Story by Celeste Ryan Blyden

This year marks the 125th anniversary of our beloved Columbia Union Conference Visitor magazine. Starting in 1895 in the Ohio Conference as The Welcome Visitor, it has evolved under the helm of 30 known editors.

No editor was listed during the first few years of publication. Copies of the four-page, black and white journal seem to indicate a joint publishing effort by conference leaders. They charged 35 cents for an annual subscription, that was to be paid up front. 

If you do a scholarly search for "sola scriptura," most of the references come since 1970, said David Trim at the Columbia Union Union Conference 2019 Leadership Summit. "This is telling us something. How we understand the primacy of the Scripture is big deal in the last years."

When Cindy Tutsch discovered her connection with Christ was broken, she started "Word" supplments. Tutsch shared practical tips for connecting with Christ through the Bible at the Columbia Union Conference 2019 Leadership Summit.

See more presentations from the event here.

Senate Chaplain Barry Black spoke about incorporating Scripture into our lives at the Columbia Union Conference’s 2019 Leadership Summit, Sola Scriptura. During the summit Black and others spoke to 170 members of local conference, healthcare, education and union executive committees.

Watch more presentations at columbiaunionvisitor.com/2019leadershipsummit.

Alec Ryrie, a professor at Durham University, presented "How Do You Know the Bible is the Word of God?" at the Columbia Union Conference 2019 Leadership Summit themed Sola Scriptura.

"The way to know Scripture… Is to encounter it to with our whole selves. ... immerse yourself in it, to be swept along by it," shared Ryrie.

See more presentations from the event here.