Where are the voices of concern in the Adventist Church when it comes to segregation of Adventist conferences, churches, and schools? Instead of seeking pure Christian unity and brotherly love in North America, we turn a blind-eye to the division of church members because of skin color and naively continue on as if nothing is […]
November 14, 2013
Author: Andrew Kerbs You may be scratching your head at the title—When Adventists Simply Aren’t. It refers to a modern phenomenon in the church in which there are Seventh-day Adventist church members who are anything but Seventh-day Adventist. Now I’ll give a premature disclaimer. I’m not advocating cookie-cutter doctrinalism (I might have made that word up). You know, the scene […]
January 19, 2013
Author: Ken Lytle It is hard to believe that God’s endtime Church is still segregated by skin color in North America. There is no problem having Spanish, Russian, Indonesian, etc. speaking churches. But having conferences, churches, and schools that are divided by skin color is a shameful blemish on God’s Church. Addressing this problem is not impossible. Some of […]
January 3, 2013
Author: Ken Lytle The new movie, Lincoln, is a great film that addresses the segregation and civil rights issue. It begins a little slow, but has a great conclusion as President Lincoln gains one of the first victories for the civil rights movement here in the USA. I recommend watching the film. Years later Dr. Martin […]
August 27, 2012
What does this verse mean to those who claim to love and follow Jesus? “For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but so that the world might be saved through Him” — John 3:17. Living as an Adventist Christian church member and leader, I have personally experienced and […]
November 26, 2013
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