Who Governs Your Church? Blog post by Justin Nash How does Christ direct and govern his church? After all, he is not bodily present to make decisions and give audible guidance. Moreover, special divine revelation is not provided every time we wish to visit the sick, resolve a dispute, determine questions of doctrine or buy […]
Remembering Pomeroy Carter J Pomeroy CarterFebruary 14, 1935 – July 18, 2022 Pomeroy Carter, 87, passed away on July 18, 2022, at the Good Samaritan Center at Advent Christian Village. Pomeroy was born in Waycross, Georgia on February 14, 1935, to the late Matthew A. and Myrtle E. Carter. He graduated from Waycross High School […]
Georgia Conference Holds Annual Meeting in Vidalia GEORGIA – The Georgia Conference of Advent Christian Churches held its 137th conference meeting July 22-23 at Vidalia Advent Christian Church in Vidalia, Georgia. Friday, Rev. Ken Adams of Impact Ministries (impactdisciples.com) presented a four-hour workshop on becoming a disciple making church for more than 20 participants from […]
Church Planting Survey for Doctoral Study Submitted by Erik Reynolds Presently, I am working on a Doctor of Ministry in Church Planting through Liberty University. My focus is the problem of church planting within the Advent Christian Denomination, or lack thereof. Further, I’m focusing my attention on addressing an achievable strategy to see a church […]
A Case for Congregationalism By Reverend Tom Loghry As an Advent Christian pastor serving in Rhode Island, I have found that people are sometimes puzzled by the congregational governance of our churches. They expect that as pastor I would have unilateral power in making decisions for the church, just as one of our local Roman […]
J Pomeroy Carter February 14, 1935 – July 18, 2022 Pomeroy Carter, 87, passed away on July 18, 2022, at the Good Samaritan Center at Advent Christian Village. Pomeroy was born in Waycross, Georgia on February 14, 1935, to the late Matthew A. and Myrtle E. Carter. He graduated from Waycross High School in 1953. […]
Thinking About College? Consider Aurora University! Mark Woolfington While I was at Central Region’s triennial, I had the opportunity to catch up with Pastor Mark Woolfington, who serves as pastor of Church of the Highlands in La Grange, Illinois. He also serves as chaplain of Aurora University and has just been named as assistant professor […]
Camp Wilderness Happening Now MISSOURI – Twenty-one senior campers from all over Missouri are gathered at Advent Christian Camp Wilderness in Iberia. Through multiple worship experiences, the teens are challenged to “Find Their Place in God’s Plan.” They are building relationships through varied activities, such as carpet ball, gaga ball, swimming and the jump park. […]
Celebration in Migaza Village – Clean Water! MOZAMBIQUE – After much discussion and planning with well-drillers and village leaders, the Migaza village in Mozambique has clean water! Last Saturday, the village held an opening ceremony for the borehole well and praised God together with pastors, government officials and traditional leaders for this miraculous event (featured […]
A Primer on Baptism Witness Magazine, Summer 2022 We believe that the only ordinances of the church of Christ are Baptism and the Lord’s Supper; immersion being the only true baptism. Declaration of Principles From the earliest days of the church Christians have been instructed to be baptized and to baptize. Before our Lord Jesus […]