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Jul 15, 2025
When was the last time you learned from someone outside your cultural comfort zone? When someone challenged you in your thinking – someone who didn’t share your culture, your language or your background? I think of traveling to Mexico, and worshiping in one of our Advent Christian Churches in Ensenada. I sang worship songs in […]
Jul 14, 2025
The 10th section of the doctrinal survey for Advent Christian pastors considered beliefs related to primarily to soteriology as represented by Arminianism and Calvinism. Regarding the first question – Do you believe that God’s grace is resistible or irresistible? – 53 (49.5%) of respondents believe that resisting God’s grace is possible. Forty-eight (44.9%) believe God’s […]
Jul 14, 2025
It may be the greatest fear a Christian parent has. That day when your child says they don’t believe in God or have decided to follow another belief system. Stephen, at the age of 18, revealed to his parents that he no longer believed in God. His lack of spiritual interest over the years was […]
Jul 07, 2025
TANZANIA – Johnson Odoyo and Amos Komanya traveled to the district of Mang’ola in mid-June to plant a church. Mang’ola is where these two missionaries stay while ministering to the Hadzabe and the Datoga tribes. Johnson and Amos found themselves praying over villagers and talking to many about the saving grace of Christ. So, a […]
Jul 07, 2025
Pastor Samuel Kasakatira (Mozambique) writes: Dear Brother Bryce [Whiting], Praise the Lord! It was on Monday, June 23 when my wife walked to our garden located 3km from home. Around noon I received a call from her asking for a ride home. I left my meal on the table and rushed to pick her up. […]
Jul 07, 2025
The ninth section of the doctrinal survey of Advent Christian pastors addressed Advent Christian doctrine and revealed a high level of consensus around these issues. Respondents were unanimous in affirming their belief in the second coming of Christ as a future, visible, literal event. Ninety-three (86.9%) pastors believe the second coming of Christ is imminent. […]
Jul 03, 2025
The Witness magazine – Summer ’25 has dropped! When I was a teenager in the Dulin’s Grove youth group, we had a Sunday night lesson titled “Garbage In, Garbage Out.” I’m pretty sure we even made little craft trash cans to help us remember the idea that what we take in through our eyes and […]
Jul 01, 2025
TANZANIA – Pastors Johnson Odoyo and Amos Komanya planted a church in the district of Mang’ola through faithful, determined ministry. It involved hard work as they went from door to door in village after village sharing the good news of Jesus Christ. Their work also involved intense spiritual battles, as they encountered the forces of […]
Jul 01, 2025
OHIO — June 26–28, Mike Alix and I were privileged to be part of the Central Advent Christian Mission Society (CACMS) Triennial Convention, themed “What Does the Lord Require of Us?” The convention was hosted by the Ohio Advent Christian Conference in Marysville, Ohio. The CACMS board met Thursday, and the convention officially began Friday […]
Jun 30, 2025
The eighth section of the doctrinal survey for Advent Christian pastors revealed a diversity of views on issues related to the miraculous gifts of the Spirit. The first question in this section asked, “Do you believe that the miraculous gifts of the Spirit (e.g., speaking in tongues, healing, prophecy) ceased after the apostolic age?” Seventy-three […]
Jun 30, 2025
It was in the late 1990s when I began to seriously consider the importance of different Bible translations. I had been raised on the 1984 New International Version (NIV), which was the version I heard in church and read at home. In high school, however, I was introduced to the New American Standard Bible (NASB) […]
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Jun 23, 2025
This year marks the 70th anniversary of Penny Crusade! While looking through old archives, we uncovered a remarkable fact: three churches have each given more than half a million dollars to global outreach through Penny Crusade. These churches are Bixler Memorial, Blakes Chapel and Shiloh Advent Christian. It all began in March 1955 at the Seabrook, New […]
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