by John Pethtel | Feb 9, 2026 | Church News, Conference News, Conference Session 2026, General Council, News, SDB Exec Blog, SDB News
Registration is officially open for Conference Sessions 2026, and we invite SDBs from across our network of expressions of faith (XFs) to begin planning now for a meaningful week of worship, learning, connection, and shared mission. Conference Sessions 2026 will take...
by John Pethtel | Jun 25, 2025 | Church Development, Church News, Conference News, News, SDB Exec Blog, SDB News
Written By Eric Bofinger When the Seventh Day Baptist General Conference first formed in 1802, its primary purpose was to provide fellowship, promote unity, and engage in missionary work. With westward expansion of the United States, early SDB missionaries went out to...
by John Pethtel | Jan 12, 2025 | Church News, Conference News, General Council, SDB Exec Blog, SDB News
We are excited to announce that registration for Conference Session 2025: Shouldn’t It Be Obvious? is LIVE! We look forward to your participation in the events at Carthage College in Kenosha, WI from July 22-27, 2025. There will be discounted prices for those...
by SDB General Council | Jan 8, 2025 | Church News, Conference News, SDB Exec Blog, SDB News
No one will mistake a virtual gathering for our regular Conference sessions. There were no hugs from long lost friends; no heart-to-heart discussions long into the night; no full-throated singing of “Wonderful Grace of Jesus”; and everybody had to provide their own...
by John Pethtel | Jan 2, 2025 | Church News, Conference News, General Council, SDB Exec Blog, SDB News, The Summit, WVDF (Winter Virtual Delegate Forum)
It is now 2025. Happy New Year to you! Just a reminder about the Winter Virtual Delegate Forum on January 5 @ 2pm Eastern. If you have not registered, please do so now. REGISTER for WVDF 2025 Here is the AGENDA for the meeting. The PROCEDURAL MOTION (rules) for WVDF...
by John Pethtel | Dec 11, 2024 | Church News, Conference News, General Council, SDB Exec Blog, SDB News, WVDF (Winter Virtual Delegate Forum)
Winter Virtual Delegate Forum (WVDF) 2025 is less than a month away and you still haven’t registered. Please don’t hesitate to do that today if you are a member of a member church in the SDB General Conference. Don’t get hung up on the word...
