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Steeringtheship Staying on Course in a Multichurch Setting Prophecies Decoded Can the Past Reveal Your Future? September 30-October 29, 2011 7:30 P.M INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PASTORS AUGUST 2011 SteeringtheShip Staying on courSe in a multichurch Setting prophecies decoded Can the Past Reveal your Future? September 30-October 29, 2011 7:30 p.m. ET, PT; 6:30 p.m. CT • FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 COMING SOON: A NEW SUPERPOWER • SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1 2012 AND SIGNS OF THE END OF THE WORLD • MONDAY, OCTOBER 3 ARMAGEDDON AND THE SEVEN Presented by — LAST PLAGUES Ron E. M. Clouzet, • TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4 D.Min. Director of WAR IN HEAVEN BETWEEN North American Division MICHAEL AND THE DRAGON Evangelism Institute and Professor at Andrews A continuing 28-message series University Theological Seminary. Registration: To register online and for resources visit http://Host.PropheciesDecoded.com or call 855-NET-2011 Both series broadcast live from Nashville on Hope Church Channel. Find the latest information at http://host.propheciesdecoded.com for additional channels, broadcast times and more delivery options. For satellite sales, contact www.AdventistSat.com. For technical assistance, call 855-NET-2011. September 14-18, 2011 7:30-9:00 p.m. ET, PT; 6:30 p.m. CT in the Land of the Bible • Broadcast live on Hope Church Channel Presenters — • Video streamed live at www.hopetv.org Ron E. M. Clouzet, D.Min. • Plan to use this NET 2011 preparatory event Michael G. Hasel, Ph.D. to reach the community 78392_NADEI_Decoded_FullPG_AD.indd 1 5/10/11 8:25 AM CONTENTS 04 lEttErs Steering the ship: Staying on course in 06 a multichurch setting 05 EDITORIAl Seven steps to help steer God’s people down the course He has given them. 11 rEvivAl And rEForMAtion Murray Miller 29 dAtElinE Fan the flame: How to maintain rEsourcEs 10 revival and reformation 30 What do you need to fan the flames of revival and reformation? Delbert W. Baker 13 Planning a preaching calendar for a multichurch district Ministry® intErnAtionAl Editors Find tips on how to develop a preaching calendar to best suit International Journal for Pastors Chinese-Robert Wong -Edwin T. Pandjaitan your church(es). 12501 Old Columbia Pike, Silver Indonesian Japanese-Yukio Ebihara Spring, MD 20904-6600 U.S.A. Rodlie Ortiz Korean-Sung Sun Hong www.ministrymagazine.org Portuguese (South America)- [email protected] Zinaldo Santos Editor Russian-Ilie Leahu Politics in the church Derek J. Morris Spanish (South America)- 15 Marcos Blanco AssociAtE Editor If politics is the norm rather than the exception, even in the Spanish (Inter-America)-Pablo Perla Willie E. Hucks II church, how can we manage politics in a way that does not intErnAtionAl Advisors undermine the gospel? consultAnts to Editor Mario Brito, Mikhael Kaminsky, John Fowler, Clifford Goldstein, Janos Kovacs-Biro, L. Chansanga Jon Paulien Myrna Tetz Colney, Armando Miranda, Rudatinya M. Mwangachuchu, EditoriAl spEciAlist Daniel Opoku-Boateng, Jongimpi Sheryl Beck Papu, Bruno Raso, Ángel M. Revival and reformation within the FinAncE And tEchnology Rodríguez, Hector Sanchez, 18 framework of last-day events MAnAgEr Houtman Sinaga, David Tasker, Ivan John Feezer IV L. Williams, Ted N. C. Wilson Pastors and members need to ask what role the elements of revival and reformation have regarding our Adventist AdvErtising subscriptions “understanding” of last-day events. Cheri Gatton 12 issues: United States US$32.99; [email protected] Canada and overseas US$46.50. Gerhard Pfandl +1 208-965-0157 To order: send name, address, and payment to Ministry® Subscriptions, subscriptions/rEnEwAls/ 12501 Old Columbia Pike, Silver AddrEss chAngEs Spring, MD 20904-6600 U.S.A. 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MinistEriAl rEsourcE cEntEr Seventh-day Adventists . coordinator Cathy Payne Phillips: The New Testament in Modern English, Revised Edition, copyright © J. B. Phillips 1958, 1960, 1972.Used by permission of Macmillan Publish- vol. 83 number 8 © 2011 ing Co., Inc. Text credited to Clear Word are from the The Clear Word, copyright © 1994, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2006 by Review and Herald Publishing 888-771-0738, +1 301-680-6508 Association. All rights reserved. www.ministerialassociation.com PRINTED IN THE U.S.A. LETTERS “He did all of this because He wants men everywhere to search for Him with all their hearts . .” Where is God when we is”, or “there it is”, for the kingdom not uppermost in our understanding, suffer? of God is [or starts] inside of you.’ ” a personal crisis may provoke an Third, Paul’s words to the Athenian existential struggle that may lead to allia Rulmu’s article “The Good philosophers provide the nexus for an uncertain outcome. Cbut Absent God? The Dilemma the “absent” yet “present” God. With regard to the great con- of a Christian Cancer Survivor” (June While the entirety of Acts 17:22–31 is troversy theme, it is my belief that 2011) brings to mind a number of helpful, verse 27 is pivotal. The earlier the element of “time and chance” biblical passages that acknowledge verses speak of God’s creatorship is operative, to some degree, in the this tension between the tangibles and of His sovereignty in lending human experience. Some degree of and the intangibles of faith and direction to human circumstances randomness can remind us that our experience, drawing us as well into “ ‘in the hope that they might grope Creator is not so overly present on the great controversy theme of Holy for Him and find Him, though He is this sin-plagued planet that nothing Scripture. not far from each one of us’ ” (NKJV). happens outside of His active will. First, the widely known words The Clear Word paraphrase reads as If that were the case, there would of the apostle Paul: “For we walk follows: “He did all of this because be no free will, only compulsion, by faith, not by sight” (2 Cor. 5:7). He wants men everywhere to search and thus no gospel, no good news Second, Jesus’ words in Luke 17:20: for Him with all their hearts, and about God and how He values our “ ‘The kingdom of God is not coming if they do so, they will find Him, freedom, even with its associated with signs to be observed’ ” (NASB). because He is not far away from risks and life’s unfairness (Eccles. Phillips’ translation is helpful, includ- any of us.” 9:11, 12; Luke 13:1–5). ing verse 21: “ ‘The kingdom of As the article’s author reveals, the —Kent Knight, Grandview, Washington, United God never comes by watching for relational as nourished by revelation States it. Men cannot say, “Look, here it trumps the sensational; and if this is 777 Worldwide Holy Spirit Prayer Fellowship Inspiration and resources at revivalandreformation.org/prayer Download mobile apps for iPhone, iPad, and Android at revivalandreformation.org revivalandreformation.org/apps MINISTRY 4 AUGUST 2011 EDITORIAL | DEREK J. Morris the blessings of pastoral ministry have been blessed to serve in a Spirit in our midst, his heart was assignment, for there are many easier variety of pastoral settings: multi- changed; and we witnessed tears ways to make a living. Ichurch, solo pastor, and multistaff. of joy that replaced angry scowls. The apostle Paul reminds us that Even during my tenure as a full-time That transformation marked a break- he endured many challenges in his university professor, I considered it a through, not only for that elder, but ministry: “Three times I was beaten privilege to serve as a pastor to my for the church as a whole. In this with rods; once I was stoned; three students. As I reflect on these years, issue, Jon Paulien challenges us to times I was shipwrecked; a night the blessings of pastoral ministry process church politics in a humble, and a day I have been in the deep; have been too numerous to count. empathetic, and God-honoring way. in journeys often, in perils of waters, My first district, after complet- What transformations might occur in perils of robbers, in perils of my ing my seminary studies, consisted within our circles of influence if we of three small churches in north- heed Paulien’s appeal! eastern Pennsylvania.
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