The Columbia Union Conference coordinates the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s work in the Mid-Atlantic United States, where 150,000 members worship in 860 congregations. We provide administrative support to eight conferences; two healthcare networks; 81 early childhood, elementary and secondary schools; a liberal arts university; a health sciences college; a 49 community services centers; 8 camps; 5 book and health food stores and a radio station.
God is love, power, and splendor—and God is a mystery. His ways are far beyond us, but He still reaches out to us. God is infinite yet intimate, three yet one,
all-knowing yet all-forgiving.
Story by Ruth Nino
Schools across the union were a vital part of the evangelistic vision of Pentecost 2025, using funds for special evangelism events to reach their students and communities. In the 70-plus participating Columbia Union schools, students of all ages—elementary through university level—experienced the joy of allowing the Holy Spirit to work through them.
Interview with Ty Gibson by Ben Riggs
In early 2025, Kettering Health (KH) revisited its Seventh-day Adventist heritage to emerge with a new mission statement.
They brought author, pastor, and speaker Ty Gibson onto their team to lead an assessment and inform the process of ensuring all KH employees could connect to and adopt this new mission statement as their own.
Mission and Identity
Question: You’ve helped guide KH through a significant shift in its mission. What does “Live God’s love by promoting and restoring health” mean to you—and how do you see it shaping the organization’s future?
Historia de Debra C. Anderson / Traducción por Domitila Rosette
En enero, el Comité Ejecutivo de la Potomac Conference votó a favor de nombrar a Amilcar “AJ” Gröschel, Jr., como vicepresidente de Administración.
Pastor ordenado, profesor, abogado y administrador, Gröschel cuenta con más de 25 años de experiencia en liderazgo en entornos educativos, legales y eclesiásticos tanto en Brasil como en Estados Unidos. Desde el 2019, ha servido en la Potomac Conference como pastor, más recientemente en la iglesia de Waynesboro (Virginia), a la vez que enseña filosofía, teología y derecho en la Washington Adventist University en Takoma Park, Maryland.
Editorial by Chad Stuart
In 2017, when my family moved into our neighborhood in Maryland, our boys were 9, 7 and 5. Our street felt like a small-town movie: more than a dozen kids the same age, bikes on the roads, doorbells ringing— “Can your boys play?” Each afternoon, the children stitched families together with shared driveways and impromptu games of soccer or tag in front yards.
Story by LaTasha Hewitt
The Relationship Ministries Department recently hosted a Family Life Certification training at Allegheny East Conference’s Headquarters in Pine Forge, Pa. Local church family life leaders from New Jersey to Virginia participated in a 10-module, train-the- trainer weekend. The training was designed to equip leaders to implement “trauma-informed, Bible-based, relevant and restorative programs” for families, couples and parents in the local church.