A Sabbath in India Bob Paulson, a layman from Puyallup, Wash., and Garwin McNeilus, a Minnesota layman, conducted a 50-village mission in the city of Ongole, Andhra Pradesh, India, in January 2001. Fifteen thousand people were baptized, stunning the members in North... Read more
You Go Girl! The National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced that Kyra Eddy, a four-year senior from Brusett, Mont., is among its 15,000 finalists. Kyra is a high achiever in all aspects of her life—academics, leadership, sports, her spiritual walk with G... Read more
Montana Pastor Holds Series in Dominican Republic John Bilbro, Jordan (Mont.) Church pastor, held a series of meetings in the Dominican Republic Feb. 14 through March 1. His was one of 41 simultaneous evangelistic series organized by Robert Folkenberg, Carolina Conference global evangelism direct... Read more
Eden’s Edibles Vegan Cooking Seminars In the spring of 2002, members of the Garden Valley Church cautiously decided to host a two-night vegetarian cooking school in the midst of their meat-eating, mountain resort community. But, the Lord had a surprising lesson in store. Imagine how s... Read more
Idaho Conference’s 50th Constituency Session Our Passion: Telling the Story Elizabeth Parker sat in one of the front rows of the Gem State Adventist Academy gymnasium. Her knitting needles worked rhythmically on an afghan, but she listened intently along with nearly 350 other delegates who had come from all points of the ... Read more
Two People Join Homer Church Lianna Blair first encountered Adventism upon visiting a member-owned builders’ store and talking with summer employee/winter evangelist Don Barnt. The Homer members welcomed her with open arms and Brad Traxler, Kenai-Homer pastor, arranged Bible ... Read more
Native Evangelistic Gathering Miracles, fishes, souls! These are some of the amazing results of a month-long Native evangelistic gathering at Northside Church in Anchorage in March. As many as 65 non-Adventist Natives, as well as Adventist Natives and non-Natives, attended the... Read more
Palmer Church Sign Brings Visibility After much shopping, planning, designing and anticipation, the Palmer Church powered up its newest evangelistic tool—a large marquee-style church sign. Neil Biloff, Palmer Church pastor, explained, “The sign has multiple purposes, including provid... Read more
Four Minutes to Airtime After months of planning, the day for the opening night of the series had arrived. While everyone was preparing for that first meeting, only a few were aware that a monumental problem existed.By three o’clock Friday afternoon, the television crew ... Read more
