Miroslav Kis

It will doubtless be of interest to readers of The Ministry to know of some of the problems which confront us in our work in India. Statistics often weary, but let me men­tion some, nevertheless. In the Northwest India Union, one of the five…

The National Christian Mission visited Washington, D.C., during the week of February 2-9. There were about thirty leaders connected with the group, among the most prominent and best known being Dr. Stanley Jones, missionary…

In Proverbs 29:18 we are told that "where there is no vision, the people perish." This text may, no doubt, be interpreted in various ways. I believe, however, that it is particularly true with regard to the foreign…

In one field which I have visited it was felt for many years that intensive evangelistic efforts such as are conducted in the home­land were almost entirely impossible, especially in the cities. The attempts at evangelism…

Early in December, 1942, a series of meetings was held in Cleveland, Ohio, which has come to be known as The  Cleveland Convention. The Federal Council of Churches had its biennial session ; the Foreign Missions Conference…

In World Dominion for September-October, 1943, there appeared an article entitled "Spir­itual Therapeutics," which I wish all our denomi­national workers could read. The article deals specifically with the need of missionary appointees' being…

The foreign Missions Conference of North America is an organization consisting of rep­resentatives of more than sixty Protestant denominations, and more than one hundred and twenty church organizations in the United States…

The number of apostasies that are taking place in our churches each year must be a cause for great concern and perplexity to our leaders and ministers. We are losing thousands of individuals, the original winning of whom has cost us much…

Playing God—how inconceivable such a proposition is for the Christian mind! People are subject to limitations of time and space; they do not know what is best. Sin has weakened their minds, bodies, and whole beings. Life itself is not their…

Editor's Note: This is the sixth part of Ministry's eight-part series on clergy sexual wrongdoing. This article should not be considered the official word on how to deal with "fallen pastors," nor should it be seen as…

When the unimaginable be comes a part of our imagination, when we start thinking the unthinkable, that's when the impossible becomes possible. This is so for both good and evil, victory and defeat. Adultery is seldom…

Why and how does a breach of the marriage covenant occur within ministry? As healthy and normal human beings, ministers are as susceptible to the same causes for troubles in their marriages as the rest of society.…

In the first essay in this series (see January's Ministry) we focused on the minister's identity as portrayed in the Bible. We concluded that he or she¹ is an unusual person. A pastor is called to identify…

Editorial Note: This article is the second in Ministry's six-part series on sexual conduct in the ministry. The remaining four articles will appear in the May, July, September, and November issues of this year.

One Sabbath morning, as we prepared for worship, the church elders asked me about the subject of my sermon for that day.

"Sex," I replied.

The elders looked at each other, then at me, then again at…

Editorial note: This is the final installment of Ministry's eight-part series dealing with pastoral sexual infidelity, that began in January 2004.

When I was 13, news of adultery…

Editorial Note: This article is the first of a further two that have been added to the six by Miroslav Kis that have appeared in Ministry throughout 2004. The final article will appear in the March issue of Ministry.…