The Seventh Day Baptist World Federation (SDBWF) Sessions will take place in less than three weeks! The SDBWF consists of 19-member conferences throughout the world, representing over 20,000 Seventh Day Baptists. The SDBWF provides increased communication among SDB groups, promotes projects of mutual interest, and facilitates fellowship among Seventh Day Baptists. There is currently missional work underway in over 30 countries where there is not yet a member SDB Conference.
The 2023 SDBWF Sessions will take place in Malawi, “The Warm Heart of Africa.” There are 52 delegates, fraternal delegates, and observers registered, representing 11 member conferences and 4 non-member conferences. The delegates representing the Seventh Day Baptist General Conference of USA and Canada include: Pastor Andrew Samuels, SDBWF General Secretary; Pastor Garfield Miller (West Palm Beach SDB, FL), Pastor Michael Spearl (Union Station SDB, Dunedin FL), Pastor Nicholas Kersten (Milton SDB, WI), and Joanna Lovelace (Metro Atlanta SDB, Georgia).
The SDBWF has encouraged us to pray for the upcoming Sessions:
- Unity – Session theme: “Become Perfectly One,” John 17:23
- Vision – That Seventh Day Baptists will have a good sense of God’s preferred future for us
- Direction – That we will have a good sense of where God wants to take us
- Growth – That we might experience healthy growth
- The advancement of God’s kingdom through us
- Provision for all the Sessions expenses
- Safe travel to and from Malawi for all delegates and observers
- Establishing and building of healthy relationships among SDB leaders
- Encouragement for discouraging circumstances among us
- Good stewardship with all resources entrusted to us
