Judith A. Thomas

Dealing With the Demonic in the African Context “seeks to present members, ministers, teachers, and administrators not only the theological challenges, but appropriate missiological responses specifically dealing with issues…

Cases of demonization involving Seventh-day Adventists are found worldwide.¹ The church has attempted to issue clear guidelines on the subject.² Notwithstanding, uncertainty persists surrounding the pastoral ministry…

During the late 1970s, an interest in the area of demon possession and deliverance ministry developed within the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Although the Adventist Church believes in the existence of demons, it did not offer a particular…

Deliverance ministry (DM) is a complex topic, fraught with potential areas for conflict, misunderstanding, and misapprehension.¹ To the victims of demonic harassment, the debate about the validity of DM can often ignore their desperate…

Raphael G. Warnock, senior pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, describes a division in the Black church in the United States that centers on its true mission and purpose. On one side are Black…

Robert Schuller, in one of his devotional books, recounts the heart-breaking story of his daughter's motorcycle accident in which the beautiful young woman lost a leg. Receiving the news while overseas speaking, he immediately flew home with…