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6 July 2008
Who Wants Diversity in Evangelism?
The Bible is the word of God. In it we discover the answers to all the “big” questions of life: who we are; where we come from; why we’re so messed up; who God is; what He’s done for us; what happens after death; etc. Yet instead of giving us the this revelation through one prophet such as Buddha, Mohammad, or Joseph Smith, God chose to use approximately forty different writers, each with their unique perspectives, temperaments, culture, experiences, education, and writing style to give us the revelation of our true history and His divine will.
19 May 2008
Now with Podcasts! First Up: Evangelism
Today, dear readers (now listeners too) - we've launched Spectrum Podcasts.
Click here or check the first one, "True, Beautiful, Just Evangelism | A Conversation with Pastor Ryan Bell" on the right sidebar.
“My church's last evangelistic effort in 2006 baptized 79 people,” wrote Al on April 26 in response to Alex Carpenter’s blog on this Web site titled “Southern California Conference to Spend 1 Million to Televangelize LA.” “My pastor and bible worker received conference prizes as top soul winners that year. (They got cruise trips). BUT as things worked out, of the 79, less than 5 remain!!
( May 12th, 2008 )
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On Thursday, May 1st the Evangelical Leaders Forum hosted David T. Olson, Director of the American Church Research Project and author of The American Church in Crisis. He spoke about ways to grow and multiply healthy churches that help people know Jesus and effectively fulfill his mission on earth.
Sponsors for this discussion included Bethel Seminary, Evangelical Covenant - NW Conference, Minnesota Baptist Conference, and Zondervan Publishers.
One of my favorite prophetic Christians here in the Bay Area is the journalist, Sara Miles. Her book, Take This Bread, tells about her communion induced conversion to Christianity - to me it opened up new ideas about how God does evangelism these days.
Sung H. Oh, SCC Treasurer, writes,
To aid in the financial support of the It Is Written evangelistic campaign, the Southern California Conference has set aside $1,000,000 for expenses such as renting auditoriums, hiring Bible workers, organizing evangelistic teams among our churches, academies and colleges, and providing promotional materials to our churches and communities. It is with this It Is Written campaign in 2009 and 2010, headed by Shawn Boonstra, that we hope to claim the entire city of Los Angeles.
20 March 2008
Circling the Mountain – a Critique
The March 2008 issue of Adventist World (NAD Edition) contains an article titled We have Circled This Mountain Long Enough, by Ron Clouzet, director of the North American Division Institute of Evangelism. The article (unfortunately not web-accessible) exhorts the reader to join in an NAD-wide effort to evangelize and baptize 100,000 people during 2009.
The Antioch story of how we got our name marked a milestone in the growth of Christianity (Acts 11:19). Our spiritual forefathers believed they had been given the task to "tell the message only to the Jews" (v. 19), to people who shared the same sacred text, same history, same diet, and same culture. To do otherwise would threaten their group identity.
( February 4th, 2008 )
The Road to Clarity: Seventh-day Adventism in Madagascar
Posted January 23rd, 2008 by Rich HannonFrom September 1998 until May 2000, Eva Keller lived in northeastern Madagascar to study the Adventist Church, or more accurately, the ordinary people who comprised the local church communities. She lived with Adventist families, first for 16 months in Maroantsetra, a coastal district government town of 20,000, then for 4 months in Sahameloka, a village of 1000, 20 km. upriver, accessible only on foot. This field work was initially in support of her dissertation, culminating in a PhD in Social Anthropology from the London School of Economics in 2002.
21 January 2008
The Fearless Factor of Dr. King
Today, it's easy to listen to Dr. King and nod yes. Even Christian racists list him as a hero while attacking today's civil rights dreams. But latent fear strips faith of its moral power to love the Other. Taken together, this short montage captures something at the core of anti-racism: existential bravery.
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