To this day in the American South, there are groups of Christians who take literally the passage in Mark 16:17, 18 where Jesus said, "These signs will accompany those who believe . . . they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all." As ...
Between the literal and the paraphrase
As city outreach push begins, denomination sends international students
A decade after the Great Disappointment, the fledgling Advent movement was at another crossroads. But where 1844 had jarred the movement’s doctrinal core, this crisis saw leaders debating more tangible matters. “Around 1854 the movement almost falls apart because they can’t pay their ministers. Y...
A growing need to support pastors, refine doctrine and organize for mission
Agency helped hundreds of families with housing, winter clothing