Moped Helps Pastor in Vietnam Go More Miles in the Ministry Imagine being a pastor, trying to serve a thousand members in more than 30 congregations, traveling on foot. Through stories told by Linnea Torkelson, Adventist Southeast Projects board member, the Spokane East Central Church youth group learned a... Read more
Boot Camp 2007 Lay Evangelism Off to a Great Start More than 167 lay people joined a ShareHIM boot camp held Nov. 30–Dec. 2, 2007, at Camp Mivoden. We arrived with a common interest, a hunger and thirst for soul winning. From opening night it was obvious the unity we felt, was fueled by our passio... Read more
Slavic and Linwood Church Services Go Live on the Web The Spokane Slavic Church has experience with international broadcasting. For more than a year, the sermons from Volodymyr Nesteruk, pastor, have been broadcast on the Hope Channel Europe (HCE) and can be seen as far away as his native Ukraine. No... Read more
Constituency Session Survey Part 3Church Growth Early church days saw vigorous growth. However, today, we are seeing our growth plateau or, in some cases, decline. Here are some trends which concern our UCC leaders.1. Eighty to eighty-five percent of Adventist churches (in North America) are no... Read more
Cornerstone Christian Play Shows True Meaning of Christmas A heartwarming musical program presented December 2007 by students at Cornerstone Christian School, Bonners Ferry, Idaho, showed us once again the true meaning of Christmas.“No Phibbin’ Mephibosheth,” a story of a lonely crippled boy with no place... Read more
Pasco Riverview Celebrates 100 Years of Service The Pasco Church celebrated two major anniversaries the weekend of Oct. 19–20, 2007—100 years of ministry in Pasco and the 50th year at the present location.In 1907, Brother John Luther and W. W. Stewart conducted the first recorded evangelistic m... Read more
A Shared Easter Celebration Builds Bridges For some time now the Anchor Point Church plant in Stanfield, Ore., has shared space with the Living Water Four Square Church in what many years ago was the Stanfield High School. Anchor Point members have enjoyed a good relationship with their Fo... Read more
Yakima Adventist School Features Fundraising Fiesta A cooperative effort between Wapato Spanish and Central Valley Spanish churches resulted in an extraordinary event on Sunday, Nov. 2, 2007, to help Hispanic worthy students at Yakima Adventist Christian School (YACS).Nearly 200 people attended the... Read more
Principal's Head Is Shaved To Help Teacher "Mr. Witas, if we raise enough money to send Mrs. McLin to Germany, can we shave your head?""Why would you want to send your teacher to Germany?" I asked. "What could she have possibly done to you to make you want to send her to Germany?""We found... Read more
