Laurel, MD - Three young preachers, ages 11, 14, and 16, delivered one sermon titled "Three Mountains, Three Revelations, One God" during a Youth Sabbath that young people led from start to finish at Reaching Hearts International church on October…
WHITE MARSH, Md. — Students at Baltimore-White Marsh Adventist School exceeded the national growth medians in all four subjects on the fall 2026 NWEA MAP Growth assessment. The Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) is a widely…
COLUMBIA, Md. — Thirty-one pastors, lay leaders, and theology students attended the third module of Proclaim, the Chesapeake Conference's year-long evangelism training program, on Sept. 22-23 at the conference auditorium in Columbia. The module focused on personal appeals, under the…
HAGERSTOWN, Md. – Chesapeake Conference Pathfinders invested 32 Master Guides at the Pathfinder Camporee, held Sept. 24-27 at Mt. Aetna Retreat Center in Hagerstown, Md. The group is the largest Master Guide class in conference history. About 650 people from…
Mount Airy, Md. — A record 800 Adventurers and family members from 26 clubs across the Chesapeake Conference gathered at Gaver Farm in Mount Airy, Md., on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026, for the conference's annual Adventurer Fun Day, marking the…
Three church planters in the Chesapeake Conference's ACTS cohort gathered Sept. 8 and 9 at the Urban Life Center in Baltimore, Md., for three half-days of training in different competencies, including coaching, affirmation, and empathy. The participants represent one current…
Chesapeake Conference leaders installed Jenner Becerra as pastor of Linthicum Church in Linthicum, Md., during a Sabbath service on Sept. 12, 2026. The installation formally welcomed Becerra as pastor of Linthicum Church and Friendship School and launched a new partnership…
Eight Chesapeake Conference pastors completed the first two days of "The Path of Peacemaking and Living Reconciled 2026," a six-day conflict resolution training the conference's Ministerial Department is leading this fall. The pastors met Sept. 21-22 at the Chesapeake Conference…
The Chesapeake Conference of Seventh-day Adventists has committed $539,561 to fund evangelism and outreach initiatives across its territory in 2026, supporting 138 programs at 46 churches and ministries in Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, and West Virginia. Of the total, $434,561 has…
More than 150 children's, youth, and young adult ministry leaders from Chesapeake Conference churches gathered at the Mt. Aetna Retreat Center in Hagerstown, Md., Sept. 11-13 for the conference's annual Children & Youth Leadership Convention. This year's convention carried the…