April 1990 Issue

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Kenneth R. Wade

I believe that God called the Seventh-day Adventist Church onto the scene of history at an opportune time a time when the world was ripe for change, a time when turmoil and the breaking down of the established world order would make people receptive to the message the church would proclaim. And I believe that we are entering a similar time of change today. Surely we need to be ready to respond to the opportunities that come.

With a plan you can

Jose Carlos Rando

A coordinated plan for reaching friends and family members has helped one union nearly double its membership in less than five years.

A coordinated plan for reaching friends and family members has helped one union nearly double its membership in less than five years.

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The minister as a husband

Roger Dudley

Who should have first priority in the married minister's schedule?

Who should have first priority in the married minister's schedule?

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What the church does not know

Neal Wilson

Is our lack of understanding of God's promises sapping our strength and preventing us from receiving the latter rain?

Is our lack of understanding of God's promises sapping our strength and preventing us from receiving the latter rain?

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Inspire your congregation's singing

Wayne Hooper

Helping your congregation to sing with understanding may help them to sing with spirit

Helping your congregation to sing with understanding may help them to sing with spirit

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Good for nothing

Barbara V. Shelley

Are you too busy meeting others' needs to take time to have your own needs met?

Are you too busy meeting others' needs to take time to have your own needs met?

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The pastor's fight for good health

Elvin E. Adams

Our church used to be in the business of behavior change, now those interested in this aspect of our spiritual experience are considered legalistic or judgmental. We insist on Sabbath observance, but that is about it.

Our church used to be in the business of behavior change, now those interested in this aspect of our spiritual experience are considered legalistic or judgmental. We insist on Sabbath observance, but that is about it.

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Letters to the Editor

ATS—only tenable theologicalposition?Your editorial "report" in the December 1989 Ministry on the AdventistTheological Society (ATS) is so clearlyout of character with your usual stance ofnot taking sides that it drove me to writeyou. Some of my concern about ATScenters…

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W. Floyd Bresee

The story of the Seventh-day Adventist Church is largely a success story. In 1890 there were 19 Adventists per million of world population. One hundred years later there are more than 1,000. In 1940 we baptized an average of less than 100 per day. Fifty years later we are approaching the 2,000-per-day mark.