J. Wayne McFarland
J. Wayne McFarland, M.D., until his recent retirement, was associate secretary of the Health Department of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.
Articles by J. Wayne McFarland
Student Medical Evangelism
November 1940
We are truly thankful for the evidences of God's leading as we view the progress being made in medical evangelistic work in the city division of the College of Medical Evangelists. To strengthen and enlarge our…
The Time for Medical Missionary Work
August 1943
Is this the time for medical missionary work? We have some definite instruction on this point in "Counsels on Health :" "We have come to a time when every member of the church should…
Co-ordinate Health and Evangelism
August 1946
Many times the health message, given as a part of our evangelistic efforts, would be much more effective if the topics on health were co-ordinated with the main theme of the evening.
To show…
A Combined Work for the Cities
August 1948
I do not know how you feel, but I think it is very significant that we are having a medical-ministry meeting. There are two doctors who told us how disappointed they were that this meeting came on a…
Sanitarium's Place in the Community
April 1948
I believe that we as physicians should sit down with you as nurses and map out a program of community health. I have something to suggest as a good place to begin. You know everybody is interested…
The Sanitarium's Place in the Community'
March 1948
I AM keenly interested in the program that you as directors of nurses have been studying here in Washington. There is nothing so important to our medical institutions as to have godly, consecrated doctors…
City Health Evangelism
July 1949
Evangelism-Winning Men For God
June 1954
That Box in Your Life
ELAINE GIDDINGS Script Writer, Faith for Today
There's a Box in your life. On the front of this Box are four lenses. About three years ago you were one of the crowd, seen through a wide-angle lens.…
Using Our Medical Talent in Evangelism
November 1955
There are many ways of using our medical talent in public evangelism. We would like to suggest here, and discuss briefly, seven methods that we have seen work, and work well, in evangelistic campaigns thus far.…
A Physician and Minister Team for Church Revivals
May 1962
ONE of the most interesting programs that it has been our privilege to work in has taken place in the Atlantic Union—a church revival in which a physician and a minister unite in bringing the message night by night. This has proved very effective…
Does Good Religion Include Good Health?
November 1975
1. Healing Involves the Whole Man
A SURVEY of the Gospels indicates that Jesus spent more time in healing the sick than He did in preaching. Why? Was it not because He recognized that spiritual healing and restoration involves every…
HEALTH EVANGELISM: Health Feature Stressed in Atlanta Effort
August 1950
A prominent feature during the evangelistic effort held at Atlanta by M. K. Eckenroth and his group of workers was the Better Living Series. This consisted of: (1) health talks at the evening meetings, (2) health demonstrations, (3) a nutrition…
Step-by-Step in Better Living Evangelism
December 1976
EVERYWHERE TODAY there is a real health-emphasis explosion. People are interested in health problems and in protection of our environment. They are concerned about diet, and there is a fast-growing interest in the prevention of disease.
Even…
"The Story of Our Health Message"
April 1976
CELEBRATE the American Bicentennial in your church in 1976 by fol lowing the Annual Council recommendation to study the book The Story of Our Health Message, by D. E. Robinson. Through this program you can help prepare your…
What God Hath Joined Together
January 1973
"I know that an intimate relationship should ever exist between the medical missionary work and the gospel ministry. They are bound together in sacred union as one work, and are never to be divorced." 1
No doubt most…
Doctor-Minister Team Visits the Orient
April 1972
IT WAS a first for the Far Eastern Division! A doctor-minister team accompanied by Royce C. Williams, division Ministerial secretary, made a tour of the division that brought them in contact with nearly every minister and a number of doctors.…
A Doctrine of Health?
July 1980
Should physical health be a concern of the clergy? Does it have theological importance? Is it an issue the ministry can take or leave according to individual inclination, or is it a basic truth that has concern both for here and the hereafter?…