David Ripley

David Ripley, D.Min., is ministerial director of the British Columbia Conference, Sumas, Washington.

Articles by David Ripley

Worship with excellence and understanding

May 2016

Worship appears to be programmed into our DNA by the Creator. It seems that all humanity feels a desire to worship. It is as if we feel incomplete without the activity of worship in our lives. How are we to know when we are worshiping, and…

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Specialness, urgency, expectancy: Essential basis for local church culture

June 2015

God has given Adventists a huge task: to share the gospel with the world. At present, this appears on the surface to be a losing battle. In a document titled “God’s Promised Gift,” the Annual Council acknowledges the issue: “God has uniquely…

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Size by Design: The elusive Growth of the Local Church

November 2013

While browsing Facebook recently, I came across a picture of a worship service in a church I attended as a teenager. More than 45 years have passed, and the congrega­tion is much as I…

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Breaching the barriers in attendance

February 2002

Are you tired of adding names to church books, while attendance remains flat? When I began ministry as a young intern, I was sent to a large city to assist a successful evangelist in a series of meetings. That church…

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