Gary E. Russell

Gary E. Russell, Dowagiac, Michigan.

Articles by Gary E. Russell

Young adult ministry: let the baby-sitting cease

December 1991

Young adult ministry. Not only is ministering to this group we call young adults a challenge, but just trying to define them is a conundrum. A friend of mine, the youth pastor of a large church in northern California, recently told me that…

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Baby boomers and the Adventist Church

July 1992

Several weeks ago I was talking with my wife when suddenly I realized that she wasn't listening to me. I stopped talking and asked her what the problem was. She told me to listen to our 5-year-old son. He was pointing…

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The Mustard Seed Conspiracy

March 1995

This is a dangerous book. It's subversive, and if too many people read it, it will ruin the way we do church.

Sine's premise is that God chooses to change our world not through earth quakes, wind, and fire of large institutions or…

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