October is Pastor Appreciation Month For some time now, October has been set aside as Pastor Appreciation Month, a month to celebrate and thank your pastors for all of their selfless service to your church. Each year, churches across the denomination show appreciation for their pastors in a variety of ways: monetary gifts, acts of […]
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 […]
2021 Ambassador Trips In October 2019, we launched the Ambassador Trip program with a team of six ambassadors to Liberia. It was an exciting and challenging learning experience for everyone on the team. We are now announcing plans for new Ambassador Trips in 2021: KENYA (February 2021) – Visit our churches in Kenya. Meet 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 […]
USA – Dowling Park, Fla. The two WHFMS groups of the Village Church in Dowling Park, Fla. sponsored a World Day of Prayer service and lunch. The program material was developed by the World Day of Prayer Committee of Zimbabwe with the theme “Rise! Take your mat and walk!” Barbara Phipps, WHFMS Council President, led […]
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 […]
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 […]
Penny Crusade – We’re off to a great start! Thank you for your contributions to Penny Crusade 2020! As of February 29, we have received $17,367 – an increase of almost $3,000 as of this time last year. Penny Crusade giving provides many exciting new opportunities for International Missions. Here are just a few things […]
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 […]
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 […]