The Echo: November 9, 2001, Taylor University

2001-2002 (Volume 89)

Thank You Mission Representatives

New York trip catches 700 Club’s attention – Oliver North at IWU – WOW turns minds towards missions – Letters to the Editor – Letters to the Editor – ‘Hamlet’ brings Shakespeare to life – Movie Review: ‘Monsters, Inc.’ – Cosgrove & Rogers Movie Rating System – Movin’ on up: Volleyball ranked 9 in nation – Yogi was right about it being over

Kerux - Vol. 36, No. 3, Calvin Theological Seminary

Kerux

Inside This Issue

• Challenge to Article 7 Page 2
• Eclectica Page 3
• Prayer Corner Page 3
• Community Information Page 4

The Bison, October 12, 2001

The Bison Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Taylor: A Magazine For Taylor University Alumni And Friends (Fall 2001), Taylor University

The Taylor Magazine (1963-Present)

The Fall 2001 edition of Taylor Magazine, published by Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.

Calvin Seminary Forum: October 2001, Cornelius Plantinga Jr., Lugene Schemper, Mariano Avila, Pieter Tuit

Calvin Seminary Forum (1994-2001)

1 - “A Community Rising” -Cornelius Plantinga, Jr.
3 - “A New Editor” - Lugene Schemper
4 - “Hispanic Ministry: A twenty-first Century Challenge” - Mariano Avila
6 - “With Missionary Hearts and Eyes” - Pieter Tuit
8 - “God is Our Refuge” - Richard E. Sytsma

Deep And Wide: Education Overflowing As Evangelism From Ephesus, A. Boyd Luter

Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary (1973-2015)

No abstract provided.

Harding Magazine Fall 2001 (Vol. 9, No. 3), Harding University

Harding Magazines

Publication distributed to alumni and friends of the university.

Index 1990-2001 Of Journal Of The American Society For Church Growth, Gary L. Mcintosh

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

No abstract provided.

Utopia Park, Utopian Church: James K. Humphrey And The Emergence Of The Sabbath-Day Adventists, Romauld C. Jones

Dissertations

James K. Humphrey was a Baptist minister who joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church shortly after migrating to the United States from Jamaica at the turn of the twentieth century. A leader of uncommon skill and charisma, Humphrey ministered in Harlem, New York, during the period the area became the Black capital of the United States, leading his congregation to a position of primacy in the Greater New York Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. Yet Humphrey believed that the African American experience in Adventism was one of disenfranchisement, a problem he attempted to ameliorate with the establishment of the Utopia Park Benevolent …

The Problems Of Theological Education: The Experience Of Lutheran Institutions In The Cis, Gerd Stricker

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

Paul’S Pastoral Prayer In Philippians 1:9-11: An Application To Today’S Ministry, Hyun David Chung

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

No abstract provided.

Book Review: Diverse Worship: African-American, Caribbean & Hispanic Perspectives By Pedrito U. Maynard-Reid, Marguerite Kraft

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

No abstract provided.

Calvin Seminary Forum: April 2001, Ruth A. Tucker, Henry Zwaanstra, John W. Cooper, Henry Demoor

Calvin Seminary Forum (1994-2001)

1 - “Walking Away from Faith” - Ruth A. Tucker
3 - “Calvin Seminary: Yesterday and Today” - Henry Zwaanstra
4 - “Prove It! A Reformed Perspective on Faith and Reason” - John Cooper
6 - “Office and Ordination: Another Round” - Henry DeMoor
8 - “Real Heros” - Calvin Van Reken

Repositioning Paul’S Missionary Band In A Postmodern World: A Case For Culture-Bridging, Missional Teams As The Heart And Soul Of The 21st Century Church, R. Daniel Reeves

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

This article adds to our continuing quest to understand how to minister effectively in a postmodern culture.

Emerging Trends For Effective Ministry In The 21st Century, Bill Easum

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

This article challenges the reader to consider the “wormhole” effect on church growth.

Kerux - Vol. 35, No. 9, Calvin Theological Seminary

Kerux

Table of Contents:

• The Sinking Ship of Missions 1
• Missions in the CRC 1
• One Candle to Burn 2
• Mission to Indonesia 3
• Prayer Corner 3
• Logic of Missionary Journals 4
• The World needs You 5
• Just In Case 5
• Missions Week Calendar 6

100 Years Of African Missions: Essays In Honor Of Wendell Broom, Stanley E. Granberg

ACU Brown Library Monograph Series

The wide-ranging essay collection is organized into four main sections. Section I introduces Wendell Broom. Secton II is "God's Call to a Continent: People and Places." Section III is "Mission Strategies and Issues." Section IV, is entitled "Concluding Thoughts" and shares some concluding thoughts on the future of African missions and the African church. The final chapter offers a speech by Wendell Broom from 1997 to 178 Nigerian evangelists and church leaders which challenged them (and us) to fill in the unevangelized gaps of Africa with a deliberate church-planting strategy to join the churches of West and East Africa by …

58th Annual Pepperdine Bible Lectureship -- Shaped By The Cross: Great Themes From I Corinthians (2001), Jerry Rushford

Pepperdine Bible Lectures: Programs

Program booklet for the 58th Annual Pepperdine Bible Lectures, held at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, May 1-4, 2001. The Pepperdine Bible Lectures is an annual event hosted by Pepperdine University featuring a wide variety of lectures and classes on topics and themes in the Bible and Christianity.

Jerry Rushford, Lectureship Director

Bill Henegar, Kelli Isaac, Patty Atkisson, and Bridget Wooton, Lectures Team

Northwest Yearly Meeting Of Friends Minutes, 2001, George Fox University Archives

Northwest Yearly Meeting Minutes

Minutes of the Northwest Yearly Meeting of Friends, previously known as the Oregon Yearly Meeting.

The Stromata Vol. 42, No. 1, Calvin Theological Seminary

Stromata (1956-2020)

Inside This Issue

4- The Most Reliable by Gary Brouwers

14- On Human Freedom by Ken Vander Hoorst

19- On the Road by Dave Gifford

23- The Meaning of Ordination by Michael Van Boom

38- A Note from the Editor by Joshua Benton

Additional contributions include: Some Singing Stones—Poem To a Cheesecake—Poem (Note from Editor: The Cheesecake has denied a rebuttal)

A Cartoon by Dave Gifford

Me 630 Planting New Churches, Ronald K. Crandall

Syllabi

1. Planting Growing Churches, 2nd ed., Aubrey Malphurs, 1998 (400 pages). 2. Next Church.Now: Creating New Faith Communities, Craig Miller, 2000 (175 pages) 3. The Purpose Driven Church, Rick Warren, 1995 (390 pages).

Lost In America: Helping Your Friends Find Their Way Home, Tom Clegg, Warren Bird

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

Tom Clegg and Warren Bird have teamed together to write a thought provoking new book Lost in America. Chapter Two of their new book is excerpted here and presents “Seven Deadly Statistics” that will cause most of us to think twice about what is taking place in evangelism in North America.

Ms 615 Foundations Of Church Growth, Ronald K. Crandall

Syllabi

1. Donovan, Vincent J. Christianity Rediscovered. 2. McGavran, Donald A. Understanding Church Growth, Third Edition. 3. Hunter, George G. III. To Spread the Power: Church Growth in the Wesleyan Spirit. 4. Arn, Win and Charles. The Master’s Plan for Making Disciples, second edition. 5. Schaller, Lyle E. 44 Steps Up Off the Plateau. 6. Winter, Ralph D. and Steven C. Hawthorne, eds. Perspectives on the World Christian Movement, Third Edition. 7. Acquire, from the ATS bookstore, a packet of readings. The following books are also required reading for students taking ME700. *8. Donald A. McGavran. The Bridges of God. *9. …

Me 730 New Church Extension, Ronald K. Crandall

Syllabi

1. Planting Growing Churches, 2nd ed., Aubrey Malphurs, 1998 (400 pages). 2. Next Church.Now: Creating New Faith Communities, Craig Miller, 2000 (175 pages) 3. The Purpose Driven Church, Rick Warren, 1995 (390 pages).

Innovative Ways To Plant Churches In The 21st Century, Robert E. Logan

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

Church planting has taken on different dimensions and forms in the last decade. “Innovative Ways to Plant Churches in the 21st Century” by Dr. Robert Logan is a quick overview of some creative ways church planting has recently taken place. Fortunately, Dr. Logan goes beyond simple description and summarizes important principles for effective church planting in the coming decade.

The Evangelistic Conversation In An Increasingly Postmodern America, Will Mcraney

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

This article looks at postmodernism and its impact on church growth. “The Evangelistic Conversion in an Increasingly Postmodern America” will aid you to understand the new ministry context in which we seek to reach people for Christ.

New Wineskins: With What Materials? A Theology Of New Wineskins For The 21st Century, Howard A. Syder

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

Dr. Howard Snyder’s article on “New Wineskins: With What Materials?” focuses on developing “A Theology of New Wineskins for the 21st Century.” In his thoughtful article, he demonstrates his skill at historical reflection as he points to helpful and unhelpful places to develop our ecclesiology.

Introduction Winter 2001, Gary L. Mcintosh

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

No abstract provided.

A Seminar On Reaching The Secular Mind For Members And Guests Of The Hickory Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Kenneth J. Ford

Doctor of Ministry Projects

Problem

Western civilization is now pre- or post-Christian. Secularism has entrenched itself in our culture. Many churches are still utilizing mostly antiquated methods of reaching a Christian culture. We need to discover methods to engage the twenty-first-century secular mind.

Method

This report is outlined in the following way. It gives a brief overview of secularism by defining and then tracing its origin and development. Then it gives an overview of biblical, SDA, and selected evangelical literature on reaching the secular mind. A six-session seminar was formulated utilizing Microsoft PowerPoint, to be conducted sometime in the near future.

Results

The results …

A Strategy For Reaching Secular People, Ernan Alpin Norman

Doctor of Ministry Projects

Problem

Secularization is a process that has effected and continues to effect massive changes in the cultural, social, and religious experience of many people. It is characterized by a loss of the influence of religion on society’s institutions and peoples. It came about when the scientific method became the principal means of discovering truth, while the biblical and theological perspectives became increasingly sidelined. People have become increasingly secular in their thinking, and many currently view the church as archaic, irrelevant, and boring. This presents a problem for the church and its mission in our contemporary society. Because of the lack …