Walter Douglas
Walter Douglas, Ph.D., is a professor of church history at the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary and pastor of the All Nations Church at Berrien Springs, Michigan.
Articles by Walter Douglas
No Soft Option
December 1976
OUR SOCIETY has become so sophisticated that the role of the preacher is no longer viewed as authoritative in his community. Indeed, the erosion of traditional attitudes to ministers is a social change that has a particular effect on the…
Featuring God's Promises
September 1977
THE APOSTLE PAUL once reminded the Galatians that as Christians they were children of promise like Isaac. "Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise" (Gal. 4:28). God plans a great future for each of us.
In…
Local pastors: the voice of the ministry
December 1993
I have been watching with interest the many recent articles and seminars about pastoral ministry that have appeared in our denominational publications. It strikes me as curious, however, that most of the authors and the seminar leaders are…
Unity in diversity in Christ
August 1997
The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a community of believers from diverse countries, cultures, languages, and ethnic groups. The church sees its mission as taking the "everlasting gospel" of Jesus to every nation, kindred, tongue, and people…
Multicultural ministry: challenges and blessings
July 1999
Why are we doing this?" The question startled me. I had just begun my third lecture in a seminary course on contemporary trends and was met by this challenge: Why should we spend so much time on multicultural ministry?
Pastoring the…