Volume 39, Issue 4, Fall 2011

Volume 39 Issue 4 Fall

Editorials
2 I Hear Adventism Singing | BY BONNIE DWYER
3 Going Forward While Going Backward | BY CHARLES SCRIVEN
Noteworthy
5 Report from the church’s Annual Council | STORIES FROM ADVENTIST NEWS NETWORK BY ELIZABETH LECHLEITNER AND ANSEL OLIVER
8 Germany—A new mission field? | BY LOTHAR E. TRÄDER
Bible
13 Falling Out of the Church Window | BY KENT HANSEN
Changing Profiles in Adventism
19 Adventist Church: Membership audits planned, revised figures contemplated | BY MARK A. KELLNER
20 Adventist Churches—The View from the Road Questions for Motorcyclist and Pastor Marvin Wray | AN INTERVIEW BY BONNIE DWYER
28 Who is the Average American Adventist? A Comparison of Two Demographic Profiles of Seventh-day Adventists | BY RONALD E. OSBORN
Ellen White
37 The Politics of the Prophetic Gift by Gilbert M. Valentine | A REVIEW BY DOUGLAS M. MORGAN
44 Ellen White Re-Enactors | BY MIDORI YOSHIMURA
Music, Musicians, Musicals
50 CREDO | BY HERBERT BLOMSTEDT
58 What Adventists Can Learn From the Play The Book of Mormon | BY RON REECE
Book Reviews
61 In Tune with God by Lilianne Doukhan | A REVIEW BY KEN PARSONS
64 A Leader Should Take You Forward | A REVIEW BY RAJMUND DABROWSKI
covers The Art in Music | BY KENT RICH