Andrew Fearing
Former Associate Secretary, Ministerial Association, GC
Articles by Andrew Fearing
The Times Demand New Methods
December 1943
For years I was a confirmed believer in the five-nights-a-week plan for evangelistic campaigns. I had strong convictions that success could not be assured…
Streetcar Ads Are Effective
March 1944
Teaching the vast masses of our large cities is indeed a problem, one which necessitates the use of nearly every form of advertising to make certain that the evangelistic campaign is well known in the city. After choosing his means of advertising,…
The Choir in Soul Winning
July 1944
Truly an effective source of strength in an evangelistic series of meetings is the support of a choir well versed in the message and melody of evangelistic gospel hymns.
In the city of Pittsburgh, where the accompanying…
Special Publicity Features in Evangelism
November 1947
The lad was only three years old, but he bore ample testimony to effective advertising, as we heard him shout : "Look, Daddy, there's another one ! They're all over town !" He had pointed to a large billboard…
Exalting the Ten Commandments
March 1947
Many and varied are the opportunities of a Seventh-day Adventist minister to magnify the commandments of God. It is rare indeed to find a church today with these sacred words in evidence, yet God has instructed His servants again and again…
The Worker's Clipping File
February 1947
No generation of gospel workers has been more blessed with a variety, volume, and quality of material aids for spiritual guidance than the Adventist ministry of today. Of the printed material—periodicals, books,…
Visualizing the Sanctuary
June 1948
The ancient sanctuary and the entire ceremonial system were given to Israel to enrich their understanding of the fundamental principles of the plan of salvation from sin. How God deals with iniquity, the blood atonement, the ministration…
Planning for the New Year
December 1958
About twenty-eight years ago C. G. Bellah, a name quite familiar to many of us because of his extensive writing, was pastor of the Covington, Kentucky, church. For a long time he had presented what he felt was…
The Master's Skill
November 1958
One day Michelangelo was skillfully blending and harmonizing color, giving life and beauty to a canvas. On the other side of the room stood two young art students carefully observing the whole procedure. One student commented in a whisper…
Sharing
October 1958
The editors of THE MINISTRY sincerely desire that your professional journal will be of practical service to each worker in the field. We want every page to speak words of training, strength, guidance, and inspiration.
It has been…
A Gracious Disposition
November 1959
How tragic for a man to possess education, talents, and skilled techniques, and yet not be acceptable for a position of responsibility because of an unpleasant disposition. Men who are known to be critical, easily…
When to Take Advice
October 1959
There is always someone ready and willing to give us advice on any decision we need to make. What should be our response to another's counsel? A careful balance is required here as in many other experiences in the Christian life, for we need…
A Tie That Should Not Be Broken
October 1959
Recently the Gilbert Youth Research Company made inquiry of six hundred average teenagers concerning their views on marriage and divorce. Some very pointed questions were put to them. The response to this survey…
Importance of making Wills
July 1959
More than 45,000 questionnaires returned in a survey made by Teachers College of Columbia University concerning wills, reveal the amazing fact that nearly one half of the adult population has made no will of…
The Gift That Builds
May 1959
At the close of a class recently, an earnest and convinced student came to me holding in his hand the book Evangelism by Ellen G. White. "I regret to tell you this," he said, "but there was a time when…
Leaders of Tomorrow
March 1959
We could hardly stand against the push of the powerful wind. People all around were hugging the sides of the New York skyscrapers, trying to remain erect. Huddling close to the wall we instinctively looked up and…
"My Bible Says"
September 1962
Can you imagine a successful evangelistic campaign in which there is no advertising—not a line appears in the press, and not a word on radio or television referring to the program—yet the pews of the Modesto,…
She Made Him a Little Coat
July 1962
Hannah longed and prayed for a child, and was so in earnest in her praying that it seemed to Eli the priest that she was either under the influence of wine or in a trance. Her prayer was heard and God granted…
Administrators and Effective Preaching
November 1963
The wife of a conference administrator startled him the other day when she said: "You know, you are not preaching as well as you used to. There is something wrong: your sermons lack the warmth and the spirit…
Be Ye Clean
September 1963
But what will I tell my children when they ask, 'Father, why don't you preach anymore?'" His body was trembling, and he could no longer hold his tears when he asked this pathetic question. This successful pastor…
The Deadline
February 1963
When looking through notes jotted down many years ago at a workers' meeting I found this gem of truth spoken by a preaching giant of yesterday: "Brethren, the congregation has no use for a lazy minister. You will never become a good preacher…
The Discouraged Fishermen
November 1964
The disciples of old gave up a good fishing business in the belief that the Man in the seamless garment would broaden their lives, give them opportunity to serve mankind, and assure them a place in the kingdom…
The Man Who Lived Again
April 1962
AS OUR Lord's body was lowered from the cross it must have seemed as though the final chapter of His life had ended in tragic despair. He had failed, His promises had proved worthless, His claims had collapsed—so the witnesses of the crucifixion…
Sacrifice--What Does It Mean?
November 1965
More than half a day was spent in finding the house, but there it was hidden away back in the hills of a northeastern State. The family was very poor. The man was plowing the side of a hill with a hand plow, and digging holes with a pick…
God's Miracle Man (Concluded)
December 1966
IN MANY ways Elisha's ministry was a great deal like that of our Saviour. Elisha was very human —compassionate, gentle, and domestic. With but two exceptions his numerous miracles were deeds of mercy and kindness. Elijah did great things…
God's Miracle Man* (Part 1)
November 1966
IT WAS springtime along the fertile Jordan Valley, birds were singing, buds were bursting their sides, and soft warm breezes spoke of new life everywhere. Shaphat, his family, and hired hands were busy in the fields. Elisha, a son, held…
Some Excerpts from a Farewell Tribute given to R.A. Anderson
September 1966
I CONSIDER it an honor and a privilege at this time to speak for my fellow Ministerial Association secretaries when I say that in our presence tonight is a man of spiritual stature who has had much to do in influencing our lives. He has…
Loving the Unlovely
May 1967
THE Scriptures reveal the divine characteristic of God's persevering love even for the vilest of mankind. The life and words of our Saviour illustrate His longing to put His arms around the most rabid and hateful of His enemies. He wants…
Do You Want to Write?
April 1967
WRITING is one of the most exacting of professions. When we ask an individual to put his good ideas into a manuscript he often says, "Oh, I can't write. I can preach and I can commune with you but I am no writer." Why not? Have you seriously…
That They May Grow
March 1967
A DISABLED ship towed into port may be safe but not sound—safe in port but not seaworthy. And so it may be with many newly baptized members. They have had a courtship, have been "married" into the church, and…
Unity by any Means
March 1967
THE gospel of ecumenism is on the way toward usurping the gospel of conversion and salvation from sin through the power of Christ our Lord. The religious press and church news on radio and television are filled…
Puzzled Youth
January 1967
HE WAS a clean-cut, intelligent-looking young man in one of our academies. "Pastor," he said, "I'm rather puzzled. You have been holding high the privileges and opportunities of the ministry, and I believe what you have been saying about…
The tale of two churches
July 1961
THERE were two churches, or should I say one church with two different pastors.
Pastor Brown, as we shall call him, served the congregation for about ten years. He was a loving pastor to his people, a good administrator of church…
As in His Visible Presence
December 1960
WHEN traveling among the churches of the Inter-American Division one is impressed by the exemplary and devoted spirit of reverence evident in these churches. When the worshiper enters the house of God, whether adult or child, a hush comes…
The Worker's Clipping File
September 1960
THE voice came over the telephone: "We are conducting a series of chapel talks in our academy on the subject of determination and perseverance. For next week we would like to have the theme 'Overcoming Handicaps' presented, and we would…
Seven Months in Germany (Concluded)
October 1969
REGENSBURG in Bavaria was one of the prominent cities of the Counter Reformation. There are seventy Adventist church members there. This is the only city where they had opportunity to precede public meetings with the Gift Bible Plan. Many…
Seven Months in Germany
September 1969
A GREAT experience is now in the past. I spent seven months in Germany, having accepted the invitation of the Central European Division to conduct ministerial training schools and public evangelism throughout that country.
The people…
PULPIT: The Worker's Clipping File
June 1952
The voice came over the telephone: "We are conducting a series of chapel talks in our academy on the subject of determination and perseverance. For next week we would like to have the theme 'Overcoming Handicaps' presented, and we would appreciate…
A Decade of Prayer
April 1960
ON JANUARY 1 of this year in Knoxville, Tennessee, the Methodist General Board of Evangelism inaugurated a special ten-year period of prayer entitled the Decade of Prayer. This is part of the Decade of Dynamic Discipleship the Methodist…
Reclaiming Former Members
March 1960
ONE of our churches has appointed four days a year known as Good Shepherd Days. On these special days the members of the church are invited to make a special effort to seek the wanderers from the fold and encourage them to return and…
Greatest Year Ever
December 1972
During this year, 1972, the Ministerial Association has concentrated on coordinating and implementing the united efforts of every area of the church administrator and department leader, minister, teacher, medical and health worker, literature…
Africa's Challenge
August 1972
THE continent of Africa, home of one of the most ancient civilizations to flourish beside the Egyptian Nile, today contains many of the world's youngest nations. About forty of them have been born since the year 1950. Before that year there…
To Prepare a People
July 1970
THE airplane was en route from Puerto Rico to Trinidad among the islands of the West Indies. It stopped on the French Catholic island of Martinique. Boarding the plane at this place was a Roman Catholic bishop who sat down beside a Seventh-day…