August

Jeffrey O. Brown

While recently welcoming our new world church leaders—vice president Pierre E. Omeler and his spouse, Myra—to the Ministerial Association, I told them, “Your old territory comprised the seven states of the northeast United States and Bermuda.” Then, pointing to a huge wall map of the world, I said, “Your new territory is the world.” To this, Ministerial secretary Ramon Canals responded, “Only by the Holy Spirit.” A choice The Holy Spirit certainly supplies the… Continue reading...

Zac Page

Why did Mark keep disappearing? We were delighted when he came to church to thank us for the eyeglasses he received at our free clinic. He began attending regularly, but then he would disappear. That is when we discovered he had a severe addiction to alcohol that he had been struggling with for many years. After a few months, he let us know that he had lost his home, as well as nearly everything else, and was now living on the streets. How does God bring revival… Continue reading...

Gerson P. Santos

The book Mission Shift by Kayle de Waal explores the changing landscape of global missions in the twenty-first century. De Waal deals with several topics related to missions and addresses the challenges and opportunities faced by missionaries and mission organizations in today’s world. The author asks, “How can disciple-making become the heart and centre of the mission of the church as outlined by Jesus?” And “Do we really understand what the similarities and… Continue reading...

Photo: Adventist Mission New director for Secular and Post-Christian Outreach A Seventh-day Adventist pastor with a passion for sharing God with secular and post- Christian people in Australia has been entrusted with overseeing the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s growing efforts to reach the same demographic group worldwide. Brendan Pratt, currently the Ministerial Association secretary of the Australian Union Conference, will become associate secretary… Continue reading...

Christopher Findley

God called us to preach the Word—and that is what I had the privilege to do this year at the Faganofi Seventh-day Adventist Church in Papua New Guinea. After returning from preaching around the country, I spoke to a pastor who claimed that Moses and the prophets did not mention Jesus in their preaching, so we do not have to either. This excited my interest to research biblically to determine whether we are called not only to mention Jesus but also to point listeners… Continue reading...