Jerry N. Page

After 12 years in the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Ministerial Association and nearly 50 years in pastoral leadership, I am moving toward retirement this June. I want to open my heart and share what I feel is one of the most…

This crisis time can be our “book of Acts” moment! Those early believers had little money, no church buildings, few pastors, and no big institutions, and they were being persecuted. But God turned the world upside down through them as they…

All of us love a good, well-told story. The power of story reaches across all ages, cultures, and educational levels. A meaningful story can wake up a sleepy listener and engage our whole brain to make deep theological truths come alive!¹

I…

My wife, Janet, and I had just arrived home exhausted from a ministry journey to Romania. We had gone there to help young adults discern God’s specific vision and plans for their lives. We immediately received a message from our neighbor,…

Ministry magazine—how did we get here? It all began with a man called Arthur G. Daniells—but it was a rocky start. The 1922 General Conference session did not begin well for Daniells. He was replaced as president of the General Conference,…

One evening in 1984 at family worship, Janet and I prayed for our Lord to bring to our young family someone interested in knowing Jesus and studying the Bible. I was the personal ministries director for the Rocky Mountain Conference, which…

An Adventist university professor tells of one of his most embarrassing moments in life. He had the opportunity to preach to the entire campus family for a chapel service. He preached on humility, and it was a deeply moving message. He said…

A friend of mine had just given a precious testimony of the Lord’s miracle healing power in her life in answer to so many prayers. This was a great testimony, but one point of it was said in such a way that I knew it would offend some people…

For years, I’ve kept a simple prayer journal that is filled with a record of special experiences with God—concerns, prayer requests, His providences, answered prayers, and insights from inspired writings. At the beginning of each year, I…

The Visalia Seventh-day Adventist Church in California, United States, was reported to be among the fastest growing churches in the North American Division. According to Chad Stuart, in the six years he pastored that church (2008–2014),…

My wife, Janet, sometimes gives me warnings. I do not always like to get them but I am blessed if I listen attentively. I remember the time I returned home late Sabbath afternoon exhausted after a long day of ministry. I was scheduled to…

Before attempting to start a group of be­lievers thinking about a church building, the minister will find it wise first of all to look around the town to see what opportunities there are for such a plan. Plots of land and premises…

At one time I was convinced that the verses of Hebrews 4:8-10 were clear "proof texts" that the seventh-day Sabbath rest still remained unchanged by Jesus to another day. Today, I believe even more deeply that Hebrews 4 is a most significant…

Bob and I shared a room with two double beds at a ministers’ meeting in Colorado some years ago. In the middle of the night, I dreamed that my wife, Janet, was in the other bed. Still sleeping, I got up and walked across the room to the other…

A pastor friend of mine once confessed, “I do some of my worst sinning when I am right!” I have found this insightful comment to be all too true at times in my life. Often during my personal time with Jesus, He has had to reprove me for the…