December 1997 Issue
Ministry: Official word of the church?
Willmore D. Eva
Does Ministry represent the official voice of the Seventh-day Adventist Church?
Does Ministry represent the official voice of the Seventh-day Adventist Church?The pastor and politics
Clifford Goldstein
Staying on the right side of a fine, wavy, even broken, line
Staying on the right side of a fine, wavy, even broken, lineThe risk of Christmas
John M. Fowler
What Mother Teresa and Christmas have in common
What Mother Teresa and Christmas have in commonJourney through the crisis of spirituality
Gordon Bietz
What is at the core of a personal pastoral spirituality?
What is at the core of a personal pastoral spirituality?Contextualizing the gospel--option or imperative?
Reinder Bruinsma
The ongoing challenge of relating the gospel meaningfully to disparate cultures
The ongoing challenge of relating the gospel meaningfully to disparate culturesSabbath School Action Units
J.M.A. Oyinloye
A tool for membership retention through Sabbath school evangelism
A tool for membership retention through Sabbath school evangelismDragons, beasts, plagues and trumpets
Bruce Norman
Presenting the book of Revelation to a secular mind
Presenting the book of Revelation to a secular mindBuilding without stress
John Davidson
A primer for pastors and congregations building churches
A primer for pastors and congregations building churchesLetters to the Editor
Unity in diversityWalter Douglas (August 1997) saysthat the ordination of women "need notlead to disruption of the church's unity."That's only wishful thinking. Just take alook at the disastrous results experienced here in the United States by thoseChristian denominations…