R. E. Finney, Jr.
Bible Instructor, Southeast Asia Union College, Singapore
Articles by R. E. Finney, Jr.
Successful Ingathering Methods
April 1945
Any force which tends to unite the membership of our churches is valuable. Hard work for a common cause that succeeds is such a force. I know of few other plans which can be carried out —and none of them year after…
Movies in Prayer Meeting?
June 1949
No minister enjoys speaking to small crowds when he could have larger ones. That is probably the reason why many ministers find prayer meetings are more of a duty than a pleasure. When a man knows that there are two hundred members in a church…
An Unusual Ingathering Contribution
November 1956
To Dwight S. Wallack, now district superintendent in Grand Junction, Colorado, Ingathering has always been a pleasant task. He looks upon it as an opportunity to make friends as well as to get money for the cause.…
Organization and Discipline of the Mind
October 1963
If you feel as I do about certain things, you may want to get rid of your television set and cancel your subscription to the daily newspaper. If you are really serious about your mental development, you may…
Should We Lock Our Ministers Out of Our Churches?
May 1963
What would we ministers do if we were locked out of our churches? Probably some of us would feel as though we had been driven out of our homes. Maybe our churches have become not only places for worship but, for…
Features
September 1953
Where Are the Preachers?
R. E. FINNEY, JR., Editor, "These Times"
For quite a few years I was about the only preacher I heard preach. Then I was called into a different type of work, and for about seven years now I have…
What do they think of you?
April 1965
Have you, fellow minister, ever wondered what the people in the pews thought of you? By this I do not mean what they say to you at the door on Sabbath morning at the close of the service, but what they actually think.
I…
LITERATURE EVANGELISM: An Aide to the Evangelist
October 1950
A Competent and tactful colporteur in whom the evangelist will place confidence can be an important member of the evangelistic company. In several efforts I have found it most advantageous to use the services of such a literature evangelist.
The…
On Illistrating the Sermon
January 1971
THERE are about as many ways of preaching as there are preachers. Nevertheless, there are certain excellences and, unfortunately, certain shortcomings that recur and point the way to failure or success as a preacher. For the purpose of this…