Steve Lawson God is in Control Over the last 10 days, we’ve heard many different reports with varying opinions about the coronavirus and what may happen in our world. I have spent the last hour reading through the news and looking up reports from the CDC to begin writing this with some understanding about what […]
COVID-19 This past weekend was a stressful time for many of us in the wake of the COVID-19 virus update. I received a call on Saturday from Dr. D.J. Hall from the Mayo Clinic in Minneapolis, Minn. He is a longtime Advent Christian who loves our denomination and has a deep concern for us and […]
Exponential Orlando 2020 This past week, I spent three days with six other Advent Christian pastors at the Exponential Conference in Orlando, Fla. It was a great conference focusing on church planting with the theme “Together: Pursuing the Great Collaboration.” We gathered with 5,500 church planters, multipliers, denominational leaders, planting partners and supporters. The conference […]
Meetings in the Western Region This week, I had the privilege to travel to Southern California and attend the conference meeting at Iglesia Gracia Divina (Divine Grace Church) in Pacoima, Calif. I first stopped in San Diego and visited with Pastor Brad Rigney and toured the North Park Advent Christian Church. It was a great […]
Maine Meetings This past week, Justin Nash and I traveled up to Oxford, Maine to meet with Darren Bantz, Matt Larkin and Western Region Superintendent Rick Qualls. We were discussing the relationship between ACGC and the Western Region and how we could be more effective in communicating and coordinating our ministries. These were great meetings […]
MTI Updates This week I will be heading up to Maine to visit with a number of leaders about church planting, church health and leadership development. I will also be heading for the first time into Canada to visit Kingswood University in New Brunswick. This is a Christian University in Canada that a number of Advent Christian […]
A Message on Love This past weekend, I had the privilege of preaching at my home church here in Charlotte: Dulin’s Grove Advent Christian Church. I always enjoy getting back to one of my most enjoyable parts of being a pastor and sharing a message from the Word of God. I preached from 1 John 4:7-12 about the […]
February is always a busy month as we prepare for the Executive Council Meetings. This will be the first time we have held these meetings online through Zoom. Please pray for President Paul Dean and Recording Secretary Thomas Loghry as they work to make these meetings successful and beneficial to the work of ACGC. During […]
Hamilton Church, New Zealand Ron & Jan Thomas in New Zealand On Wednesday during our chapel, Ron and Jan Thomas shared with us about their recent time at the Hamilton Church in New Zealand. The church has reached out to us over the past few years to send interim pastoral help. Gene and Sandy Peters […]
Annual Reports It’s that time of year again – taxes, planning for a new year and yes, Annual Reports! We appreciate those who jumped on this task and submitted reports at the beginning of the year. I haven’t done mine yet, so this pushes me to get on the ACGC website and get it done […]