May 1987 Issue

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Roland R. Hegstad

Peace words flew like doves through the crisp air of mid-February Moscow. In Russian, English, French, Bulgarian, German, Japanese, Arabic, Pashto, and a dozen languages even the official translators couldn't handle. One engaging delegate to the Soviet-sponsored International Forum for a Nonnuclear World and the Survival of Humanity persisted in switching from Urdu to Parsi and back again, to the consternation of a volunteer translator. It didn't matter. We met… Continue reading...

The call--her side of the story

Noelene Johnsson

When she's got a good job and then her husband receives a call that would require moving, what's a minister's wife to do?

When she's got a good job and then her husband receives a call that would require moving, what's a minister's wife to do?

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Finding fulfillment

Linda Gallimore

Must you have your own career to be fulfilled? This study will help you know and accept yourself.

Must you have your own career to be fulfilled? This study will help you know and accept yourself.

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Loneliness in the parsonage

Jean Thomas

Are you lonely? What makes you so? What can you do about it?

Are you lonely? What makes you so? What can you do about it?

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Creative congregational singing

Derrell L. Billingsley

Hymn singing can be exciting! The vibrant sound of joyful songs of praise does something great for the spirit of the church.

Hymn singing can be exciting! The vibrant sound of joyful songs of praise does something great for the spirit of the church.

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Internal control

Mack Tennyson

How to save your church from a financial scandal.

How to save your church from a financial scandal.

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A dream that started as a nightmare

Dean H. Whitney

Overwhelmed by people's needs for counseling or personal support? Relief may be as close as your own church.

Overwhelmed by people's needs for counseling or personal support? Relief may be as close as your own church.

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Proposal for peace and understanding

Neal Wilson

"Relations between our two countries are continuing to deteriorate, the arms race is intensifying, and the war threat is not subsiding.... Surely, God on high has not refused to give us enough wisdom to find ways to bring us an improvement in our relations."-General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev, Time, Vol. 126, No. 10, Sept. 9, 1985, pp. 22-29

"Relations between our two countries are continuing to deteriorate, the arms race is intensifying, and the war threat is not subsiding.... Surely, God on high has not refused to give us enough wisdom to find ways to bring us an improvement in our relations."-General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev, Time, Vol. 126, No. 10, Sept. 9, 1985, pp. 22-29

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Chemically dependent families

Gunter Reiss

This article has been provided by the Health and Temperance Department of the General Conference.

This article has been provided by the Health and Temperance Department of the General Conference.

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Modems and ministry

Computer Corner

Computer Corner

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Letters to the Editor

Ministry rippedWhat better way to spend a snowyafternoon off than reading my first issiieof MINISTRY (January 1987)! As ah internfresh out of college, I've realized my needfor practical, biblically based resourcematerial such as that found in yourjournal. I hope you're…

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