THE CHALLENGE OF THE FLORIDA MISSION
by Tim Nichols, Florida Conference Vice President for Pastoral Ministries How can we effectively fulfill our calling to go to "
THE CHINA CONNECTION
To show a liberal, self-denying spirit for the success of foreign missions is a sure way to advance home missionary work; for the prosperity of the home work depends largely, under God, upon the reflex influence of the evangelical work done in countries afar off. ---Gospel Workers, p. 465 by Phil Bond, Florida
CHURCH ON A MISSION TO MOVE FORWARD
by Abel Paulín, Florida Conference Center For Mission Coordination (Evangelism Department) Director Paul came to Ephesus with the mission of expanding God's kingdom in that city. Ephesus was a cosmopolitan port city in Asia, bustling with commerce and culture. It promised to be a real prize for the kingdom and a
A CHURCH FOR THE CITY
by Gerson Santos, D.Min., Director of Urban Ministries Study Center, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Silver Spring, Maryland Reprinted by permission, Ministry Magazine, May 2013 The world is rapidly moving from a rural calm to an urban explosion. In 1800, only 3 percent of the world's population lived in cities. One hundred years later,
URBAN MISSIONARIES WITH A PASSION TO IMPACT LIVES IN FLORIDA
What if a church translated Proverbs 18:24, "A man who has friends must himself be friendly
MISSION TO THE CITIES: IMPACTING MIAMI IN 2014
by Allan Machado, Florida Conference Vice President for Spanish-language Ministries The 21st-century Adventist Church needs to reflect on the reality that we live in a world where more than half of the population resides in urban areas. Every day, approximately 200,000 people leave rural areas to settle in large cities around
TREADING URBAN GROUND LIKE JESUS
by Gary Krause, MJ, Director of Adventist Mission, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Silver Spring, Maryland Reprinted by permission, Ministry Magazine, May 2013 Nineteen hundred and one. The first year of the twentieth century. In New York City, the Tenement House Law of 1901 culminated years of effort by reformers to turn squalid and
MOVING TO EXPAND GOD'S MISSION
by Mike Cauley, Florida Conference President We are amazed how God is leading us through our office relocation. It started when Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) approached us with plans to use our back parking lot in their Interstate 4 expansion project. The plan included a 20-foot sound wall to be built just
SILVER SPRINGS SHORES CHURCH DEDICATES AGAPE CENTER
by Norma Henry Silver Springs Shores Church in Ocala, Fla., celebrated a dedicatory service in November that included burning the mortgage for their Agape Center. The two-year early payoff was due to the sacrifice of members as their vision and planning came to fruition. More than a decade ago, members recognized the