N. Ashok Kumar

N. Ashok Kumar, MA, is a PhD candidate in Applied Theology at the Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, Silang, Cavite, Philippines.

Articles by N. Ashok Kumar

Worship: Affirming God’s mission

August 2024

Is there a problem with modern worship?

One author asserts that the problem with modern worship is not the use of lights or the creation and performance of original music. The issue is not the “dimly lit room,” the big band, or the…

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Mentoring: Training the second line of leadership

March 2013

May 21, 1991, dawned as usual. New Delhi was gorgeous, with flaming red flowers of gulmohar trees adorning the streets of India’s capital. Thousands of people crowded the streets,…

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The Choice of Opening Titles

June 1945

The first lecture of an evangelistic series is the spearhead of the campaign. The title of this opening lecture, carefully and prominently placed in all advertisements, is the tip of the spearhead. For this reason it is difficult to exaggerate…

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Modern Advertising in Evangelism

March 1939

Advertising since the World War has undergone a complete revolution. Com­mercial concerns which formerly were content to spend a few hundred dollars annually in making known their products or services, now consider it…

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The pastoral benefits of visiting church members

October 2010

Editor’s note: From the reports we are receiving, it seems to us that there is a worldwide decrease in pastoral visits to church members. Various reasons are given by pastors. Nevertheless, members seem concerned about what they see as…

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