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The Baptist Pietist CLARION Vol The Baptist Pietist CLARION Vol. 3, No. 1 In essentials UNITY • in non-essentials DIVERSITY • in everything CHARITY luly 2004 Published by the COMMITTED PASTORS AND LAY LEADERS DEDICATED TO PRESERVING PIETISM, EVANGELISM, AND CIVILITY IN THE BGC. Edited by G. WILLIAM CARLSON, Professor of History and Political Science at Bethel College; RON SAARI, Senior Pastor at Central Baptist Church. Celebrating the Goodness of God at Bethel Contents Address given on October 28, 1996 to mark the occasion of the 125th Anniversary of Bethel's founding in Chicago by John Alexis Edgren in 1871. 1 Celebrating the Goodness of God at Bethel | Nancy Lundquist NANCY LUNDQUIST, I think the real reason I dared to come wife of former Bethel and take another risk is because you're so A Baptist Pastor Celebrates a Sab­ College President, Carl good for me! You are an inspiration to me. batical Experience | Ron Saari Lundquist | Some of you I know many of your moms and dads and may recall that I spoke oh yes, your grandmas and grandpas, too! I 2 Inside this Issue of the Clarion to you at Homecoming look into your faces and I see hope for our G. William Carlson Chapel last year. We world. When Carl, my husband, retired were then celebrating from the Presidency, what I missed most 3 Carl H. Lundquist's Contribution to 25 years of Bethel being was the students. I recall once having the Baptist Pietist Spirituality | G. Wil­ on this campus in Arden Hills. I remarked Student Senate in our home for dinner. I liam Carlson then that I came at great risk, knowing in remarked that of all the guests we had in Growing up in a Pietist Home | my heart how eager you probably were to our home, and there were many, I enjoyed Carole Lundquist Spickelmier know about "the olden days" as my grandson students the most. As they left that evening, called it. Now, one year later, here I am again one enterprising young man said to me, "If 4 A New Vocabulary: Christian Spiri­ only this time we are celebrating Bethel's it means so much to you, Mrs. Lundquist, tuality in the Life of Carl Lundquist 125th birthday. By the way, you celebrate I'm free every Tuesday!" Terri Hansen a lot around here: how about that football About a month ago I was here for your team of ours? Yea! Founders Day Chapel. There we were taken Understanding Christian Spirituality continued on p. 6 Carl Lundquist Reflections on a Christian Spiritual Journey: A 5 The Spiritual Discipline of Silence Carl Lundquist Baptist Pastor Celebrates a Sabbatical Experience RON SAARI, Senior Pastor implement pastoral leadership skills. 6 God's Miracle on Lake Valentine of Central Baptist Church The sabbatical also gave me time to relax Carl Lundquist in St. Paul, Minn. | After and read. The welcome relief from every­ 12 years of service at day responsibilities of ministry allowed me 9 Swedish Baptist Hymnody: Dr. C. Howard Smith and the Pietist Tradi­ Central Baptist Church, to explore some answers about my role as a tion I G. William Carlson m the Executive Commit- leader in church ministry and inspired me I tee presented me with to renew my commitment to be counted 10 The Prayer Witness of Dr. Gordon r ^^^^w^B a wonderful gift, the for Christ. I logged over 18,000 miles; sat lohnson | G. William Carlson opportunity to experience a six month sab­ in nearly 100 hours of instruction and read batical. I worked with a small committee to over fifty books. Major events included at­ 11 Gordon lohnson's Chapel Prayers develop a set of objectives and outlined ways to tending a C. S. Lewis conference in Oxford, G. William Carlson accomplish them. My sabbatical allowed me to visiting Holy Trinity Brompton where the explore effective urban ministries; experience Alpha program was initiated; participating 15 The Pietist Poetry of Signe Olson intentional Christian spiritual communities, in a Hybels Leadership Conference, attend­ G. William Carlson renew commitments to worship and evange­ ing the CCDA meetings in Los Angeles; lism and develop new ways to understand and participating in a Via de Christo spiritual continued on p. 2 A Bap tist Pastor Celebra tes, from p. 1 enrichment retreat; and attending several one. He sat on the train besides an elderly der his arm and headed for the train. When churches in Minnesota and California to woman. When he got up to leave he grabbed he walked by the woman he had met in the explore styles of worship and ministry. the umbrella beside him The woman grabbed morning, he had a silly grin on his face. She Early during my sabbatical I learned an the umbrellas as well and said "young man said, "You've had a good day." Tony con­ important insight. God "surprises" us in you are not stealing my umbrella." Tony cluded by saying" it is sometimes dangerous unexpected ways. He uses the ordinary ex­ said, "I have no intention of stealing your to meet familiar faces." periences of life to teach us important lessons umbrella. That is not who I am. I am sorry if The telling of the story of the sabbatical to about His presence in our lives. This was best I gave the impression that I was stealing your many people that I know, both in the church illustrated in a story told by Tony Campolo umbrella. Please forgive me." Tony left the and the BGC may be like sharing a life with at the C. S. Lewis conference early in my sab­ train and taught his classes during the day. a number of familiar faces. I trust, however, batical experience. He greeted the audience During the day Tony's wife called Tony's that the contagious excitement of my expe­ and stated that it was dangerous sometimes secretary to say that Tony must have all the rience remains the essence of this essay. It to "meet familiar faces." He was concerned umbrellas at work. She asked her to gather is important for pastors to "retreat" from that what he had to say might have been up as many as she could so that Tony would the norms of ministry and recharge their heard by members of this audience before. remember to bring them back home. spiritual batteries. He went on to tell the story of a time when Tony finished his day and his secretary The two conferences/seminars that had he was teaching at Eastern Baptist Seminary told him that his wife had called and wanted the greatest impact on me were the Leader­ and took the train in. It was raining that day him to bring home the umbrellas he was col­ ship Summit with Bill Hybels and Via de and he looked around for an umbrella. He lecting at work. His secretary managed to Christo (a Christian retreat center). One couldn't find any so he went to work without find four umbrellas. Tony tucked them un- of the prime reasons was that I had lower expectations for them and they exceeded my Inside this Issue of the Baptist Pietist CLARION expectations by a long shot. The Leadership Summit challenged me G. WILLIAM CARLSON, Professor of History In the words of Adolf Olson, professor in the area of leadership. It became the bases and Political Science, Bethel College & RONat Bethel Seminary for over four decades, of a series of four sermons in which I em­ SAARI, Senior Pastor of Central Baptist Churchth e heritage included "...the Bible at the phasized our church's vision and upcoming in St. Paul, Minn. | This is the fourth issue center as the eternally sure and dependable goals for the year; traits of a leader; the im­ of the Baptist Pietist Clarion. The primary Word of God, the message of redeeming portance of team and the role of delegation; mission of the Concerned Pastors and Lay grace and deliverance from the guilt and celebrating team accomplishments and the Leaders is to uphold the historic pietistic power of sin by means of the new birth, recognition of volunteers. tradition of the Baptist General Confer­ the glorious possibility of a consecrated Via de Christo inspired me by under­ ence and its early leaders. In a document and spirit-filled life, and the privilege and standing that intentional Christian retreats circulated with the 1977 "re-affirmation responsibility to tell the story of Jesus to can be lay driven and challenge members of of our heritage" resolution, it was all nations..." the church to be counted for Christ. Lives suggested that "the richness of The first three issues were changed for the Lord in my presence. In essentials our heritage can certainly analyzed the origins of the That was exciting. It encouraged me that UNITY provide both direction and 1951 Affirmation of Faith, there are fellow soldiers willing to go the In non-essentials confidence for today." The the theological vision of distance because of God's love and grace. DIVERSITY following principles were John Alexis Edgren, the After visiting nineteen churches, I came In everything suggested as foundational: challenge of the civil rights to the realization that one of the meaningful CHARITY movement, Baptist com­ dynamics of church is the relationships and A balance of doctrinal con­ mitments to religious liberty the sense of community. Everywhere we went servatism with irenic spirit. and the separation of church and we were visitors and outsiders. A meaningful A conversion-centered experiential state, core Baptist distinctives, the wit­ part of church is community. Henri Nouwen faith under the stabilizing guidance ness of R O.
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