"The Lord's Day Alliance of the United States is the only national organization whose sole purpose is the maintenance and cultivation of The Lord's Day as a day of rest, worship, Christian education and spiritual renewal."

These words have described the work of the Lord's Day Alliance since it was organized in 1888. For over a hundred years the Alliance's Board of Managers has worked within the framework of the purpose of the statement.

In the Genesis account of creation God rested on the seventh day. He blessed and hallowed the seventh day. In the Old Testament God's people kept the seventh day as a day of rest and celebration.

There are many evidences that the early Christians changed from Saturday to Sunday as the day of worship and rest with the primary reason being that of marking the fact that Christ's resurrection occurred on the first day of the week. We believe that the Bible makes it plain that the early Christians met for worship on Sunday.

In response to the glorious resurrection event, Christians have long celebrated Sunday as the day of worship and rest - The Lord's Day. In so doing we remember that Christ's death and resurrection make possible the new creation.

Christ also appeared to the women on the first day of the week. He appeared before the two on the road to Emmaus on the first day of the week. He appeared to Thomas and the other disciples on the first day of the week. The Holy Spirit was poured out on the church on the first day of the week (The Lord's Day) that John was in the spirit and saw Christ high and lifted up.

Through the work of The Lord's Day Alliance of the United States and our affiliated state organizations, including the L.D.A. of Pennsylvania, we continue to work to make this our goal - to help the people of our nation see the importance of keeping the Lord's Day. While this is our sole purpose, we see this emphasis undergirding all the Bible teaches.

The challenge we continue to face is, "How can we apply our unchanging faith and the Biblical teaching concerning the Lord's Day to a secular society that does not share our Christ-centered world view?"

"He is risen! He is risen indeed" on Sunday.