R. Clifford Jones

When Charles Dickens stated that another era was “the best of times, it was the worst of times,” little did he know that his description would align perfectly with the times in which we are now living.¹ We find ourselves caught…

Dr. Gardner C. Taylor was an iconic pastor whose preaching prowess is legendary. Taylor led the Concord Baptist Church in Brooklyn, New York, for over 50 years, retiring from that vaulted pulpit after preaching a series of sermons from Revelation,…

R. Clifford Jones (RCJ): How do you define leadership? In other words, what is leadership to you?

Ted Wilson (TW): Humble servant leadership is pointing people to Christ and His mission.…

The Task Supreme*

BY N. J. Aalborg

I Believe that the greatest danger and cause for concern among Seventh-day Adventists lies not without but within the church. Our chief cause for fear is our own spiritual…

The Minister as Shepherd

By G.W. Wells

Various titles have long been in use as applied to the ambassador of God, such as, pastor, elder, bishop, clergyman, preacher,…

The Minister and His Income

By J.K. Jones

Man's life will not be higher, deeper, or nobler than the standards he has lifted and the principles he has ideal­ized. Many are satisfied to drift along in the common way of life, failing to give due attention to the high type of courteous…

"Little drops of water,

Little grains of sand,

Make the mighty ocean

And the pleasant land."

The statement, "It's nobody's business what I eat," has been uttered a great many times as a defense against the diet feature of health reform. But those who thus express themselves overlook the broad concept of the instruction…

Have you ever gone on a fishing trip? It is an enjoyable experience for those who are successful in catching fish. Every­body who fishes cannot catch fish. Once while I was waiting for some printing…

During the year 1939 I had the privi­lege of conducting two efforts simul­taneously in the great Argentine Baby­lon, the capital city of Buenos Aires, which, including its suburbs, has 3,500,000 inhabit­ants. I had as…

Good teaching in any country or lan­guage calls for the presentation of ideas in clean-cut, salient, clearly ex­pressed thought. In teaching religion to primitive peoples, this requirement is doubly important. When a…

Is the pastoral visit a phenomenon of the past? Some pastors think so, and give many and varied reasons ranging from the sublime to the ludicrous. For some, technological advancements have rendered visitation obsolete.…

A well-known church leader used to enjoy telling Oakwood College students about a conversation he overheard his young son having with a friend. Asked what his father did for work, his son responded matter-of-factly,…

Editorial Note: While the varied cultures of the Christian world each have their beautiful and distinctive ways of worshiping, there is something uniquely enriching about African-American Christian worship. We believe…

September 11, 2001, almost irreversibly altered the course of American and world history. Terrorists hijacked four passenger aircrafts, crashing three of them into monuments of American economic and military might…

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I have used a special method of advertising, and finding it effective, am passing it on to the readers of the Ministry. It is a gummed white paper…

Our ministerial graduates are very naturally anxious for assured conference employ­ment, though the immediate future does not hold forth the promises of recent decades. However, we believe there are avenues of serv­ice…

It is a notorious fact among mission so­cieties that India is a hard field for mis­sionary endeavor. How many missionaries have shed tears over it, and how many have become discouraged and returned home, be­cause they…

The first and fundamentally most important mission field in which the minister is called to labor is his own household. How inconsistent it would seem for a minister to neg­lect his home garden, allowing briers and thorns to flourish unhindered,…

The ambassadorship conferred by God upon man is more powerful than the ministry of angels could possibly be, for they have never known the bane of sin or the blessing of par­don. Out of a cleansed and happy heart…

The church ever stands in need of a ministry that teaches the technique of spirituality by precept and by ex­ample, and at the same time stands as an exponent of doctrinal definitions, denominational standards, and mis­sionary activity. The…

The church of God is organized to bring a knowledge of Jesus Christ and His saving message within the reach of all men in all places, so that by God's rich grace and divine power they may receive forgiveness of sins,…

In a world filled with distracting elements, there is necessity for laying increasingly wise plans by which the message due the world may be proclaimed. Much instruction has been given, and much effort expended, in searching…

Preaching is only one thing that the pastor has to do. He must be able to comfort the sorrowing, minister to the sick and the needy, and visit the active workers of the church. Visiting is very important, for in doing this he meets his congregation…