Survey for Pastors and Church Leaders

Pastors/Church Leaders: Would you take 5 minutes to help our students by completing a survey? At the Berkshire Institute for Christian Studies (BICS), we’re offering a new course in the upcoming spring semester called “The Local Church and the Mission of God.” This new course explores the doctrine of the church from a biblical and theological perspective and seeks to help students understand the centrality of the local church within the mission of God. As we finish designing the course, we would love to have your input! Since our primary aim is to prepare students to be faithful members of their local churches, we’re hoping to include the insights of pastors/church leaders like you. You can take the 5-minute survey here:  https://berkshireinstitute.org/pastor-survey/. Thank you in advance for helping us in our work to disciple young adults by grounding them in God’s Word and helping to prepare them to flourish for God’s kingdom. For more information about BICS or about this course, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us here. 

Save the Date: ACV Winter Retreat

Advent Christian Village is hosting a winter retreat March 5-8, 2022. Come to Dowling Park for a time of spiritual enrichment, fellowship and fun!

Click here to view the Save the Date flyer.

Darkness to Light Training Available for Your Church

Darkness to Light is a non-profit organization dedicated to “empowering adults to prevent child sexual abuse” (d2l.org). We offer a free two-hour certificate class to any church that is ready to equip their people to prevent, recognize and respond to incidents of child sexual abuse. ACGC has three certified facilitators on staff that will deliver this training as travel and schedule allows.

The facilitator-led group training utilizes the following:

  • A two-part DVD presentation with commentary from sexual abuse survivors, experts in the field and concerned adults.
  • Facilitator-led discussion emphasizing important issues in prevention within the community and organizations that serve children and youth.
  • An interactive workbook facilitating discussion, reinforcing key concepts, and serving as a resource and personal action plan for resolving child sexual abuse(d2l.org).

D2L training will give you practical steps toward prevention and the framework to recognize children who may be in danger. The accompanying workbook contains valuable action steps that provide a path from abuse recognition to resolution. So far, we have trained 571 people. We would love to see that number increase as we work to make our churches safe havens for the children in our communities.

Let us know if we can assist you in planning a D2L training at your church. If you have any questions about this or other services offered by ACGC, you can email mbroadway@acgc.us or call us at 704-545-6161.

Donation Reminders

We are always grateful for our generous donors and subscribers. If you do send a gift or make a payment to ACGC by check, please remember the following:

Mail all checks to: ACGC, PO Box 690848, Charlotte, NC 28227

Advent Christian General Conference
• Make all checks payable to Advent Christian General Conference or to ACGC
• You can use one check for multiple purposes
• Note purpose(s) on memo line or enclose letter
• If paying an invoice, please include customer number or invoice number on memo line

Advent Christian Ministers Pension Plan
• Make all checks payable to AC Ministers Pension
• Note minister’s name on memo line

Baptism Updates

Baptisms are awesome, we want to celebrate together.

Please send us the names and dates of recent baptisms and we will include them in upcoming publications! You can e-mail the information to acpub@acgc.us.

Karmon Norris Prayer Chain

If anyone receiving the Karmon Norris prayer requests by email has changed his email address in the last few months, please notify Nancy Brooks at nancybrooks@acgc.us with your new address. Thank you.

Asleep In Christ

Now located on our website is an “Asleep in Christ” page. As we are made aware of your Advent Christian loved ones who have fallen asleep in the Lord, they will be added to this list. Click HERE to go to this web page. If you wish to have details of your loved one on the website, please send the information via email to cbrock@acgc.us