T.J. Michael

By T. J. MICHAEL, Associate Secretary of the General Conference

Articles by T.J. Michael

How Shall We Do It?"

February 1939

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…

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Faithfulness in Reporting

November 1940

The title of this article may suggest to some that I am planning to admonish our workers in general, and our missionaries in particular, to be more cooperative in provid­ing for a constant flow of reports of progress…

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The Advent Message to Moslems

June 1940

Any of our missionaries are far better qualified to discuss this topic than I. But for many years I have been con­cerned regarding our work among Moslem people. I recognize this as being perhaps the greatest problem…

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National Christian Mission Objectives

April 1941

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…

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Maintaining the Foreign Mission Vision

December 1942

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…

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Shall We Go Out of Business--As a Foreign Mission Enterprise?

September 1942

The following statement was recently made by a mission administrator, but, fortunately, not a Seventh-day Adventist administrator : "I wish to state and offer infor­mation and arguments in support of the propo­sition…

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Doing What "Can't be Done"

May 1942

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…

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Listening in on the Cleveland and Convention

March 1943

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…

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"Spiritual Therapeutics"

August 1944

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…

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Trends Toward Union of Protestant Churches

April 1945

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…

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We Must Put First Things First

October 1946

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…

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