The Need for Leaders is Great Executive Director Steve Lawson As the end of August approaches, we see that the need to recruit more students for the Ministry Training Institute is vital. Through the pandemic, we have continued to lose pastors to retirement and to the struggles of trying to be a pastor in our […]
Remember to be Loving Executive Director Steve Lawson What should we do? Who should we believe or trust? These are questions that we all face in light of the pandemic and the rise in new COVID cases. Unfortunately, individuals have very strong opinions on the issues we face and have gotten brutal in their responses […]
Alton Bay Selects New Board Executive Director Steve Lawson This past weekend I had the privilege of attending the Alton Bay Camp annual meeting. On Friday evening, the board gathered and finished up items of business before the meeting and a new board would be selected. It has been a busy year working with this […]
Camp Season Winds Down Camp Dixie It is hard to believe that it is August and the summer schedule is coming to an end, not that the hot weather is over. Many of our students across the country are making plans to be back in school or going back to college soon and we need […]
Alabama Church Joins Georgia Conference This past weekend I had the privilege of attending the Georgia Conference meetings. I grew up in the Georgia Conference and it was like going home for me. The meetings were held at Holton Chapel AC Church in Soperton, Georgia. Conference President Rev. Clint Hutchinson led the meetings with representation […]
Stay in The Know! Communication is key to working together and here at ACGC, Justin, Cara, Donna and Meredith work hard at providing ways to share information with pastors, leaders and Advent Christians in the pews. To stay informed, it is vital that all of you take advantage of the various publications, E- News and […]
The Necessity of Christian Fellowship Executive Director Steve Lawson It is great to get back together! Over the last few weeks, I have had the opportunity to be with my children, grandchildren, siblings, mother, mother/father in-law, and their families. It has been so refreshing and a real blessing. For most of these it has been […]
This is Not Our Home Executive Director Steve Lawson This past Sunday as we celebrated our nation’s birthday, I listened to a sermon from David Nasser from the parable on “Leaven,” “And again he said, “To what shall I compare the kingdom of God? It is like leaven that a woman took and hid in […]
ACGC Staff Meets to Address the Strategic Plan Executive Director Steve Lawson As you read this E-News, our senior staff is in the middle of evaluating and revamping our strategic plan for the next two-and-a-half years. We had planned to have these meetings earlier but the pandemic caused us to reschedule. We are assessing where […]
Remain Faithful to the End Executive Director Steve Lawson Two weeks ago, Karen and I were on vacation in Houston with my daughter’s family when my cell phone rang and I heard the news that a dear friend and former elder of our church in Four Oaks, Norman Dunn, had been killed in a horrible […]