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This Is Your Opportunity to Participate Ministry Ministry is the international journal of the Seventh-day Adventist Ministerial Association and has been published since 1928. Evangelizing a communication-saturated world Association Secretary Pastoral Assistant Editors Gaining people©s attention in a media-crowded age James A. Cress John C. Cress, Fredrick Russell, Alejandro Bullon Editor Maylan Schurch, Loren Seibold Willmore D. Eva International Advisors A. Abdulmajid, Alejandro Bullon, Assistant Editor Jaime Castrejon, Victor P. 8 Julia W. Norcott Krushenitsky. Carlos Martin, The pastor as a purposeful leader Editorial Assistant Gabriel Wlaurer, Joel Musvosvi, Sheila Draper David Osbome, Paul Ratsara, Seven principles of effective Christian leadership Peter Roennfeldt, John Wilimott, Professional Growth and Eric Winter, R. A. Zeeman Luka T. Daniel Inter-church Relations Nikolaus Satelmajer Pastoral Advisors Leslie Baumgartner, S. Peter 11 Contributing Editors Campbell, Miguel A. Cerna, Sharon Cress Jeanne Harwell, Mitchell Keeping our proclamation fresh Peter Prime Henson, Greg Nelson, Norma Joel Sarli Osborn, Leslie Pollard, Dan Five things that keep our preaching alive Kit Watts Smith, Steve Willsey Christopher Beason Consulting Editors Advertising Matthew Bediako, Ben Ministry Editorial Office Clausen, Raois! Dederen, 12 Teofilo Ferreira, Ron Flowers, Subscriptions and Circulation John M. Fowler, Michael Jeannette Calbi Adventist missions in a new millennium Hasel, Roland Hegstad, Resources Kathleen Kuntaraf, Ekkehardt Gathy Payne Meeting the contemporary challenges of the Adventist mission Mueller, Jan Paulsen, Robert Cover Illustration Peach, George Reid, Angel Reinder Bruinsma Kevin Chadwick Rodriguez, Penny Shell, William Shea, Russell Cover Design 16 Staples, Richard Tibbits, Harry Knox Worship and praise Edward Zinke A model for change in the worship hour Subscriptions: 12 issues (double issue for June- July): United States us$29.95; Canada and overseas John A. Solomon us$31.50; airmail us$41.50; single copy us$3.00. To order, send name, address, and payment to 20 Jeannette Calbi, Ministry Subscriptions, 12501 Old "Thy Word is a light unto my feet" (part 2) Columbia Pike, Silver Spring, MD 20904 U.S.A. Subscription queries and address changes: Viewpoint: Further thoughts on the nature of revelation and inspiration E-mail: [email protected]; 1ax: 301-680-6502; Richard Coffen telephone: 301-680-6503. To Writers: We welcome unsolicited manuscripts. 25 Editorial preference is to receive manuscripts on diskette with name, address, telephone and fax Miracles do happen! numbers, and Social Security number (if U.S. The pastor©s day citizen). Send editorial correspondence to 12501 Mel Matinyi Old Columbia Pike, Silver Spring, MD 20904-6600. Phone: 301-680-6510; fax: 301-680-6502; 28 e-mail: [email protected] or Celebrating the life of Norman Reginald Dower [email protected] (editorial offices). Writer©s Guidelines available on request. Richard Dower Ministry (ISSN 0026-5314), the international journal of the Seventh-day Adventist Ministerial 30 Association 2000, is published monthly (except Ministry report for June-July, when a double issue will be published) by the General Conference of Seventh- Jan Paulsen on world evangelism day Adventists and printed by Pacific Press Pub. Assn., 1350 N. Kings Road, Nampa, ID 83687-3193. Member Associated Church Press. Standard mail Is the seminary moving to your home? postage paid at Nampa, Idaho. Seminary news Jon Paulien PRINTED IN THE U.S.A. Vol. 73 Number 2 IN EVERY ISSUE Bible credits: Texts credited to PJIV are from the Holy Bible, New International Version. Copyright 1973,1978,1984, 3 Letters 26 Pastor©s Pastor International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers. 4 Editorial 31 Resources 2 Ministry/February 2000 August 1999 issue to complete the job, but Western given people of other countries the Graeme S. Bradford©s "The medicine no longer uses irrational impression that this is a new work. Prophets Are Human Too!" was chemical poisons in the trial and error Verdia and Harvey may have been timely and most constructive. His manner that Ellen White so vigorously pioneering, but I was born on an biblical examples of the less-than- condemned. aboriginal mission station in the late perfect prophets who wrote ageless, C. Is there nothing left for 1940s while my father was ministering inspired Scripture emphasize that the Adventists to do besides share the there, and our church had work for message is more important than the blessings of the seventh-day Sabbath aboriginals well before that time. messenger the content more with our world? Hardly. God©s Health Also, to recount some of the sad important than the container. The Message through Adventists in 2000 early Australian history and to say in only way to listen to the inspired A.D. could include several the same paragraph that "medical prophet is to discover his or her core distinctives: (1) We remain commit care is poor" gives an unbalanced message, which, in most cases, is ted to preventing disease rather than picture, and no credit for the enor always an advance over messages merely treating it; (2) Adventism is mous efforts the Australian previously given to an inspired not unique because we know more; government is making towards the prophet. We miss the point of we remain unique because we have indigenous people of Australia. In revelation/inspiration when we focus spiritual motivation to do more of recent years I have participated in unduly on the prophet. Herbert E. what we know; (3) Followers of the educational programs for aboriginals Douglass, Th.D., Weimar, California. Source of all wisdom must become as and have observed the government wise and informed in health sciences giving a bias in their favor in an effort Both Professor Fraser©s well- as their position in life allows; (4) It is to compensate for past mistakes. Joy written article "Refocusing the economic and financial morality that Watts, pastor©s wife, Solomon Islands, Adventist Health Message" and the Health Care System needs today. South Pacific. several same issue Letters longing for How needed are institutions run by "historic Adventism" carried the notes believers who have eschewed greed Recent articles in Ministry calling of nostalgia. and selfishness to give the world a for a return to the days when minis While God©s truth always rests on demonstration of how God would run ters (in NAD) were basically engaged a foundation of past revelation, unless a hospital, clinic, or pharmaceutical in evangelistic church planting rather it is "present truth," an active and company; and (5) Adventists today than pastoring a church or district call growing "living temple," blown to new need to teach the world not so much for some serious study on the part of destinations by the Spirit that "bloweth how to live, as how to die. Firm trust administrators, pastors, evangelists, where it listeth," it is a mere ruin. in God©s love at the end of mortal life and college and seminary teachers. I©d like to introduce some can lead to a purposeful rejection of When I studied in college to become a additional thoughts regarding God©s the futile, expensive, and sometimes minister, it was evangelism. My first Health Message for the year 2000. painful pursuit of another one or two few years in the ministry (during the A. First, it isn©t an "Adventist" months. John Bryon Hoehn, M.D., late 40s) were engaged in tent health message any more, thanks be to Walla Walla, Washington. meetings and raising up new God. Millions of non-adherents the churches. After 14 years of mission world over in 2000 A.D. know the October 1999 issue service, I returned to the U.S. to find basics of what God shared with Ellen I do not wish to negate the that the emphasis had shifted. White 136 years ago. wonderful work Verdia and Harvey Evangelism was being done by B. Secondly, what God needed to Williams did for the aboriginal people professional evangelists, and our reform in 1864 in the medical while they were in Australia in 1998. young men were being trained to be profession has long been reformed. It However, I feel to entitle the article theologians, counselors, and pastors. took about 120 years after the visions "Pioneering in Australia" may have continued on page 29 I If you©re receiving Ministry bimonthly and haven©t paid for a subscription, it©s not a mistake. Since 1928 Ministry has been published for Free Subscription I Seventh-day Adventist ministers. We believe, however, that the time has come for clergy everywhere to experience a resurgence of faith in the authority of Scripture and in the great truths that reveal the gospel of our salvation by grace, through faith alone in Jesus Christ. We want to share our aspirations and faith in a way that will provide inspiration and help to you as clergy. We hope you will accept this journal as our outstretched hand to you. Look over our shoulder, take what you want and find helpful, and discard what you can©t use. Bimonthly gift subscriptions are available to a/I licensed and/or ordained clergy. Requests should be on church letterhead and addressed to the editorial office. Ministry/February 2000 3 hy initiative is called Project Reaching exactly Every Active Clergy Home, or do we Why PREACH. have a magazine This fine enterprise was launched such as Ministry? Ministry? during the Dower and Spangler years What is its value? and is calculated to break down What is it designed WILL EVA prejudice, provide a genuinely helpful to accomplish? warning the world of impending resource to these clergy and inspire LeRoy Edwin Froom, the first judgment. Also, efficiency in ministry positive thought about the Adventist editor of Ministry, said in the seemed to be a real concern for those message among them.
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