Some of you remember Cody for his cheerful announcement to the Village Seventh-day Adventist Church on December 7, 2024,
Read moreLake Union Declines to Weigh in on Village Church's Support of Conrad Vine As an Elder
What is missing in this letter from the Lake Union is significant. They declined to state that MISDA is correct in their interpretation of the Manual, in their attempt to ban a local elder in his own congregation.
Read moreThe Village Church Seventh-Day Adventist Methodist Religious Liberty Meeting Was Awesome (part 2)
Village Seventh-day Adventist Church on Sabbath. Nice job, Michigan.
The Church must be separated from the state. We are a living church lashed to a dead state. In order to call someone out of Babylon, we have to be out ourselves.
Read moreOpen Letter From Michigan Elders to The Lake Union Affirms Local Church Authority
Administrators with unchecked power should not be tolerated in the SDA Church; the Michigan Conference is repeating the same misguided actions of the Sanhedrin, Acts 5:17-40.
Read moreWhose Word, Whose Servant, and Whose Mission?
I resigned in April from ministry in the Michigan Conference due to the un-Christlike behavior directed toward me for calling the leadership to account.
Read moreThe GC Tells the Michigan Conference to Go To the Union, Not Them
Now is the moment to unite against administrative overreach and boldly defend liberty of conscience and local church autonomy. This will help restore confidence in the administration and turn the ship around.
Read moreSDA 95 Theses
He was neutral on the situation with Vine in Michigan until speaking with both men. Micheff declined to talk. Conrad took the time to be interviewed by Jared.
Read moreBenevolent Exile?
I’ve seen attempts by GC leaders to sort independent ministries into wheat or tares based largely on unquestioning fealty to the organizational leadership (irrespective of whether the ministries are serving the Church’s Biblical precepts).
Read moreConrad Vine's Defense at the Village Church Business Meeting
It is the prayer of the Village SDA church members that the MI SDA Conference will step back from the brink and recognize that due process must be respected for all members.
Read moreHow I Got Free From the Emerging Church Movement
Not only was I being directed to embrace beliefs that violated my conscience in moral matters, but the men I was in fellowship with were teaching that these compromises were the progressive unfolding of love’s acceptance.
Read moreRon Kelly's New Ministry: Advent Mission Institute Looks Very Interesting
Through careful planning and faithful stewardship, we are building infrastructure that will serve God's people for generations to come, providing spaces for worship, education, health, and community fellowship.
Read morePastor Dennis Page's Resignation Letter to Michigan Conference And A Video Update
The events of the last several months have tried my faith like never before. However, I continue to hold on to God, who graciously revealed Himself to me, to His goodness and mercy and to His enduring plan for the good of His people.
Read moreThe Church Manual and the 2025 General Conference Session
Sadly, this is the long-standing policy of Rome: Rule or ruin and if ruin, then scavenge whatever remains.
Read moreLarge International Newspaper Publishes a Story on Conrad Vine
Banned Adventist pastor Conrad Vine experiences church ‘cancel culture’. However, “For us to have healing in our church we have to speak the truth in love,” says Vine.
Read moreThe Tragic Firing of Ron Kelly, By an Australian
Church leadership acted hastily, driven by assumptions and presumptions about his loyalty rather than any factual evidence, essentially treating him as guilty without trial.
Read morePastor Dennis Page Pays a Price For His Faithfulness in Michigan
But I'm not willing to submit to something and be disciplined for something I'm not guilty of. At the end of that meeting I handed them my resignation.
Read moreArrogance and Agenda, An Opinion from a Church Member
To put this in simple language – we were minding our own business as a church, going about with missions and outreach, and the Michigan Conference (at the behest of who….?) pulled out all the stops and halted everything.
Read moreThe Ron Kelly Farewell Event Felt More Like a Funeral to Me
Kingly power has been wielded against both the elders and the congregation. And now, many are left hurting. Two men of God have been wronged, and their families suffer alongside them.
Read moreTo The Editors of Fulrum7 And My Fellow Adventist Church Members
It is imperative that we church members let our voices be heard and cry out openly about the abuse of power that has taken place in our conference.
Read moreRon Kelly and the Future of Adventist Mission
What do I tell my conservative leaning young adult friends who felt that Village Church and Pastor Kelly were a lifeline to a denomination that they felt viewed them as discardable? “Toe the line, or get out!” ??
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