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“God had one Son and He made that Son a missionary.” –David Livingstone

Wouldn’t it be great if we could encourage all our members to be more like Jesus, to be missionaries at home and around the world?

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WHAT WORKS FOR ME…. Having special Communion Services and/or Agape Feasts

Dave Livermore (email here), Senior Pastor, Kelso-Longview District (OR Conf) writes: “We faced a real problem in our church every Communion Sabbath. One Communion Sabbath our head elder actually head counted 100 people leaving after the sermon as we were … Continue reading

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An average of 150 new Adventist churches per year in North American over the past ten years. PTL!

At the SEEDS Conference held at Andrews University in June it was announced that more than 1,500 Adventist churches have been started in the North American Division during the last ten years, an average of 150 per year. Praise the … Continue reading

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Adventists in the Middle East update

The Adventist message is going to all the world. This means our members and workers are affected in Lebanon and Israel during the latest crisis and in Iraq & Afghanistan in the continuing crisis. For some fascinating reports you can … Continue reading

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3rd Quarter Sabbath School Lessons great study preparation for evangelistic series!

I can highly recommend the current Sabbath School lessons on “The Gospel, 1844 and Judgment.” Day by day the studies show the solid biblical evidence for the beliefs that got our movement started and will keep it growing. We shouldn’t … Continue reading

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Da Vinci Code response resources & ideas

With 60 million copies in print and $224 million in box office sales from its opening weekend, The Da Vinci Code has become a cultural phenomenon-a phenomenon that concerns many Christians due to scriptural and historical inaccuracies in the book. … Continue reading

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Jere Patzer- Lessons Learned from my first 14 weeks with cancer

In mid-July Sue Patzer asked her husband, NPUC President Jere, “What have you learned in the last 14 weeks since you were first diagnosed with cancer?”He quickly began responding. Here are a few of the comments: That suffering is indeed … Continue reading

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H.K.W.H.T.A. – Pastor Jean Emmanuel Nlo Nlo

H.K.W.H.T.A. – Pastor Jean Emmanuel Nlo Nlo, Communications Director of the West-Central Africa Division of Seventh-day Adventists “We learn from many, many examples, that the [Adventist] church ought to distance itself from politics. We simply say of the ruling authority, … Continue reading

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WHAT WORKS FOR ME…Explaining the Sabbath truth to those who haven’t heard it before

Pastor Loewen, Oregon Adventist Prison Ministries shared this outline with us: Jesus and the Sabbath INTRODUCTION- God is God because of His Creatorship (Genesis 1:1; Revelation 4:11)Jesus Christ is the God who created (John 1:3; Colossians 1:16) 1. Jesus CREATED … Continue reading

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Smoking or helping a child? The blessings & joys of church planting

“My marriage had fallen apart and my life was a mess. My friend told me I needed to go with her to The Adventure, a new Adventist church in the Boise area. When I went I found lots of love. … Continue reading

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