Stories and updates from around the Chesapeake Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
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…
The Chesapeake Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will host Chesapeake On The Move, a 1-mile and 5K run/walk, on Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026, at the conference headquarters in Columbia, Maryland. The Health Ministries conceived the event to bring members and their…
Five Frederick, Maryland, families opened their homes to host small group Bible studies during a West Frederick Church-organized evangelistic campaign held Sept. 5-12, resulting in nine baptisms in the Monocacy River. Pastor Juan Carlos Leones led the week-long event, which…
Three churches on the Eastern Shore launched “Una Voz de Esperanza” (“A Voice of Hope”) on La Máxima 95.3 FM on Sunday, Sept. 6. The program conducted by Pr. Javier Moreno, airs every Sunday from 8 to 9 a.m. and…
The Chesapeake Conference of Seventh-day Adventists launched a new online prayer wall, Chesapeakeprays.org, and collected more than 500 names in its first week as part of the conference’s participation in the North American Division’s “All Things New” initiative. The web-based…
Capital Brazilian Church in Highland, Md., held a special week of evangelism from Aug. 29 to Sept. 3 that led to four baptisms. The momentum carried into a regional camp meeting at Black Rock Retreat Center in Quarryville, Pa., where…
Frederick Seventh-day Adventist Church partnered with WGTS 91.9 to present the station’s Summer Concert Series on its campus in Frederick, Maryland, drawing an estimated 4,500 attendees, the event’s largest crowd yet. Singer-songwriter Blessing Offor headlined the free event, which took…
Community Connection church in Laurel, Maryland, received Geoff Crowley and Javier Scharon as its new pastors during Sabbath worship on Aug. 29. Shawn Paris, director of Camp Ministries, Missions, and Adventist Community Services for the Chesapeake Conference, conducted the installation…