E. W. Tarr

Former Secretary, Bureau of Public Relations, General Conference

Articles by E. W. Tarr

Public Relations Seminar

November 1958

The short intensive course was indeed one of the high lights in my experience, and has opened up an entirely new concept of soul winning for me."

Typical of many is this excerpt from a letter by one of the ministers attending the…

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"None of Us Liveth to Himself"

September 1965

At the close of a busy day of sight-seeing in Palestine, a party of Western tourists stood conversing with their Bedouin guide in the cool evening air. In a gesture of friendliness one of the tourists raised his hand toward the brightly shining…

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Public Relations and Adventism

July 1967

TIME is no longer on our side. When Walter L. Burgan came to head the General Conference "Press Bureau" fifty-five years ago and J. R. Fer­ren came to Washington twenty-five years ago, knowledge in the world had only doubled for the second…

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The impact of the church in the community

August 1960

Those who seclude themselves from the people are in no condition to help them.—Testimonies, vol. 4, p. 267.

At the risk of oversimplification, this warning pro­vides a definition that perhaps goes to the very heart of this…

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The Public's Attitude Toward the SDA Church

October 1970

THIS brief summary is prepared in response to the many requests for additional information about the recently completed study of the Adventist Church by the American Institute of Public Opinion (Gallup poll). This was a profile study to test…

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