to be […]
Advent Christian Village 5th Sunday When you give to ACV’s Benevolent Fund, through 5th Sunday offerings and other gifts, you support ministries to youth, like Leadership Training and Adventure Camp for children in foster care — along with ACV’s ministries to senior adults and families in need. Each of these important efforts is accomplished through […]
Registration Now Open for the 2022 AC Leaders’ Conference Please plan to join us February 2-4, 2022 in beautiful Dowling Park, Florida for the 2022 AC Leaders’ Conference. It’s been a difficult and disorienting couple of years, so come to the Advent Christian Village and REGROUP. You will find rest, quality teaching and friends to […]
Rev. Russell Giasson Installed as Pastor in Haverhill MASSACHUSETTS – The Advent Christian Church of Haverhill held an installation service on Sunday October 11, 2021 to install Rev. Russell Giasson as pastor. There was a wonderful gathering of many clergy to take part in the installation service with a welcome from Pastor Jonathan Price from […]
Pastors Canoe to Deliver Gospel, Souls Saved MOZAMBIQUE – Conference President Samuel Kasakatira journeyed by canoe with six pastors to Zambezi province in Mozambique. He writes, “We thank God for the wonderful two day visit we had in Njanjanja/Zambezi province. We had fruitful evangelism. Three girls received Jesus as the Lord of their lives. We […]
Songs of Praise Follow Newly Dug Well MOZAMBIQUE – Water was promised to Nguni village, but the ground was too hard and the water table too low to drill a simple bore hole. Without costly hydraulics a well could not be drilled. Faced with a difficult decision, the council of the Maranatha AC Conference in […]
Pastor Richard Johnson Pastor Richard Johnson, age 74, passed away on June 23, 2021, at home after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Richard was born on Feb. 22, 1947, in Rice Lake, Wis., the second of three children to George and Maybelle Johnson. Richard grew up in Chetek, Wis., and graduated from Chetek High […]
Fellowship: Key number two to revitalization Blog post by Justin Nash This is the second post in a series that will examine five key revitalization strategies for the local church. (See the first post here). Each of these strategies is intended to deepen the overall spiritual character of the church, because a deepening of the […]
On the Road Again! This week I headed to New England for meetings at Alton Bay and Berkshire Institute of Christian Studies. I was also blessed to preach at Pittsfield AC Church in New Hampshire on Sunday. It is always a blessing to be invited to preach and to meet new brothers and sisters in […]