W. H. Branson

It has been God's order in all ages of the history of this world that young men should be called to enter the sa­cred work of the ministry, dedicating the vigor of young manhood to His service, and through succeeding…

Mission work must never be re­garded as a career. The incentive of the true missionary is never to build up a reputation, but his one ambition is to save lost men and women from eternal death. The graduate student missionary, coming direct…

To every human being in the world, no matter how sinful or degraded, is to be brought the glad tidings of sal­vation, the message of reconciliation. This message is to be conveyed through men and women who have themselves experienced the…

The messenger of the Lord once said : "My heart is filled with anguish when I think of the tame messages borne by some of our ministers, when they have a message of life and death to bear."—"Testi­monies," Vol. VIII,…

The watchword of the recent General Conference session was "the finishing of the work under the power of the Holy Spirit." It was a solemn session, and each speaker seemed to be weighed down With the conviction that there must be delay no…

Several times during their history, Sev­enth-day Adventists have published mis­sionary maps of the world showing the location of our headquarters, institutions, and mission stations in the respective countries. Sometimes…

For many years it has been felt that there was a great need of uniformity in the matter of receiving persons into the fel­lowship of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. In the early days of our work, when all the leaders…

I believe this is the first course in health evangelism that has been given on this side of the continent. We have heard a great deal about the excellent courses that have been con­ducted on the West Coast now for a number…

A Message to the Adventist Ministry

W. H. BRANSON, General Conference President

If it were only possible, I would like to have a personal visit with each one of you in the Adventist ministry. I would like to talk to you…

As most of our workers are probably aware, action was taken at the last Autumn Council to call a Bible conference. This conference is to be held in Takoma Park, September 1-13, 1952. According to the action of the Autumn Council, the…

Some years ago Billy Sunday published an article in The Presbyterian on mass evangelism which is worthy of reproduction in THE MINISTRY. At the time this was written Mr. Sunday was drawing thousands to his evangelistic meetings, and was recognized…

Ours is a skeptical age. It is a time of unprecedented waning of faith in, and surrender of, all that heretofore has been considered fundamental in religion. It is considered "modern" to be skeptical. A man is regarded…

One of the outstanding features of the recent Spring Council was the consid­eration given city evangelism. Sev­eral comprehensive and forward-look­ing resolutions were passed, which are reproduced in this issue of the…

There is nothing that lies nearer my heart than the subject under considera­tion at this hour,—evangelism in its larger aspects. The parting appeal of Jesus to His disciples was that they undertake a world-wide mission…

1.  A covenant relationship.

The gospel ministry is laboring under the burden of the greatest commission ever as­signed to man,—the commission given by the Lord Jesus Christ Himself when He was pre­paring to depart from this earth, and was about…

The Autumn Council held in Omaha, Nebraska, last October recommended  that a marked "home base advance" be attempted during 1932. We have often talked of making advances in mission lands, and have rejoiced when new tribes were entered, new…

Years ago God's messenger was shown that at the commencement of the time of trouble, then distinctly in the future, we would go forth and proclaim the Sabbath truth more fully. These are her words, as recorded in the book "Early Writ­ings…

The 1930 Ministerial Reading Course books reached Africa, where I was la­boring at the time, just before the beginning of the year, and I had the privilege of reading the two larger volumes on my trip into the interior. As I read these interesting…

While traveling in Japan last year, I met the executive secretary of one of the large American mission boards, who was also traveling through the Far East in the interests of the mission work of his church. We spent some…

A remarkable statement appeared recently in the British press, reading as follows:

"In the Middle Ages the church seemed to have touched the lowest depths of unspirituality. It seemed a spent force. But the Reformation came and brought…

Regardless of war or disaster, the work of giving God's message to the world must go on. The angel's flight through the midst of heaven is not to be hindered until the last tribe and nation of earth shall have been reached, and the solemn…

It seems that there is a danger that the call to a larger evangelism may become so generalized in its application as to largely neutralize its effect. As we see it, this call is primarily to our ministry, and secondarily…

The response of the field to the Battle Creek Autumn Council recommenda­tion that revival meetings be held during this winter in our churches, has been most encouraging, in fact, almost unanimous. Many local con­ferences, and in some cases…