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Dwight K. Nelson

Dwight Nelson served as lead pastor of the Pioneer Memorial Church on the campus of Andrews University from 1983 to 2023. During his time at Pioneer he spoke on the “New Perceptions” telecast, taught at the theological seminary and has written books, including The Chosen. He and his wife, Karen, are blessed with two married children and 2 granddaughters.

Offering

With Jesus, it mattered not who you were, or are. A prostitute's best friend can be yours too.
Saturday, October 11, 2003

More In This Series

08/30/2003
You Can Learn Something From the Boy
The first recorded words of Jesus are a powerful summons to join Him in the Father's passion and the Father's business, even in our cities.
09/06/2003
Seek the Anointing
Could it be that in rediscovering and experiencing the baptism and anointing Jesus offers, we will discover new depths of God's Power and joy? Learn to Seek the Anointing.
09/13/2003
Looking for the Broke
Comfortable in the church? What about the other 6 billion people Jesus loves? Reaching out to a world in need isn't always pretty. But the call to be about our Father's business is a call to a mission of inclusion.
09/27/2003
Quit Fishing in the Aquarium
If God is our Father, then fishing is our future. But are we fishing in the aquarium rather than getting down and dirty with deep-sea fishing for God?
10/04/2003
How to Be a Non-anxious Farmer
What do unresponsive, impulsive, preoccupied people have to do with farming? Discover the challenging truth about the parable of the sower.
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Fellowship Dinner
Pioneer Commons

 There will be a fellowship dinner following the second worship service in the commons.

Offering for January 10, 2026

Religious Liberty
 

Seventh-day Adventists have stood firmly for religious liberty—for everyone—for more than 150 years. But do you know the reason why? Part of the reason is that, when our church was founded, almost every American state had Sunday-keeping laws on the books. Adventist pastors, farmers, laborers, and others were arrested, jailed, or fined for doing “secular work” on Sunday. Even Wille White, son of James and Ellen, was arrested in Oakland, California, in 1882 for keeping the Pacific Press Publishing presses operating on a Sunday! But that’s not the full story. The deeper reason why we continue to stand for religious liberty—in the courts, before legislatures, and through the pages of Liberty magazine—is because we want to reflect the character of the God we serve. He’s a God who created us in His image and who has given each one of us the freedom to choose whom we will worship. He’s a God who, in the words of Ellen White, “desires only the service of love,” which “cannot be won by force or authority” (The Desire of Ages, 22).

Today, please help support this vital ministry of religious liberty. It’s a ministry that defends not only the rights of individual conscience, but also the ability of our church to continue to do its mission. And as we face uncertain days ahead, your prayers and support are needed now, more than ever.
 

—North American Division Stewardship Ministries