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 SDB General Council | Jul 16, 2025 | Conference News, Conference Week 2025, News
One of the ways that Seventh Day Baptists create and sustain conference-wide community is by gathering for General Conference. The people of our churches use these gatherings to worship God together, make decisions about the shape and direction of our shared mission...
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...