Amy Drennan

Controversial issues have the potential of splitting the church. To avoid this dan­ger, church leaders need to exercise much care and, at the same time, show firmness…

The conference was convened on Wednesday, October 17; the delegation was composed of 90 people repre­senting 27,000 church members. The conference agenda included progress reports concerning new mission fields,…

The first Jerusalem Council, described in Acts 15, has been the subject of numerous scholarly studies.¹ In this article, we will look at these deliberations as a model of how the early church dealt with controversial doctrinal…

Doctrinal controversies are not unique to the Seventh- day Adventist Church. The history of Christianity itself shows that doctrinal and theological controversies characterize the growth and experience of the church. Francis Wernick observes,…

"The Plan for Inci­dental Teaching of the Patient" in last month's issue Of THE MINISTRY you probably thought how simple it was, and how simple the teaching content. Yet it is surprising how many of the young nurses, or students of nurs­ing,…

[Psychosomatic medicine emphasizes the interre­lation of body, mind, and soul, and indicates the patient's need of mental and spiritual healing as well as physical treatment. As one has observed 'Both the Bible and the blood say: 'Be a Chris­tian.'"…

After graduating from college and leaving a close community in which I (Amy) was deeply invested, and then transitioning into my new church’s post-college group, graduates and professionals (GAP), I faced a sense…