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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PASTORS FEBRUARY 2010 PASTORS’ PERSPECTIVES ON ASSIMILATING NEW MEMBERS Broadcast Live from First Congregational Participating Organizations Church of Pasadena, United Church of Christ, THE WORD... 464 E. Walnut Street, Pasadena, CA 91101 FOR THESE (Adjacent to Fuller Theological Seminary Campus) TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 2010 TIMES 1:00–4:30 P.M. U.S. Eastern Time [Repeat Broadcast APRIL 21, 2010] Lawrence Geraty is the Marguerite Shuster is the Roy Adams is the Associate Miroslav Volf is the Henry B. President Emeritus of La Sierra Harold John Ockenga Professor of Editor of the Adventist Review and Wright Professor of Theology at Yale University. He grew up as a citizen of Preaching and Theology at Fuller Adventist World, serving in this Divinity School, and Founder and the world in a Christian missionary Theological Seminary. She joined position since 1988. He was born Director of the Yale Center for Faith and family who ministered in China, the School of Theology faculty in in the Caribbean, and received his Culture. A native of Croatia, Dr. Volf Burma, Hong Kong, and Lebanon. 1992 after serving as an adjunct education at schools in Grenada, has forged a theology of forgiveness Educated in seven different countries assistant professor. Her courses Trinidad, Canada, and the United and non-violence in the face of the and various states across the USA set include Homiletics, Systematic States. The bulk of his pastoral work horrendous violence experienced in him on a lifelong course committed Theology, Making Doctrine Live, was in the Ontario and Quebec Croatia and Serbia in the 1990s. While to the values of diversity. Lawrence and various preaching practica. provinces of Canada. After obtaining he maintains active interest in many Geraty earned a PhD with distinction Marguerite Shuster’s published a PhD in Theology from Andrews aspects of faith’s relation to culture, his from Harvard University in Hebrew books include The Fall and Sin: What University, he lectured at what is primary work has focused on theological Bible and biblical archaeology, taking We Have Become as Sinners (2004), now the Adventist International understandings of work, the church, examinations in 10 languages. In his Perspectives on Christology: Essays Institute of Advanced Studies the Trinity, violence, reconciliation, notable scholarly career, Dr. Geraty in Honor of Paul K. Jewett (1991), (AIIAS) in the Philippines. From that and memory. Miroslav Volf has given has received numerous honors, and Power, Pathology, Paradox: the base, Roy Adams’ teaching and many prestigious lectureships and including a Fulbright Fellowship and Dynamics of Evil and Good (1987). speaking appointments took him to is a highly awarded author. Free of serving as advisor on archaeology She also edited and completed many other Asian countries, and he Charge: Giving and Forgiving in a Culture to former Crown Prince Hassan of Jewett’s Who We Are: Our Dignity continues to be a highly sought after Stripped of Grace was selected as the Jordan. As well as being president as Human (1996) and has published international speaker at major clergy Archbishop of Canterbury’s Lenten of several scholarly societies, he many articles, sermons, chapters, and professional development meetings. Book for 2006. Exclusion and Embrace: has also served as Professor of reviews. She is currently working on Dr. Adams has also served as A Theological Exploration of Identity, Archaeology and History of Antiquity a long-term project on the doctrine associate secretary of the Canadian Otherness and Reconciliation received at Andrews Theological Seminary, of divine providence. Marguerite Union. Roy Adams is a prolifi c writer the 2002 Grawemeyer Award. He President of Atlantic Union College, Shuster is an ordained minister in and has authored several books over has also been featured on National and more recently President and the Presbyterian Church (USA) and the years. His three latest: Crossing Public Radio’s “Speaking of Faith” and Professor of Archaeology at La Sierra served as an associate pastor for six Jordan (2005); From the Heart (2007); Public Television’s “Religion and Ethics University. years then a solo pastor for fi ve years. and The Wonder of Jesus (2008). 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CONTENTS Pastors’ perspectives on 04 LETTERS assimilating new members 06 Part 1—Challenges and needs EDITORIAL We have set a goal for baptizing new members, which will 05 bring us converts. But have we also set a goal for teaching them to obey Christ’s commands, which is needed to make 29 DATELINE them disciples? Jane Thayer 30 RESOURCES Organized for purpose An overview of how church structure developed to its 12 present state. Barry D. Oliver MINISTRY® INTERNATIONAL EDITORS Interview with Planned Giving & International Journal for Pastors Chinese-Robert Wong 12501 Old Columbia Pike, Silver Indonesian-Edwin T. Pandjaitan Trust Services Spring, MD 20904-6600 U.S.A. Japanese-Yukio Ebihara 14 www.ministrymagazine.org Korean-Sung Sun Hong Discussing what happens to family and assets after a [email protected] Portuguese (South America)- Zinaldo Santos EDITOR person dies is not a favorite topic. But that discussion must Russian-Ilie Leahu Nikolaus Satelmajer take place. 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