Cecil Coffey
Public Relations, North Pacific Union
Articles by Cecil Coffey
Visual Aids at S.M.C.
November 1948
Perhaps the most practical mechanical subject taught ministerial students at Southern Missionary College is the course in visual aids. Visual aids—projected and nonprojected —are essential and profitable in public evangelism as proved by…
Public Relations Evangelism in Canada
April 1955
The Canadian National Exhibition is the biggest annual show in Canada. Like a World's Fair, it has permanent buildings for all sorts of displays, grandstand attractions, and a "great white way" of amusements. And it draws millions of people…
Good Listening is Enlightening
December 1971
CAREFULLY cultivating the practice of good listening—really paying attention to what is being said, no matter who is saying it—is one of the best shortcuts for a church leader who seeks to accumulate current information that is pertinent.…
Write Simply
October 1971
IT IS not easy to write simply; in fact, it is more difficult to be simple in communicating than to be complex. But the most effective writing is simple writing. Witness the success of Reader's Digest, a good example of simple writing.
Simple…
The Written Communication
May 1971
WHEN ministers are required to write something that will convey information from them to others they must immediately grope with the problem of communicating. So many times a letter, a memo, or a report fails to reach the intended recipient,…
