Five Questions for Clayton Blackstone Interviewed by Justin Nash Rev. Clayton Blackstone grew up on a family farm in Aroostook County in northern Maine. His grandfather was a farmer and pastored the Dunntown Advent Christian Church for 42 years. The family’s deep heritage of faith was modeled and passed along to Clayton who became a […]
What is Progressive Christianity At a Glance, The Advent Christian Witness Magazine Progressive Christianity is a movement that seeks to redefine what it means to be a Christian. It rejects historic orthodox Christianity and markets itself as the “real Christianity” of Jesus and the Bible. Progressive Christians use Scripture and Christian language, yet they often […]
Four Cornerstones for Revitalization Blog post by Justin Nash When creating a plan to revitalize the health of a church, it is important to have a clear end goal in mind. Therefore, a definition of a healthy church must be established. While numerous qualities and characteristics may be offered, it seems most prudent to have […]
How To Disciple Your Children Article featured in The Witness Magazine, Spring 2021 We invite you to use this article for personal enrichment, group study or discipleship. Why disciple in the first place? We may have been convicted, and even feel a little shame, about a failure to properly disciple our kids. But consistently discipling […]
Inspiration of Scripture: 2 Peter 1:16-21 Scripture Study We invite you to use these scripture studies for personal enrichment, group study or discipleship. Context The apostle Peter seemed to understand that his time was short and he had great concern for God’s people who were in danger from false teachers (1 Peter 1:13-14; 2:1-3). In […]
Who was the Apostle Peter? By Catherine Rybicki The apostle Peter was from the town of Bethsaida, but he had a home in Capernaum with his brother, Andrew (Mk. 1:29), and his mother-in-law (Mt. 8:14). Peter, also known as Simon Peter, was one of the first disciples called by Jesus to leave everything and follow […]
Don’t Let Money Ruin Your Marriage By Willie Batson According to several marriage experts, money is the number one issue married couples fight about, and it’s the second leading cause of divorce, behind infidelity. Money was sparse in the early days of our marriage. The only financial plan we had was to survive until the […]
Human Dignity (2008-21) Whereas our denomination adopted resolutions at the 1974 and 1996 General Conference meetings regarding abortion; and Whereas these resolutions have insufficiently recognized the full measure of dignity belonging to all human beings Be it, therefore resolved that this delegate body affirms that all human beings are made in the image of God […]
Don’t Lose Sight of the Mission Editorial by Justin Nash The mission of the church is not to redeem the culture. The mission of the church is to proclaim the gospel. The church can feed the hungry, clothe the naked, heal the sick, care for the poor, educate the less fortunate and any other number […]
Baptized Believer: Supported or Deserted? Blog post by Justin Nash I once knew a pastor who served one of his churches for more than 15 years. During that time, he baptized somewhere between 100 and 120 people, but had no follow up process. Today, more than a decade later only about 30 of those people […]