Alan Parker

How long have you been intimate?”

The unmarried couple squirmed uncomfortably.

“About four months,” the young lady finally blurted out. She paused. “I’m also pregnant.”

This scenario is not unusual in pastoral ministry—a…

You should check out our church, it’s so warm and friendly !” We had just moved to a new area, and the invitation sounded genuine and appealing. So that weekend my wife, young daughter, and I headed, some- what nervously, in the direction…

The heart of Seventh-day Adventist mission is evangelism. The church “was organized for service, and its mission is to carry the gospel to the world.”¹ But we often do not understand what works and what does not. For an organization…

"They don’t stay!” the older lady in her perfectly ironed Sabbath dress told me emphatically. “We had an evangelistic meeting two years ago, and all those people are gone.”

I was visiting a church where we were planning to have a…

Every member a missionary!” has been a personal motto of my ministry. However, turning that motto into a reality can be challenging. Many members are mildly anxious…