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Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools can be powerful allies in gaining more efficiency in ministry. I never recommend that people use AI to do their thinking…

Who would want to meet a holy Jesus face-to-face if not secure in His love and righteousness? Because our message is so potentially damaging, we…

Most churches in the West are stuck in pastor dependency—and it’s choking the harvest. In this third installment of Shane Anderson’s “A Warning From the…

“Well-funded dysfunction.” That’s how the author describes the current state of Western Adventism—and not without reason. While our churches are rich in resources, are we…

In a broken world people crave a lens through which to make sense of suffering. Ellen White’s great controversy framework delivers just that.

When a spiritual elder is exposed in a scandal, it can feel as if the ground itself has split apart. Too often, without realizing it,…

What exactly is a settled pastor? Shane Anderson explores Western Adventism’s addiction to this style of ministry in the following feature—and whether you agree with…

Is there a “hidden agenda,” a grand meta-level scheme that engages every human on earth to some degree? ... But is obsessing over and postulating…

If you've received our print issue of June's Adventist World, you have held in your hand the last issue of the magazine. Just let that…

Why is ecclesiology, the study of the doctrine of the church, important?