Attention Columbia Union Conference photographers! We want to see the Columbia Union through your lens. Would you like for your photo to be considered for publication in the 2021 Columbia Union Calendar?
We’re looking for photos that showcase local landmarks, native fauna and scenes from all around the union—from cityscapes to dirt country roads. We want to feature all the seasons, so grab those winter scenes and capture the warmth of summer—and all that’s between.
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.
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Bogdan Scur, a professor at Washington Adventist University in Takoma Park, Md., presented "A Case for Biblical Exegesis in the Local Church" at the Columbia Union Conference 2019 Leadership Summit.
"If we aren’t sure about what we should believe because we’re confused about Biblical passages, we will be confused about the nature of God," said Scur.
Watch more presentations at columbiaunionvisitor.com/solascriptura.
Pardon Mwansa, vice chancellor or Rasungu University in Zambia, shared the following presenation at the Columbia Union Conference 2019 Leadership Summit.
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Cindy Tutsch, shared "Waldenses: Who Were They and How do They Speak to 21st Century Ecclesiology?" at the 2019 Columbia Union Conference Leadership Summit.
See more presentations from the event at columbiaunionvisitor.com/leadershipsummit.
Pardon Mwansa, vice chancellor of Rasungu University in Zambia, spoke at the Columbia Union Conference 2019 Leadership Summit.
Watch more videos at columbiaunionvisitor.com/leadershipsummit.