Text Your Pastor During Pastor Appreciation Week! October is Pastor Appreciation Month when we celebrate and thank our pastors for their selfless service. Each year, churches across the denomination show appreciation for their pastors in a variety of ways: monetary gifts, acts of service, paid time off, special meals and other kinds of gifts. If […]
A Visit to Kenya By Africa/Europe Area Director Bryce Whiting Pastor Travis Hutcheson (Shiloh AC Church, Monroe, N.C.) and I arrived in Kenya on February 22 with a mission that was at least two-fold. Primarily, we went to encourage our pastors there. We worshiped with them, brought them teaching, provided lunch and handed them a […]
News from Honduras and Mexico School supply distribution at Green Wells School Honduras Our God is so amazing! The school supplies have been distributed to all of the students that many of you sponsor through Cristo Salva. Three members of Cristo Salva returned to Honduras in January to help with the distribution – however, the […]
Why “People are Saying…” is a bad thing. Blog post by Justin Nash It might be one of the worst things a pastor can hear, “Pastor, people are saying…” or some derivative of that idea. You’ve heard it said, been on the receiving end or perhaps said it yourself. Basically, it’s an anonymous complaint credited […]
Penny Crusade 2020 By now all our North American churches should have received the 2020 Penny Crusade packet. Last year, nearly 40 percent of our North American churches did not participate in Penny Crusade. I’m sure there are many reasons for this. Here, I want to share some motivations for at least considering participation – […]
News from the Philippines Philippines Conference President Efren Miranda shares the following update: The Philippines AC Conference (PACCI) is preparing to hold its third annual convention since returning to its original government recognition as an aggregate religious corporation. Rev. Eleazar Comajig, present chairperson of the sub-district, facilitated a meeting on January 23 to form different […]
The Call to Send Feature: By Matt Larkin The idea of calling was once central to church culture Growing up, I remember hearing a lot about “the call to ministry.” My pastor talked about it. It was part of church conversations. There would be a yearly call to commit yourself to ministry at camp every […]
Should families leave if their church lacks a children’s program? Perspectives: By Jessica Mumford YES: A program supports a child’s development as a follower of Christ. Children today need to understand that while their salvation is individual and they will be held responsible when they stand before the throne of God, they are not running […]
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 […]
India – Advent Christian Conference, Inc. The Nallambakkam Advent Christian Church began in 1998 when career missionaries Marion Damon and Barbara White were in India. With mission support, the church began to worship in a thatched shed. Later, when Ernie Schache and missionaries Earl and Martha Wright were ministering in India, the mission supported this […]