As part our series of articles and panel discussions about race relations in the Seventh-day Adventist Church, The Compass Magazine is featuring initiatives that bring together church members from different conferences and ethnic groups for the purpose of ministry. We hope these stories will inspire other local churches and conferences to find crea
In 2011 Adventist pastors in the St. Louis, Missouri, metro area, population 2.8 million, began meeting together on a regular basis. They formed a cross-conference ministerial association to collaborate together to evangelize the city. This grassroots movement of laypeople and pastors became known as Adventist Ministers and Pastors of St. Louis (AM
The Farmer In the Parable of the Sower Jesus tells the story of a farmer who went out to sow. The word He uses to describe the sowing process is quite provocative. It simply states that the seed “fell” on different types of ground. Yet seed does not just randomly fall. Seed is sown; it is scattered by someone—by the farmer. A farmer is a businesspe
Recently the Pew Research Center published a report on the state of American Christianity. This extensive survey found out that the Christian share of the U.S. population is declining, while the number of U.S. adults who do not identify with any organized religion is growing, according to an extensive new survey by the Pew Research Center. Moreover
Your Best Pathway to Health in San Antonio was a pivotal experience in my life. Never have I seen so many lives personally touched with the love of Jesus in such a short time here in the United States. Walking up to the Alamodome at 6 a.m. the first morning we started seeing patients, I was overwhelmed to the point of tears when I realized hundreds
According to the latest Pew Research Center projections, Islam, with a 73 percent increase rate, will be the fastest growing world religion between now and 2050. At such a growth rate, Islam is positioned to pass Christianity in numbers by 2070. This Islamic increase is largely attributed to the highest fertility rate of 3.1 percent coupled with a
