Articles by H.M.S. Richards

“The Bible, Ellen White, preaching—and me.” A second chance to read about a first-hand, first class relationship.

A round table discussion on city evangelism.

Sound counsel from seasoned evangelists.

We need to recognize the place of the consecrated musical evangelist.

Address before Deluge Geology Society, Los Angeles, April, 1942.

Radio Evangelism in Action.

From a chapel talk at the Theological Seminary.

From a chapel talk at the Theological Seminary.

Communication between ministers on the platform.

Exploring the seldom used text of Ruth 4:11.

I believe in a system of continuous evangelism in the big cities.

This is the first in the series of nine lectures by the Voice of Proph­ecy speaker, delivered in the H. M. S. Richards Lectureship on Preaching, Washington Missionary College, May 12, 1957.

We here at the Voice of Prophecy wish to express our appreciation to all our workers for their cooperation and support so freely given in our efforts to broadcast the gospel message and to carry on the Bible correspondence schools connected with our program.

A follow-up to the soul-winning thrust in Georgia.

How daily broadcasts on the air over the local stations for at least twelve months results in a more effective follow-up crusade and more definite interests.

Preaching with urgency and immediacy.

A LEADING Methodist Church official in Indiana declared a year or so ago that the Methodist Church in North America needed about three thousand new ministers every year, but that only a little more than a thousand were leaving the seminaries each year to take positions in the church, and that out of this number some six hundred asked for clerical jobs or some sort of work that did not entail preaching. Hundreds of churches every year must go without pastors, and the number is increasing daily. . .

What the Spirit of Prophecy has meant in his life.

Over the years, as the broadcast has built up a witness in hundreds of cities and tens of thousands of homes across America, we have always tried to do more than just teach the facts of the gospel to our listeners. Through our field service department we have, for years, referred the names of interested people who have completed enough phases of doctrinal study through the correspondence courses to local pastors. . .

This interview, conducted in the spring of 1979, reveals Richards' thinking on evangelism and preaching.

Efficient Evangelistic Methods and Pastoral Technique.

Books are the tools of my profession. But before I feel perfectly at home with them, they need to be edged or balanced to fit my hand. That is why I like to mark my books.

A first hand account.

A sample list of topics.

As one of the fundamentals of successful work, the evangelist must always remem­ber that the conference president is his best friend.

Introductory Presentation by H.M.S. Richards

Workers' Meetings and Division of Responsibility.

A sample of his advertising material.

We have now been on the air for four months with the Adventist Hour and "Tabernacle of the Air."