January 2004

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How to Keep Former Members from Ever Coming Back

January 01, 2004
The Adventist church is growing by a million members a year worldwide. It’s become the eighth largest international religious body in the world.But before you get too excited, know that for every million who join, 250,000 leave, according to the c...

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  • Given a Chance

    January 01, 2004
    An exciting trend is beginning at Walla Walla Valley Academy (WWVA) in College Place, Washington. Local businessmen and Adventist-laymen's Services and Industries (ASI) members Rick Claridge and Mike Tillay decided that they were no longer going t...
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  • Given a Chance

    January 01, 2004
    An exciting trend is beginning at Walla Walla Valley Academy (WWVA) in College Place, Washington. Local businessmen and Adventist-laymen's Services and Industries (ASI) members Rick Claridge and Mike Tillay decided that they were no longer going t...
    Read more

  • Reconnect Now

    January 01, 2004
    Reconnect Now Address FormName_______________________________Address _____________________________City ________________________________State ____________________ Zip ________E-mail address ________________________Send to:Reconnect NowVoice of Prop...
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  • Reconnect Now

    January 01, 2004
    Reconnect Now Address FormName_______________________________Address _____________________________City ________________________________State ____________________ Zip ________E-mail address ________________________Send to:Reconnect NowVoice of Prop...
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  • I Need Thee Every Hour

    January 01, 2004
    Bernie carefully picked his way from his position in the chorus to the microphone and waited for the song to begin. Lou Wildman, Oregon Adventist Men’s Chorus (OAMC) conductor, turned and spoke to the audience. “The journey that you have just obse...
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  • I Need Thee Every Hour

    January 01, 2004
    Bernie carefully picked his way from his position in the chorus to the microphone and waited for the song to begin. Lou Wildman, Oregon Adventist Men’s Chorus (OAMC) conductor, turned and spoke to the audience. “The journey that you have just obse...
    Read more

  • How to Keep Former Members from Ever Coming Back

    January 01, 2004
    The Adventist church is growing by a million members a year worldwide. It’s become the eighth largest international religious body in the world.But before you get too excited, know that for every million who join, 250,000 leave, according to the c...
    Read more

Others

  • gleaneronline.org Logo Resources

    January 01, 2004
    Logo ResourcesBesides gleaneronline.org, there are several resources available on the Internet to help church members use the church logo appropriately.Church SignsFor a selection of outdoor sign designs and highway signs to alert the public to yo...
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  • The Adventist Logo

    January 01, 2004
    The official logo of the Seventh-day Adventist Church is a recognizable anchor for both church members and the public. It assures the viewer that a church (as in a church sign) or letter can be trusted as a representative and official part of the ...
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  • Our Place of Hope, Heaven and Him

    January 01, 2004
    "I go to prepare a place for you.” Jesus’ words have sparked hope ever since He spoke them to His disciples. I have spent hours with others, envisioning the place that God has prepared for us.A Place of HopeChildren have imagined a place beyond me...
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  • gleaneronline.org Logo Resources

    January 01, 2004
    Logo ResourcesBesides gleaneronline.org, there are several resources available on the Internet to help church members use the church logo appropriately.Church SignsFor a selection of outdoor sign designs and highway signs to alert the public to yo...
    Read more

  • The Adventist Logo

    January 01, 2004
    The official logo of the Seventh-day Adventist Church is a recognizable anchor for both church members and the public. It assures the viewer that a church (as in a church sign) or letter can be trusted as a representative and official part of the ...
    Read more

  • Calling the Blind and Armless

    Several years ago, two students graduated from the Chicago-Kent College of Law. The top student in the class was a blind man named Overton and, after receiving his honor, he insisted that half the credit should go to his friend, Kaspryzak. They ha...
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  • NPUC Strategic Plan Mid-Term Report

    When Jere Patzer was reelected as North Pacific Union Conference (NPUC) president in 2001, he publicly introduced a 10-part strategic plan for the five year term. At the recent NPUC executive committee meeting in College Place, Wash., he tendered ...
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  • Our Place of Hope, Heaven and Him

    January 01, 2004
    "I go to prepare a place for you.” Jesus’ words have sparked hope ever since He spoke them to His disciples. I have spent hours with others, envisioning the place that God has prepared for us.A Place of HopeChildren have imagined a place beyond me...
    Read more

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