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Dec 02, 2025
ILLINOIS – New Hope Advent Christian Church in Aurora, Illinois, joined with the B’Nai Temple congregation this week to assemble 65 food boxes, each packed with all the fixings needed for a full Thanksgiving feast for families of ten. Working together in a spirit of care for the Aurora community, volunteers prepared the boxes to support […]
Dec 02, 2025
Last weekend, we held our second annual Young Adult Retreat. We started it last year as a way to connect with this generation of maturing Christians in the region, hoping to identify potential future pastors. We’re thrilled with how God is developing it into a broader discipleship event. Last year, we taught the group what […]
Dec 01, 2025
For more than 125 years, Advent Christians in North America have partnered with Japanese pastors and ministry leaders to plant the gospel and grow churches across Japan. In recent decades, however, communication between us and our Japanese churches has diminished, and both sides long for a closer connection. So I was grateful when Rev. Julius […]
Nov 28, 2025
Lisa and Mark are an example of how entertainment strains the intimacy and trust in a marriage. Lisa spends hours scrolling through social media every evening, engaging with online content, but rarely talks to Mark. She often compares their relationship to the seemingly perfect marriages she sees online, leading to dissatisfaction. Mark, feeling ignored and […]
Nov 14, 2025
“We take this course so that no one should blame us about this generous gift that is being administered by us, for we aim at what is honorable not only in the Lord’s sight but also in the sight of man.”— 2 Corinthians 8:20–21 At ACGC, we are deeply thankful to the Lord for the […]
Nov 13, 2025
I’m not a big fan of business language, principles or practices being integrated into the church. That’s not to say that, by God’s common grace, the business world can’t offer helpful insights into how churches operate — especially as formal organizations — or that biblical and business principles never overlap. But overall, we are not […]
Nov 11, 2025
JAPAN – Our Asia/Pacific Area Director (APAD) and I just traveled to Japan. We don’t report much news from this area largely because of the language barrier and the difficulties for our Japanese brothers and sisters in translating things for us. But while there, it was so clear that the Lord is very much at […]
Nov 10, 2025
NORTH CAROLINA – Lee’s Union Advent Christian Church in Four Oaks, N.C. has celebrated 13 baptisms since September 14. This past Sunday, the congregation welcomed SACA Superintendent Rev. Joe Pritchett to lead a special service dedicating their newly built baptismal pool. The project was made possible through the generosity of Mrs. Joyce Langston, widow of […]
Nov 10, 2025
November 12, 1955 ~ November 5, 2025 Jill Dare Bryan Gonzalez, 69, of Smithfield, passed away on Wednesday, November 5 at Duke Raleigh Hospital in Raleigh. A visitation will be held from 11:00 am-1:00 pm on Tuesday, November 11 at Pleasant Union Christian Church, 1920 Mt. Olive Hwy, Newton Grove, NC. Funeral service will follow at 1:00pm […]
Nov 07, 2025
Nearly two years ago, we began discussions about taking an Ambassador Trip to Africa — a short-term mission designed to encourage and equip our global church family while building up the local churches of each team member as they share their experiences upon their return. When I asked our Africa Area Director, Bryce Whiting, which country he’d […]
Nov 05, 2025
August 25, 1947 ~ October 31, 2025 A much loved father, grandfather, great grandfather, brother and friend, Rev. Shannon Hall, age 78, of Caleb Lane, Corbin, Kentucky passed away on Friday afternoon, October 31, at his residence. He was the father of April Goodman, and husband, Donnie, of Cornelius, North Carolina, Jacquie Camp of Huntersville, […]
Nov 04, 2025
When crisis strikes whether through famine, disaster, or personal hardship, our response as believers reveals the depth of Christ’s love within us. Scripture reminds us in 1 John 3:17–18, “But if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him? […]
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