God is in Control Steve Lawson, Executive Director As we face the elections coming up this fall and as we view the Democratic and Republican Conventions what is our response? Don’t worry, I am not about to give anyone political advice or even tell you who I am supporting, but my question is this: what […]
Mind your Tongues and your Thumbs Steve Lawson, Executive Director Over the last few weeks, I have been burdened about our priorities as Christians during these difficult times. Or at least our perceived priorities as they display themselves through social media comments. Right now, I am making my way through Ed Stetzer’s “Christians in the […]
Consider MTI This past week, I spent a lot of time working on Executive Council reports. This involved looking back over the last six months and evaluating where we are and how we are moving forward. As I did this, I was excited to realize our first class of MTI students are finishing up their […]
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 […]
Character Matters Editorial: By Justin Nash Godly character is required for church leaders. Godly character is the preeminent requirement for church leaders. No amount of skill,training or theological education can overcome poor character. This is made clear in Paul’sletters to two young pastors, Timothy and Titus. In 1 Timothy 3:1–13 and Titus 1:5–9, Paullays out […]
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 […]
Ministry Training Institute Update As we begin our 2020 E-News, we are excited to share that our Leadership Development Program, Ministry Training Institutes (MTI), has started with 17 students in three of our Field Offices. This is a little lower than what we had previously announced, but a few of our students decided they were […]