John Rhodes
John Rhodes is Ministerial director of the Southeastern California Conference.
Opera Chair Pew-Seats
I took over the pastorship of the lovely little Baldwin Park, California, church recently. The building was quite new, and I found that the congregation were still using temporary folding chairs.
Primer of Diorama
In this article Elder Rhodes acts as a reporter for a number of men who held evangelistic campaigns last fall. It represents the combined ideas of Charles Hall, Daniel Legitt, Dan Reynolds, Daniel Guild, Bill Henry, Robert Greiner, and the writer. There were a number of others who gathered to observe and who have since been successful in the use of this medium.—Editors
Upon Leaving a Church
How can an interim pastor take over with the least possible wasted effort?
Pulpit-Pointers for Preachers
Some have the misconception that "now that the church has elected me to the work of a deacon I will have little to do."
Baptism: Beautifying Baptism A Beautiful Baptismal Service Baptism, Winsome or Repellent?
I have just returned from a wedding.
The New Testament Visitation Plan
Have you ever wished that your elders and deacons would go visiting on their own initiative? Have you honestly admitted how hard it is for you, even as a trained minister, to go out into the parish alone to visit? Perhaps you need to go back to the plan of the Master.
PASTOR: Meeting Objections in Visitation
"You should be prepared to answer these twenty common objections and excuses."
Using the Overhead Projector
ABOUT a year and a half ago I attended my first Bill Gothard lecture on Basic Youth Conflicts. I saw this man hold people spell bound for a full week. I realize that, while the man is deeply spiritual, he has no apparent external charisma. I wondered what the magic was that enabled him to hold his audience over such long periods of time. . .
How to Put Life in Your Prayer Meetings
PRAYER meeting attendance at the Long Beach Seventh-day Adventist church was running about average with most other large churches I had heard of. On some occasions we were fortunate in having as many as 10 percent of our membership present. I had tried to increase attendance in many ways. . .