Daniel Schramm

The atmosphere was charged with expect­ancy on Friday evening, February 24, when some four hundred physicians, dentists, nurses, and ministers, with their com­panions, gathered at Asilomar, near Monterey, California, to spend two days together…

RAYMOND H. LIBBY
Pastor-Evangelist, Northern California Conference

A delivery truck stopped in front of a store the other day, and the driver climbed out of the cab to carry some packages from the rear of the truck into the store.…

 WE ARE instructed by the Word of God that we should do everything "decently and in order" (1 Cor. 14:40). We are also told by the servant of the Lord that we are to conduct His work in an "elevated, re­fined, and conscientious manner."

[EDITORIAL NOTE: The following message was presented at a meeting of the Georgia-Cumberland Conference Committee. It is felt that it should receive wider circulation through the pages of THE MINISTRY.]

The television personnel smile at our gimmicks, as they call them. We have them— visual aids or object lessons for the eye and ear. For example, a set of stairs—which we label "CONVICTION," "CONTRITION," "CONFESSION," "CONVERSION," "ADOPTION"—is…

To the uninitiated, television seems to be a "look-see" attachment for the radio. Mistakenly we fear, ministers and evangelists will be tempted to believe that having had radio experience, they are prepared to proceed with the same setup…

The art of listening can be a challenge for pastors who are often occupied (or even preoccupied) with sermons, board meetings, their own pain, and a host of other issues. Nevertheless, church members must feel confident that their clergy…

Church building projects, whether new construction, a renovation, or the purchase of a building, are a major undertaking for any congregation. During such a process there is usually openness for change. Often there…

The phone awakens you at 5:45 AM. “Seven pounds, six and a half ounces,” you manage to hear. Although half asleep, you feel honored that these people share their important life passages with you as if you were one of the family.

Because…