Go Forward Ministries · Seventh-day Adventist

Called to the Land.
Rooted in Scripture.

We exist to restore the biblical vision of simple, rural living — grounded in the Spirit of Prophecy and the whole counsel of God's Word. Our resources are freely offered to every soul seeking to go forward.

"Out of the cities is my message at this time. Be assured that the call is for our people to locate miles away from the cities."

— Ellen G. White, Medical Ministry, p. 310

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Scripture-Grounded

Every module, every lesson, every word is tested against the Bible and the Spirit of Prophecy. We teach nothing we cannot support in writing.

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Practically Applied

Country living is not theory. Our resources equip you with real skills — from bread making and canning to gardening and self-sufficient living.

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Freely Given

All modules and resources are free to access and share. The Lord's truth cannot be sold. Create an account and begin today.

About This Ministry

Who We Are

Go Forward Ministries is a Biblically based Seventh-day Adventist outreach fully aligned with the writings of Ellen G. White. We believe the country living message is not optional counsel — it is a present truth imperative for God's remnant people in these last days.

Our name is drawn from Exodus 14:15 — the Lord's command to Israel at the Red Sea. When the way forward seems impossible, God says: Go forward. We believe that going forward today means leaving the cities, returning to the land, and preparing for what is to come.

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Module 01

Is the Message of Country Living Biblical?

A Scripture-by-Scripture case for the country living message. Traces the biblical thread from the Garden of Eden through Abraham to the Exodus. Ideal as an introductory study for any audience.

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Module 02

Country Living in the Sequence of Prophecy

A prophetic roadmap from now to the Second Coming — tracing the Sunday Law process, the Close of Probation, the Death Decree, and how country living positions God's people for every stage. Credit: Duke Westbrook.

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Module 03

Home Canning: From Garden to Jar

The complete beginner's guide to home canning — biblical foundation, prophetic urgency, science of preservation, USDA acidification standards, step-by-step water bath instructions, and a Ball® recipe library companion.

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Module 04

Bread Making Basics

From grain to table — the staff of life reclaimed. Covers the science of yeast and leavening, the AIB-standard baker's percentage formula at 60% hydration, step-by-step baking instructions, troubleshooting, and keeping bread fresh.

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Module 05

Starting Your Garden: From the Ground Up

A beginner's guide to feeding a family of four on 800 square feet. Covers biblical gardening examples, EGW counsel, first-year cost breakdown, soil preparation, recommended crops, yield targets, planting timing, and a Year 1 action plan.

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Module 06

Preparing for the Time of Trouble

Why physical preparation and spiritual readiness are inseparable — and where country living ends and radical trust in God alone begins. Draws from Early Writings, Great Controversy, and the Desire of Ages.

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Coming Soon

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Module 07 — What Ellen White Said About the Cities

A comprehensive survey of Spirit of Prophecy counsel on urban life and the urgent call to leave.

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Module 08 — The Health Message and the Land

How the Adventist health message connects directly to country living, simple diet, and whole-plant foods.

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Our Channel Is Being Prepared

We are currently producing video content to accompany our teaching modules. The channel will feature in-depth Bible studies, Spirit of Prophecy readings, practical country living demonstrations, and testimonies from families who have made the move.

When it launches, every video will be free and available without an account on YouTube — because truth belongs to everyone.

Want to be notified when we launch? Make sure your account email is current — we will send a notification to all registered members.

"The use of the press, with all the facilities for printing, and the work of the minister in the desk, are God's appointed agencies. The Holy Spirit's power is to be communicated through these instrumentalities."
— Ellen G. White, Evangelism, p. 125

Why We Ask for Support

All of our resources are and will always remain free to access. We will never charge for the truth. However, producing quality teaching materials, maintaining this platform, and expanding our reach requires resources.

Every dollar given goes directly to the production of new modules, the maintenance of this library, and outreach to families seeking the country living message. We are a small, all-volunteer ministry with no paid staff.

"Freely you have received; freely give." — Matthew 10:8

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📖 Old Testament — The Land as God's Design

Genesis 2:8

"And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there He put man whom He had formed."

Genesis 2:15

"The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it."

Genesis 12:8

"From there he moved on towards the hills east of Bethel and pitched his tent."

Genesis 13:2

"Abram had become very wealthy in livestock and in silver and gold."

Exodus 3:7–8

"I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt... I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them... to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey."

Exodus 14:15

"The Lord said to Moses, 'Why do you cry to me? Tell the people of Israel to go forward.'"

Leviticus 25:1–4

"The Lord spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying... 'When you come into the land that I give you, the land shall keep a Sabbath to the Lord.'"

Numbers 35:2–3

"Command the people of Israel to give to the Levites some of the inheritance of their possession as cities to dwell in. And pasturelands around the cities shall you give to the Levites."

Isaiah 58:12

"Your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; you shall be called the repairer of the breach, the restorer of streets to dwell in."

Jeremiah 35:7

"You shall not build a house; you shall not sow seed; you shall not plant or have a vineyard; but you shall live in tents all your days, that you may live many days in the land."

Micah 4:4

"Every man shall sit under his vine and under his fig tree, and no one shall make them afraid, for the mouth of the Lord of hosts has spoken."

Zechariah 3:10

"In that day, declares the Lord of hosts, every one of you will invite his neighbor to come under his vine and under his fig tree."

✝ New Testament — Separation from the World

Matthew 6:24–26

"No one can serve two masters... Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them."

Luke 21:21

"Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, and let those who are inside the city depart, and let not those who are out in the country enter it."

2 Corinthians 6:17

"Therefore go out from their midst, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch no unclean thing; then I will welcome you."

Revelation 14:8

"Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, she who made all nations drink the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality."

Revelation 18:4

"Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, 'Come out of her, my people, lest you take part in her sins, lest you share in her plagues.'"

1 John 2:15

"Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him."

✦ Ellen G. White — Spirit of Prophecy Counsel

Medical Ministry, p. 310

"Out of the cities is my message at this time. Be assured that the call is for our people to locate miles away from the cities."

Country Living, p. 9

"Get out of the cities as soon as possible and purchase a little piece of land where you can have a garden, where your children can watch the flowers growing and learn from them lessons of simplicity and purity."

Country Living, p. 12

"The cities are to be worked from outpost centers. The workers are to live outside the cities, and go in to hold meetings."

Adventist Home, p. 136

"The plan of living in large cities is not God's plan for His people."

Testimonies, Vol. 2, p. 357

"I saw that God's people should not imitate the fashions of the world. Some thought that to dress plain was degrading... but to be humble, to dress plain, to show by the plainness of our apparel that our hearts are where our treasure is, is not degrading."

Ministry of Healing, p. 365

"The more nearly we come into harmony with God's original plan, the more favorable will be our position to secure health of body and mind and soul."

Ministry of Healing, p. 367

"In the cities the peril is constantly increasing. The intense passion for money, the absorption in business, the striving for supremacy, the lust for luxuries, the indulgence of appetite and passion, are sapping the foundations of physical and mental strength."

Education, p. 102

"In the plan of redemption the family was again to be the agency for the upbuilding of God's kingdom. The home was to be the school where children were to be trained for lives of usefulness and duty."

Testimonies, Vol. 8, p. 50

"Everywhere I see notices of the purchase of land in the country. I am glad to see this. The time is fast coming when the controlling powers of earth will sway with a terrible force over human minds."

Patriarchs & Prophets, p. 595

"The health of body and mind is greatly promoted by cultivation of the soil... There is more happiness to be found in the humble round of domestic life than in the restless excitement of a fashionable career."

Signs of the Times, Jan. 9, 1896

"Many think that without capital they cannot establish themselves in business in the country... but thousands of acres of land lie uncultivated that would, if cultivated, yield a bountiful harvest."

Child Guidance, p. 55

"If parents could secure small homes in the country, with land for cultivation, where the children could be kept busy in the open air, doing the work necessary to care for garden, orchard, and small home farm, with the influence of the mother to teach and guide, what a saving grace it would be."

August 2026 · First Post

Why We Started Go Forward Ministries

For years, we sat in Sabbath School classes and Adventist gatherings and heard the country living message referenced — but rarely taught. We heard it mentioned as a nice ideal, a distant aspiration, something for someday. But Sister White did not write as though it were optional. She wrote with urgency. She wrote as a mother warning her children.

This ministry exists because we believe the time for someday is past. The cities are ripening for judgment. The call of Revelation 18:4 — "Come out of her, my people" — is a present-tense command, not a future suggestion. We want to equip every Adventist family that is willing to hear it with the biblical grounding, the practical skills, and the community to actually make the move.

Our first module asks the most basic question: Is this even biblical? We believe the answer is overwhelmingly yes — and we've built the case from Genesis to Exodus. Download it, study it with your Sabbath School class, and let the Word speak for itself.

Go forward. The Lord is leading.

— The Leadership Team, Go Forward Ministries

August 2026 · Devotional

"Go Forward" — A Word for Our Time

Israel stood at the Red Sea. Behind them, Pharaoh's army. Before them, an impassable wall of water. It was a moment designed to produce fear, paralysis, and retreat. And yet God's word to Moses was precise and simple: Tell the people of Israel to go forward.

We believe this is God's word to His remnant people today. The obstacles are real. The cost of country living is real. The disruption to career, to comfort, to community is real. But the God who parted the Red Sea has not changed. He goes before His people still.

Sister White wrote in 1899: "The time has come for our people to take a decided step in the direction of country living." That time has not passed. If anything, the signs around us tell us it has come with greater urgency. Let us take that step — in faith, in prayer, and in the confidence that He who calls us is faithful.

— The Leadership Team, Go Forward Ministries

Our Statement of Faith

Go Forward Ministries is a Biblically based Seventh-day Adventist ministry. We affirm the 28 Fundamental Beliefs of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. We hold the writings of Ellen G. White as the Spirit of Prophecy and as an authoritative guide for faith and practice.

We believe the country living message is not peripheral counsel — it is a central pillar of present truth for the last days. We believe in the three angels' messages of Revelation 14, the imminent return of Jesus Christ, and the urgent need for God's people to prepare — spiritually, physically, and practically.

We do not water down, reinterpret, or apologize for the plain counsel of Scripture or the Spirit of Prophecy. We simply seek to teach it faithfully.

Our Mission

To equip Seventh-day Adventist families with the biblical, prophetic, and practical foundation to embrace the country living message and act on it — not someday, but now.

Our Method

We produce free, downloadable teaching modules suitable for Sabbath School classes, small groups, and family study. Each module is scripture-rich, Spirit of Prophecy-grounded, and practically oriented.

Our Convictions

We believe the cities are not safe for God's people in these last days. We believe country living is not merely a lifestyle preference but a present truth imperative revealed by God through His prophet.

Our Community

We are a small, volunteer-led ministry. We have no paid staff, no building fund, and no denominational budget. We exist on the freewill offerings of those who believe the message is worth carrying forward.

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These recipes are sourced from the Ball® Blue Book Guide to Preserving and ballmasonjars.com. Go Forward Ministries does not own or claim authorship of any recipe listed here. Always follow current Ball® tested recipes, use proper acidification as taught in Module 3, and adjust processing times for your altitude. Altitude adjustment guide →

🍅 Tomatoes WATER BATH

Crushed Tomatoes

Whole, halved, or crushed. Add bottled lemon juice or citric acid. Water bath: 35 min pt / 45 min qt.

Go Forward Ministries

Go Forward Ministries

Called to the Land.Rooted in Scripture.

Scripture-Grounded

Practically Applied

Freely Given

Who We Are

Teaching Modules

Is the Message of Country Living Biblical?

Country Living in the Sequence of Prophecy

Home Canning: From Garden to Jar

Bread Making Basics

Starting Your Garden: From the Ground Up

Preparing for the Time of Trouble

Module 07 — What Ellen White Said About the Cities

Module 08 — The Health Message and the Land

YouTube Channel

Our Channel Is Being Prepared

Donations

Why We Ask for Support

Scripture & Ellen White References

📖 Old Testament — The Land as God's Design

✝ New Testament — Separation from the World

✦ Ellen G. White — Spirit of Prophecy Counsel

Reflections & Updates

Why We Started Go Forward Ministries

"Go Forward" — A Word for Our Time

About Go Forward Ministries

Our Statement of Faith

Our Mission

Our Method

Our Convictions

Our Community

Ball® Blue Book Canning Recipes

🍅 Tomatoes WATER BATH

🥒 Pickles & Relishes WATER BATH

🫙 Jams & Jellies WATER BATH

🌶️ Salsas & Chutneys WATER BATH

🍑 Fruits & Vegetables WATER BATH

🥘 Sauces WATER BATH

Called to the Land.
Rooted in Scripture.