Russell Staples

Gorden Doss’s book holds the most extensive, inspiring, and deeply…

CHRIST'S mission charge to the twelve, recorded in Matthew 10:1-8,* constitutes the clearest Biblical in junction for the church to conduct medical missions. The first purpose of the charge (verse 7) was to proclaim the message, "The kingdom…

The members of Andrews University's Pioneer Memorial church have been studying the question of whether or not to have women elders. Dr. Russell Staples submitted to us a paper he had written for that study, looking at the general question…

Holy Father, protect by the power of thy name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are one" (John 17:11, NEB).

This series began with the humanity of the minister and now it…

The missionary enterprise of the church has always had challenges to meet and difficulties to over come, but relatively seldom has the traditional concept of mission itself been directly challenged from within the…

The Seventh-day Adventist movement cannot be understood apart from its history. This fact may apply more to the Adventist Church than to some others, on two counts. First, it grew out of the Millerite movement, and the events and meaning…

The driving force of vision in a religious movement can hardly be overestimated. Powerful religious visions function in several ways. First, they generate commitment to a core of beliefs and values. Second, they guide in the selection of…