News from the Allegheny East Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, which includes churches and schools in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia.
The Columbia Union Conference President’s Council recently appointed several of local conference ministry directors to serve as union-wide coordinators for the next two and a half years.
We are here, because talking saves lives,” said Jose Rojas at the opening of We Stand For All, a forum at Potomac Conference’s Sligo church in Takoma Park, Md., designed to discuss if the church should have a role in social justice—a question that has become more prevalent following a rally on the National Mall where nearly 1,000 Adventists stood together for prayer and peace.
Rocky Twyman, founder of Pray at the Pump Movement, and Marie Moise, a member of the Allegheny East Conference's Liberty church in Windsor Mill, Md., recently raised $200 for the Ellicott City Partnership to help recent flood victims at the Prayer Explosion Tent Crusade event at the Liberty church.
Instead of attending afternoon seminars at the 2016 Allegheny East Conference (AEC) Camp Meeting, campers participated in service opportunities in nearby Pottstown, Pa.
Denise Josiah, a member of the Allegheny East Conference’s Miracle City church in Baltimore, recently released the album Songs From the Heart. Read our interview with Josiah to find out more about her passion for sharing her faith through music.
More than a 1,000 Seventh-day Adventists gathered in Washington, D.C., last weekend to pray, mourn and acknowledge the killing of two black American men and five Dallas police officers. Watch the video Allegheny East Conference's Emmanuel-Brinklow church shared here.
More than a 1,000 Seventh-day Adventists gathered in Washington, D.C., last weekend to pray, mourn and acknowledge the killings of two black American men and five Dallas police officers.
Robert Smith, pastor of the Allegheny East Conference’s First Church in Teaneck N.J., (take out extra space) recently joined a group sponsored by the Columbia Union Conference that is assisting flood victims in West Virginia. Smith and fellow pastor, Lee Kimani, have knocked on doors, visited 20 churches of all faiths and have counseled 50 families, provided prayer and connected victims to FEMA and Red Cross resources.