December 1993 Issue
Me and my pastor
Charles Bradford
A veteran church leader shares recollections, convictions, and counsel.
A veteran church leader shares recollections, convictions, and counsel.Hooray for human(e) pastors!
Fern Gibson Babcock
A Year of the Pastor salute from a teacher
A Year of the Pastor salute from a teacherReflections on pastoral ministry
Clayton R. Jepson
Looking back over four decades of ministry
Looking back over four decades of ministryLocal pastors: the voice of the ministry
Walter Douglas
Local pastors are in a better position to speak about the future of the church. Let us hear more from them.
Local pastors are in a better position to speak about the future of the church. Let us hear more from them.Holy oil and fiery swords
Anonymous
Wielding the sword without compassion is butchery. To be both compassionate and firm is a divine art
Wielding the sword without compassion is butchery. To be both compassionate and firm is a divine artJust a youth pastor?
Steve Case
Facts and fallacies about youth ministry
Facts and fallacies about youth ministryThe Ministry Care Line
Carole Kilcher
Mental health overdraft protection that could preserve your family and your ministry.
Mental health overdraft protection that could preserve your family and your ministry.Please, pastor, listen to me!
Jose A. Fuentes
A passionate plea from a neglected church member.
A passionate plea from a neglected church member.There was a man
Mike Speegle
No matter what, it is always the year of the pastor in God's calendar.
No matter what, it is always the year of the pastor in God's calendar.Win them and hold them
Miguel Angel Cerna
How to assimilate members and prevent dropouts.
How to assimilate members and prevent dropouts.New Members Need ...
James A. Cress
New Members Need... James A. Cress • Acceptance. The new birth produces spiritual infants. Even at baptism, members are not spiritually mature, nor should we expect them to behave as if they were. Sanctification develops through discipleship. Accept new believers…
Pastor's Pastor: The fear of the pastor
James A. Cress
Recently I asked a group of collegues to reflect on the Year of the Pastor by contemplating the question: What is the fear of the pastor? Their responses show "the hopes and fears of all the years." • / wonder if I will leave a mark on this earth. I plan on doing…
Ministry Reports
Anonymous
Workers' kids' retreat Children and youth of workers' families in the Rocky Mountain Conference obviously enjoyed the New Year's Eve party at a retreat designed especially for them. Beyond having fun, participants dis cussed troubling questions such as "Why is God…
The Coming Revolution in Youth Ministry
Steve Case
"There are always risks in taking initiatives, but there are greater risks now in waiting for sure things, especially since there are very few sure things in the current volatile climate," quotes Mark Senter in his preface. This version of Senter's doctoral dissertation…
Recently Noted
Anonymous
Pastors [Off the Record]: Straight Talk About Life in the Ministry, Stefan Ulstein, InterVarsity Press, Downers Grove, 111, 1993, 252 pages, $10.99, paper. After hearing too many times that pastors' kids should be examples, one minister told his members, "If any one…
Letters to the Editor
Lessons from WacoCaleb Rosado in his analysis of theWaco tragedy (July and August 1993)states: "The church does not have twoauthorities, but one the Bible. Thewritings of Ellen G. White exist toguide us to the Bible, not to take itsplace." The second assertion is true,but…