George E. Knowles

Baptisms

Evangelism is hard but rewarding work. The climax of our evan­gelistic endeavors is the ordinance of baptism. Since this is the con­vert's introduction to church membership, it should be con­ducted in such a way…

Jesus reprimanded the Pharisees for their cold professionalism. He said, "Ye compass sea and land to make one pros­elyte," and yet they neglected potential pros­pects in their very midst. The Ethiopian eunuch had become interested in the…

ONE of the privileges of a conference evangelist is the opportunity to observe the various methods used by the different pastors with whom he is called to work. He can learn something from each of his fellow workers. Here are a few of the…

THE Oregon Conference released the first in a new series of Bible stud­ies by television on its TV Bible Class program from Portland, Oregon, on September 19, 1965. Each of the twenty-four programs in the series covers one of the twenty-four…

ANDREW FEARING, associate secretary of the Ministerial Association of the General Conference, joined ministers of the Eugene-Springfield area of the Oregon Conference for a three-week evangelistic series January 29 through February 18. Meetings…

Let's face the fact. Many a man hesitates  to launch into an evangelistic series for fear of failure.

Any efficient business operation keeps  records. When a new man takes over he does not have to start from scratch, but builds on that which his predecessors have accomplished. In the ministry there are basically two essential types…

WITH workers throughout the world field launching forth into public evangelism, some for the first time, a check list may prove a helpful guide to things that must be done to ensure success. Thorough preparation will make it possible to attend…

OUR decision series runs for twenty-three consecutive nights followed by five nights of baptismal classes. Before the meetings start we plan a baptism for the last Sabbath morning of the series and an other baptism one week later. In ten…

WE MUST ever be conscious that our commission is to "preach the gospel to every creature" (Mark 16:15). We are not simply another denomination competing for members. The justification for the existence of this movement is the preaching of…

JUST AS money rightly invested will produce more money, so baptisms rightly handled will produce more baptisms. This is true in the sense that a beautiful baptismal ceremony will encourage others contemplating baptism to decide to take this…

AN EXPRESSION frequently heard in business circles is "management by objectives." This refers to the managerial process of defining objectives and then devising ways and means to reach these goals. The principle is— decide what you want to…

AFTER seeing the outstanding success of the Bible seminar plan used by J. F. Coltheart, Ministerial secretary of the Northern Europe- West Africa Division, I often wondered how this plan might benefit our work in North America. We have found…

HE SAID unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature" (Mark 16:15). The foregoing words of Jesus present the magnitude of the task committed to the church. The following words of Scripture present the means…

SPECTATORS or participators? In which category do the members of your congregation fall? Someone has described church as the favorite Sunday morning spectator sport. The type of leadership given by the pastor will determine whether his congregation…

TRIPS to distant places and entertaining visitors might appear to frustrate the work of the gospel during holiday seasons, but there are advantages and compensations connected with these special seasons of which the gospel worker should be…

THE PASTOR'S position in the local church is similar in many ways to that of the president of the conference. Think about some of the similarities. Both are administrators. Both must take an interest in fostering the total program…

By now everyone knows that the Seventh-day Adventist Church has committed itself to 1,000 Days of Reaping. But everyone may not realize that 1,000 days of reaping demands a thousand days and nights of prayer on the part of each of us.

Prayer…