Monte Sahlin
Monte Sahlin, D.Min., is vice president for creative ministries at the Columbia Union Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Columbia, Maryland. An important collaborator in this research is Hoger Dudley, director of the Institute of Church Ministry at Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, who serves as research director for the Adventist segment of Faith Communities Today (FACT).
Music and Adventism
INDIVIDUALLY, and especially as a I church, we do not like to admit it; but a real problem is developing in a field that can be loosely termed "cultural standards." Open discussion on this topic is virtually nonexistent. The generation gap has made the problem particularly acute in matters of music. . .
A New Day in Electronic Evangelism
FACED with the complex, sophisticated problems of reaching the American teenager in today's chaotic society through a mass medium that changes almost weekly with radically new, different, and exciting advances both in machinery and programming concepts, the Voice of Prophecy began several years ago the painstaking process of designing a totally new radio evangelism thrust. . .
Family life ministry that works! (Part 2)
In the first article in this two-part series (MINISTRY, June, 1 984), Monte Sahlin indicated how to define the needs and do the kind of planning that careful development of a family life ministry requires. In this article he discusses how to communicate well with the target audience, points out the skills the program personnel need, and shows how family life programs may be made to contribute to the total church program.
Equipping your members to minister
Most methods of mobilizing laity for ministry fail on one of two counts: either they require too little of the member or too much from the pastor. This plan avoids both flaws.
Preacher-teacher collaboration
In many churches the church school requires a major portion of the overall budget, yet its work is viewed as separate from the church itself. Is there a more effective way to unite the work of church and school in soul saving?
Church standards today: where are we going?
What function do church standards serve? And what effect does the passage of time and the growth of the church have on the relevance of those standards?
Where have all die members gone?
Why are only half the Adventists in North America in church Sabbath morning? How can we win the absentees back?
AIDS, A Manual for Pastoral Care
A necessary guide to every Adventist pastor who desires to respond effectively to the needs of his or her congregation.