On Thursday, May 1st the Evangelical Leaders Forum hosted David T. Olson, Director of the American Church Research Project and author of The American Church in Crisis. He spoke about ways to grow and multiply healthy churches that help people know Jesus and effectively fulfill his mission on earth.

Sponsors for this discussion included Bethel Seminary, Evangelical Covenant - NW Conference, Minnesota Baptist Conference, and Zondervan Publishers.

I sit on a board with Diana Butler Bass and appreciate her wisdom on denominational history and future trends. One of these days I'm going to discuss her dangerous analysis of the new Pew "Religion in America" numbers, but for now I've asked her if I could repost her piece on Rev. Wright and she graciously agreed to hang with the Adventists.- Alexander
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Watch this promo video from Southern Adventist University's Evangelism Resource Center:

An adventure that will change your life. . .really?

Happy Sabbath!

The second week of Advent. The service today centers on the prophetic idea of justice and what distracts humanity from community.

Opening Prayer
A Ceremony of Carols (op. 28) is a piece by Benjamin Britten
St. Paul's Choir

We need more of this in our church communities.