Serving the Advent Christian Church

Conversations between the Advent Christian Church and Kingswood University began several years ago.  The denomination, with churches around the world and across North America, including Maine and Atlantic Canada, felt the need for an academic partner to provide...

New Program Director & Assistant Professor in Worship Arts

CANDICE JACKSON CANDICE JACKSON, PROGRAM DIRECTOR & ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN WORSHIP ARTS Candice Jackson is a 2008 graduate of Kingswood, earning the B.A. Religion with a Music Ministry major and a Global Ministry minor. She is currently enrolled in Wesley...

New Assistant Professor of Bible & Theology

AXEL KAZADI AXEL KAZADI, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF BIBLE & THEOLOGY Axel Kazadi is a 2012 graduate of Kingswood, earning the B.A. Religion with a Pastoral Ministry major. Since then he has earned two master’s degrees and is currently a PhD student at Wycliffe College...

Good Good Friday

We are a society that has gotten used to consuming, medicating, or distracting our way out of crisis. Not this time. No amount of online shopping, prescribed pills, or positive thinking is going to get us out of this one. By the end of this holy week, Covid-19 cases...

Back to (Easter) Basics

An Easter morning without a huge service – how strange – how unusual. No packed-out churches because of the overflow from folks who only go to church on Easter morning (and Christmas Eve). No resonating of hundreds of voices boldly declaring in song, “Up from the...

Palm Leaves (but God Doesn’t)

Many of the churches I attended as a boy made a big deal of Palm Sunday. It seemed every song had “Hosanna in it.” The songs were very up-lifting. It seemed a song devoid of celebration was forbidden. And yet, Friday was coming. Then we would gather again in shared...

Rogue Wave

Colleen and I had rented a small box of a car and were tooling around Puerto Rico for a week. We were having a great time and everything thus far had gone according to our lack of a plan. It was our last full day on the island, and we were on the rugged north shore,...