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Contents on the WEB Contents ON THE WEB EVANGELISM MYTHS DEBUNKED “Evangelism is all about preaching.” Young adult students of the REACH Columbia Union Urban Evangelism School’s first classes this summer. quickly debunked this evangelism myth. Visit columbiaunionvisitor.com/ evangelismmyths to learn about other myths. SUMMER REACH TESTIMONIES Think God only worked in tangible ways in times past, or that his best modern work happens overseas? Visit columbiaunionvisitor.com/reachvideos IRRGANG to watch the testimonies of several REACH Columbia Union School students KRYSTAL who witnessed God work in their daily BY lives this summer in Ohio. Facebook “f” Logo CMYK / .eps Facebook “f” Logo CMYK / .eps PHOTO SHOULD ADVENTISTS SUE? 4 | Newsline Is it okay for Seventh-day Adventists to sue others? Participate in our Facebook poll on 6 | Noticias facebook.com/columbiaunionvisitor to let us know what you think. 8 | Feature IS IT RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION? Was Kim Davis, the Kentucky County clerk jailed for refusing to issue a Taking it to the Streets marriage license to a same-sex marriage couple, a victim of religious persecution? Sam Belony Visit columbiaunionvisitor.com/kimdavis to read our interview with Walter Carson, The REACH Columbia Union Urban Evangelism Columbia Union vice president and School opened this summer. Learn how young adult general counsel, to read what religious students there are learning to transform the church persecution is and is not. and change lives. FIND STRENGTH IN STRUGGLE 15 | Newsletters H. Jean Wright II, from Pennsylvania Conference’s Chestnut Hill church in Philly, recently 44 | Bulletin Board published Find Strength in Your Struggle: Discover the Miracle in You. Wright, a former state penitentiary psychologist, shares spiritual insights on how believers can gain strength during diffi- cult times full of stress, anxiety and depression. Read our interview with Wright at columbiaunionvisitor.com/ About the Cover: Krystal Irrgang photographed REACH students strength. Leland Pittman, Joshua Benito and Kiersten Reed in Philadelphia. 2 | VISITOR October 2015 Editorial TARA VINCROSS Listen, Feel Love, Be Changed Beth Michaels n Editor V. Michelle Bernard n Assistant Editor, Digital Media Coord. spend a significant amount of my time listening. Kelly Butler Coe n Art Director, Designer A look at my phone bill reveals just how many Sandra Jones n Advertising, Circulation Manager Ihours I spend on the phone! Some of these are The Visitor is a monthly publication reaching approximately 60,000 Seventh-day Adventist homes in the mid-Atlantic area. everyday calls working out the details of ministry and The Visitor provides news and information, inspiration for life. Other calls are spent hearing incredible, vulner- effective ministry, and insight on issues with a spiritual focus to help engage members in experiencing the mission. able stories. I sit as a silent and prayerful witness as CONTACT n (410) 997-3414 n columbiaunionvisitor.com someone shares their heart and, often, their tears. [email protected] n To subscribe, change address I listen in pews and around tables, in restaurants or discontinue Visitor mailings, call your local conference as listed below. Ask for the membership clerk. Free to members. and cars. I hear stories of young adults who express All others, $21 annually. Email [email protected]. their joys and pains in their relationship with the church and her members: PUBLISHING Celeste Ryan Blyden n Publisher “They said they wanted Board: Dave Weigley (chair), Beth Michaels (secretary), to keep me in the church, Seth Bardu, Celeste Ryan Blyden, Larry Boggess, José H. Cortés, William T. Cox, Henry Fordham, Ron Halvorsen Jr., but they didn’t seem to Ray Hartwell, Bill Miller, Rick Remmers, Rob Vandeman have a reason why they The Visitor is printed at Pacific Press wanted me to stay.” Publishing Association in Nampa, Idaho. COLUMBIA UNION CONFERENCE “She talked to me about what 5427 Twin Knolls Road, Columbia, MD 21045 (410) 997-3414 n columbiaunion.org I was wearing and I didn’t even know who she was!” Dave Weigley n President Rob Vandeman n Executive Secretary Seth Bardu n Treasurer “I’m wondering if I even Frank Bondurant n Vice President, Ministries Development Hamlet Canosa n Vice President, Education belong here ... ” Walter Carson n Vice President, General Counsel, PARL Celeste Ryan Blyden n Vice President, Communication and PR WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE? Rubén Ramos n Vice President, Multilingual Ministries Harold Greene n Director, Information Technology Though much of my time is spent with young adults, it strikes me that Curtis Boore n Director, Plant Services the human need transpires all stages of life. Many adults say they don’t Emmanuel Asiedu n Secretary-Treasurer, Revolving Fund reach out to young adults because they don’t understand them and feel Carol Wright n Undertreasurer disconnected. Yet, our shared human need is to hear God give us the CONFERENCES deeper truth about who we are. Only as we hear how God sees us can we ALLEGHENY EAST: Henry J. Fordham, President; LaTasha Hewitt, Visitor Correspondent n Tel. (610) 326-4610 n visitaec.com offer this love to others. ALLEGHENY WEST: William T. Cox Sr., President; Bryant Smith, Let me remind all of you, you are loved so completely. God loves you Visitor Correspondent n Tel. (614) 252-5271 n awconf.org just as you are. He loves you with all your failings, faults and frustrations. CHESAPEAKE: Rick Remmers, President; Samantha Young, Visitor Correspondent n Tel. (410) 995-1910 n ccosda.org Not only that, if you have asked Jesus to enter your life and heal your heart, MOUNTAIN VIEW: Larry Boggess, President; Valerie Morikone, you stand as one who is completely forgiven, even as the transformation is Visitor Correspondent n Tel. (304) 422-4581 n mtviewconf.org still in process. NEW JERSEY: José H. Cortés, President; Paulo Macena, Visitor Correspondent n Tel. (609) 392-7131 n njcsda.org You are not defined by what you’ve done or failed to do. You are defined OHIO: Ron Halvorsen Jr., President; Heidi Shoemaker, Visitor by the love of the Almighty God who claimed you. The challenge is to see Correspondent n Tel. (740) 397-4665 n ohioadventist.org yourself as God sees you. To see one another as God sees us. How does PENNSYLVANIA: Ray Hartwell, President; Tamyra Horst, Visitor this happen? Correspondent n Tel. (610) 374-8331 n paconference.org POTOMAC: Bill Miller, President; Tiffany Doss, Visitor We must spend time listening to the One who redeemed us. As Correspondent n Tel. (540) 886-0771 n pcsda.org Ellen White, one of my favorite authors, says, “When every other voice EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS is hushed, when every earthly interest is turned aside, the silence of the KETTERING COLLEGE: Nate Brandstater, President; Jessica soul makes more distinct the voice of God. Here rest is found in Him. Beans, Visitor Correspondent n Tel. (937) 395-8601 n kc.edu The peace, the joy, the life of the soul, is God” (Special Testimonies on WASHINGTON ADVENTIST UNIVERSITY: Weymouth Spence, President; Angie Crews, Visitor Correspondent Education, p. 163). Tel. (301) 891-4000 n wau.edu Only when we see how God views us are we able to offer others the HEALTHCARE NETWORKS love and grace we have received. As you listen at the tables in your life, ADVENTIST HEALTHCARE: Terry Forde, President & CEO; what would it change if you saw yourself as God sees you? In what ways Thomas Grant, Visitor Correspondent Tel. (301) 315-3030 n adventisthealthcare.com can you show this love to the ones who came before you—and now the KETTERING ADVENTIST HEALTHCARE: Fred Manchur, CEO; ones who come after you? Christina Keresoma, Visitor Correspondent Tel. (937) 395-8167 n khnetwork.org Tara J. VinCross is director for the REACH Columbia Union Urban Adventist® and Seventh-day Adventist® are the registered trade- marks of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists®. Evangelism School and lead pastor at the REACH Philadelphia church Volume 120 n Issue 10 in Philadelphia. October 2015 VISITOR | 3 Newsline V. MICHELLE BERNARD MISSION SCHOOL OPENS IN ALLENTOWN The number of members This fall the Pennsylvania Conference opened a new learning in the Columbia Union center in Allentown. The Simplicity 144,207 Conference, as of June 30 Christian Academy (SCA) wel- comed a class of third- through During the Columbia Union Conference Executive Committee sixth-graders for its first year. meeting this September, Rob Vandeman, executive secretary of the “SCA is more than just a new Columbia Union, reported that membership increased .76 percent from school,” shares Karin Lebo, princi- March 31. Vandeman also shared that there are 822 churches and pal and teacher (pictured with her companies in the union. Allegheny East Conference showed the most students). “It’s a new approach to growth with a membership increase of 1.39 percent. They now have mission and evangelism. Students 38,958 members and 150 churches and companies on the books. are all from the community.” To see members and churches by conference, visit columbiaunionvisitor.com/members. Chesapeake Conference’s “My prayer for us in Atholton church in Columbia, Md. Church members and leaders the Columbia Union are currently giving Bible stud- ies and working with Spanish- and our church is that speakers in their areas in hopes we will hang on to the of baptizing 500 people during the effort. Rubén Ramós (pictured only motivation God below), union vice president for Multilingual Ministries, expects uses. … That we will SCA was designed to educate 50 to 60 baptisms at some of the children in their own neighbor- locations. “To have a baptism be motivated only by hood as a center of influence. It the grace of God.” is one of the first mission schools in the North American Division —Ray Hartwell, Pennsylvania committed to reaching chil- Conference president, at the dren who aren’t growing up in a Columbia Union Conference Seventh-day Adventist home or Executive Committee meeting family.
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