Jay Gallimore

Radio in its infancy was considered a huge toy, and by many is still re­garded in the same light. Others are willing to admit that there are possi­bilities in radio, but still consider it as a matter of experiment. But…

THE spirit of revival, reformation, and sacrifice is taking hold of the Adventist Church. This spirit is reaching deep into the very heart of the South American Division. An entire continent is coming under the spiritual impact of latter-day…

Church growth—we bump into these two words everywhere. Stories abound of how a pastor and 20 people grew to 20,000 in 10 years. Books, seminars, lectures, tapes, and workbooks on the subject have spawned like guppies. Church councils,…

Pounding nails into the pastor's new house was not the main thought in the young ministerial student's mind. Here, he thought, is a rare opportunity to see a pastor as he really is. For this reason he did not reveal his own aspirations or…

How should we measure a pastor's success? The question is important enough to have been the subject of an Adventist Review editorial.¹ In that editorial Myron Widmer suggested the following reasons…

Church discipline is an unpopular subject. In the Western world, where people are on a binge to be liked, the matter is avoided like the measles. The counseling world, with a dysfunctional compassion that often strokes…

In part one of this series (Ministry, April 2003) we asked, Can the church be relevant and thrive? In this part we ask the same question with an important twist: Can the church be "relevant" and survive.

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We cannot help but notice the mega-churches around us. They have highly visible ministries, so well executed that everything about them seems to breathe success. Then we observe our own churches, many small and struggling,…