We create manuals and manuals and manuals for how to plant churches, and we end up with manuals not churches. We need to keep it simple. -Erton Kohler, Erton C Kohler Adventist Mission™

If the apostle Paul visited the western Church today, we’d be getting a letter.

I have seen a new cigarette marketing concept in Turkey for US manufacturers to adopt.

Here are two more cigarette marketing ideas from Turkey.

“Never interrupt an enemy when they are making a mistake.” -Napoleon

Nietzsche: "Wherever on earth the religious neurosis has appeared we find it tied to three dangerous dietary demands: solitude, fasting, and sexual abstinence." Genesis: "It is not good for man to be alone..." "You may surely eat of every tree..." "Be fruitful and multiply..."

“Religion is for those who don’t want to go to hell. The gospel is for those who have already been there.” Elizabeth Talbot

“The Bible is not a description of how to find God, it’s the story of God finding us.” Richie Halversen Pastors’ meetings Minnesota Conference

Too often we view Jesus through the lens of doctrine when we should be viewing doctrine through the lens of Jesus.

“If you’re looking for the gospel, go back to your Bible and read everything you didn’t underline. Because you underlined everything you are supposed to do and skipped everything Jesus did.” - Ty Gibson

No one is guilt-tripped or pressured into transformation. We are inspired into transformation. The gospel is a story, not a list.

Brigadier General Andrew Harewood: “Jesus went where the pain was.”

Brigadier General Andrew Harewood: “Nothing is less productive than to make more efficient that which should not be done at all.”

NAD president Alex Bryant: “Churches that focus on young children grow.”

The Adventist church membership landscape in North America.

The Adventist pastoral landscape in North America.

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