Articles by O. J. Ritz

Why Camp Meetings?

May 1956

The  yearly camp meeting is one of the most far­sighted and important programs of our entire denom­inational pattern. It is humanly impossible to measure the tre­mendous benefits that our people derive from these…

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Pastor-The Minister as Counselor Part II

October 1954

Counseling Youth

OTTO J. RITZ Pastor-Evangelist, Southern New England Conference

The science of dealing with human minds J. is a delicate one, calling for the coordination of the minister's fullest mental faculties. In this…

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Pastor-The Minister as Counselor—Part I

September 1954

The human race is sick. It is a fallen race, and evidences of the fall are apparent. This is a salient fact. While the body, mind, and soul today face greater possibilities of destruction than did those of any other generation, they also…

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PASTOR: Church Publicity

May 1952

An old Hebrew proverb declares, "A man's judgment is no better than his understanding." That many people still pass faulty judgment upon the theology and religious concepts of Seventh-day Adventists is due in part to their lack of understanding.…

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The Reformation Series

April 1960

A VERY different and yet effective new series of meetings was conducted this fall in the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota —The Reformation Series. Major Adventist doctrines were presented, and the in­creasing attendance and baptismal returns…

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