All Books
Recent books authored or edited by Andrews University Faculty
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Advent Waymarks in Jackson, Michigan
Brian Strayer
Jackson SDA Church celebrates its 164th birthday—the oldest Sabbath-keeping Adventist congregation in the world! On July 27, 1849, retired sea captain Joseph Bates, following a dream God had given him, came to Jackson and there established the very first band of Sabbath-keeping Adventists west of the Appalachian Mountains.
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Auburn Seventh-day Adventist Church History
Brian Strayer
This work is presented in celebration of a much older event marking the 165th anniversary (in 2012) of the first Sabbath-keeping convert in this district in 1847 and especially the printing of the first issue of the paper The Advent Review right here in Auburn in the year 1850.
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A Vision for Growth and Conservation in the Village of Berrien Springs & Oronoko Charter Township, Michigan
The 2011 Urban Design Studio, Andrew C. von Maur, Paula Dronen, and Jesse Hibler
This document was prepared for the citizens of Berrien Springs and Oronoko Charter Township to inform public debate and policy decisions about opportunities for growth and conservation. The proposals within this document were self-initiated and unsolicited, but are intended to illustrate useful advice and long-term possibilities for actual implementation. They were collaboratively prepared in 2011 by twenty-six Andrews University graduate students and their three professors, who proudly live and practice within the local community.
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A Man of Passionate Reflection: A Festschrift Honoring Jarald Whitehouse
Bruce L. Bauer
[e-book] A Man of Passionate Reflection: A Festschrift Honoring Jerald Whitehouse. This Festschrift is being published to honor Dr. Jerald Whitehouse who dedicated his life to building bridges of understanding between Seventh-day Adventists and Muslim peoples. It has been written by some of his students, friends, and colleagues as a tribute to your impact on their lives and ministries and to show their continuing commitment to share Christ in understandable ways with our Muslim brothers and sisters.
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Faith Development in Context: Presenting Christ in Creative Ways
Bruce L. Bauer
Faith Development in Context (FDIC) is a ministry approach based on the conviction that Muslims are commited to the God of Abraham are are truly seeking to know him. Those leading FDIC ministries believe that the Holy Spirit can lead Muslims on a pilgrimage tha will result movements developing from within Islam and in believers who have a biblical understanding of Isa Al Masiih. From January 17 to 21, 2005 over one hundred church leaders, missiologists, and theologians gathered at Andrews University to take a serious look at the many issues raised by the FDIC approach. Time was dedicated to prayer, study, discussion, reflection and listening to what the Holy Scripture was doing in through the various FDCIC ministries. This publication shares with a larger audience the papers and responses for that conference.
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Adventist Pioneer Places: New York and New England
Merlin D. Burt
t started as a movement: in tiny homes and small churches in the northeast corner of the United States. Now the Seventh-day Adventist Church circles the globe, and its members are numbered, no longer in the dozens, but in the millions. Although the church’s beginnings were small, the stories of its early years are larger than life.
Visit the historical sites where it all began: the pioneers’ homes and churches, the sites of births and deaths, the special places where visions descended and revival arose. For each landmark Adventist Pioneer Places includes maps, GPS coordinates, and captivating stories that will sweep you back in time. Whether you visit the sites on a guided tour, plan a personal trip, or settle in and read about the sites from your own home, your faith will be awakened and your understanding deepened. Each noteworthy site serves as a spiritual marker, a reminder of God’s leading in the past—and His promise to lead us still.
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Recalibrate: Models of Successful Youth and Young Adult Ministry
Steve Case
This resource shares the top 10 models for Youth and Young Adult Ministry. These were presented at the 180 Symposium sponsored by the Center for Youth Evangelism in the fall of 2010. Also included are seven additional models and 19 papers that were presented. A wealth of knowledge from Youth and Young Adult Ministry practitioners.
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The Madaba Plains Project : Forty Years of Archaeological Research into Jordan's Past
Douglas R. Clark, Larry G. Herr, Oystein LaBianca, and Randall Younker editor
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Adventism's Greatest Need: The Outpouring of the Holy Spirit
Ron E. M. Clouzet
The history of the Seventh-day Adventist Church is replete with examples of missed opportunities that would allow the special outpouring of the Holy Spirit to work in hearts and prepare the way for the latter rain. The church has allowed lesser things to become more important than "the greatest of all our needs."
When the disciples prayed for the endowment of the Spirit in the Upper Room, they reached a point of full surrender, like never before. Likewise, when we receive the Spirit, it will be seen by the lives we live and the burden we have for the lost.
In Adventism's Greatest Need, Dr. Ron Clouzet shares a compelling conviction that the Holy Spirit is poised and ready to reignite an end-time people in their quest for true godliness.
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Africa: Adventist Mission in Africa: Challenges & Prospect
Gorden R. Doss
The great continent of Africa plays a very significant role in global Christianity. A century ago African Christians constituted a tiny fraction of world Christianity but today Africa is a major player in the global faith.
Among Seventh-day Adventists, Africa occupies a significant place, having something over a third of the total world membership. The highest ratios of Seventh-day Adventists to the population are in parts of southern Africa. At the same time, other parts of Africa have only a miniscule Christian presence and the lowest ratios of Adventists to the population in the world. This contrasting picture of evangelization is set within the general context of major humanitarian need. How can the Adventist Church best fulfill the Great Commission in Africa? To address this main question the "Adventist Mission in Africa: Challenges and Prospects" conference met at Andrews University from October 19-21, 2007. Over a hundred administrators, academics, pastors, and lay people gathered for a time of dialogue and reflection. This volume contains the thoughtful papers presented.
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Working with the Poor: Selected Passages from Ellen G. White on Social Responsibility
Rudi Maier and Randy Warkentin
This compilation deals with a number of societal issues and provides several statements and counsels from Ellen G. White that can help churches to develop ministries to the whole person.
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A Statement on Biblical Spirituality
Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary
We believe that the greatest and most urgent of all our needs is a revival of true godliness, which is true biblical spirituality, or having Christ formed in us by the Holy Spirit (Gal 4:19; Col 1:27). Such spirituality is not natural to the sinful person who regards it as foolishness: “The natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God” (1 Cor 2:14). A vital part of discipleship and the training of gospel workers at the Seventh-‐ day Adventist Theological Seminary is to enable them to cultivate genuine biblical spirituality through justification and the process of sanctification, for it is impossible 2 for them to give others what they themselves do not have (Acts 4:13; 1 Cor 6:11; 1 Pet 1:2).
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Diversity: Challenges and Opportunities. Second Adventist Mission in Africa Conference
Bruce L. Bauer
"Diversity: Challenges and Opportunities" was the theme for the second Adventist Mission Conference held on the campus of Andrews University from October 155-18, 2009. Over a hundred African leaders, church administrators, seminary professors, students and professionals met to discuss and recommend solutions to the challenges of diversity on the African continent.
This book includes the papers and responses as well as the voted resolution, recommendations, and study questions to allow for wider access to the proceedings of conference. -
Reach your Campus, Reach the World: Prioritizing our Mission to and through Those in Schools
Steve Case
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An estimated 70% of Seventh-day Adventist college and university students attend non-church sponsored schools. Many of these students are not finding a spiritual community they can connect with, creating a tremendous need for public campus ministry.
How can the Seventh-day Adventist Church intentionally foster biblical community on public college and university campuses? How can we reach both Adventist and non-Adventist students? How should we conduct evangelism to fit a changing world? These and many other questions were addressed at the 2009 180º Symposium held on the campus of Andrews University.
Papers presented at the 180º Symposium covered three major themes:
- Campus Ministry Models
- Campus Ministry Networking
- Campus Ministry Resources
Among the 23 papers included in Reach Your Campus Reach the World, you will find powerful ministry ideas presented by Steve Case, Kirk King, Ron Pickell, Alex Espana, Martin Weber, and many others. Topics covered include rethinking evangelism, campus-based youth ministry, social networking and the faith community, and supporting our youth.
Young people are searching for meaning. With the confusing messages bombarding them daily, they need to hear the truth. Is your congregation ready to reach out to public campuses?
Paperback. 126 pages. Copyright 2010.
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Understanding Marketing: Expert Solutions to Everyday Challenges
Philip Kotler and Bruce Wrenn
Businesses soar when everyone in the organization adopts a marketing mind-set, an awareness of who the company's customers are, what they want, and how the organization can serve them profitably. But marketing's a big subject. How might you demystify it for yourself and your group if you don't have a marketing background? This volume provides the concepts and examples you need. You'll learn how to: -Define a target market -Identify and understand your toughest competitors -Develop a marketing strategy that lays out "the four Ps": product, promotion, pricing, and "place" (distribution) -Test new product or service ideas with customers -Get the most from relationship marketing. (Amazon)
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From the overhead projector to the digital classroom: Case studies on the challenge of learning instructional technology
Robson Marinho
Is technology a powerful tool or an intimidating threat for faculty members? How can traditional instructors accustomed to overhead projectors get used to the digital classroom and instructional technology resources? This book discusses the challenge of faculty development to face an academic environment that is constantly changing due to the knowledge revolution provoked by the growing production of new technology applications. With a narrative style, the author describes ten case studies of faculty members who agreed to share their learning experience and struggles in learning instructional technology. The book focuses on the stories of each participant unfolding their personal journey and unique learning styles, as well as describing the main steps experienced and resources employed by the participants during the learning process. The author describes practical approaches to promote faculty development and learning in instructional technology. The case analysis sheds light on the challenge of institutional support and is particularly helpful for faculty and university administrators who want to keep up with the increasing production of new technologies for learning.
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Important or Impotent?: Radical Right Political Parties and Public Policy in Germany and Austria
Marcella Myers
Across Western Europe throughout the 1990s radical right political parties emerged and gained some electoral success. Since that time, particularly in the face of the popularity of the National Front in France and the Freedom Party in Austria, many studies have been conducted examining the voting behavior, party membership and ideologies of these parties, and what the parties mean to democratic governments. Largely unexamined are the effects of radical right political parties on public policy. This study attempts to evaluate the effect of radical right parties on public policy by using a most similar, case study research design, relying heavily on legislative debates and proposals to changes in program requirements, and policy change over time in Germany and Austria. Education, minimum income supports and housing are the public policies chosen for assessment in this study.
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Authorizing Shakespeare on Film and Television: Gender, Class, and Ethnicity in Adaptation
L Monique Pittman
Authorizing Shakespeare on Film and Television examines recent film and television transformations of William Shakespeare’s drama by focusing on the ways in which modern directors acknowledge and respond to the perceived authority of Shakespeare as author, text, cultural icon, theatrical tradition, and academic institution. This study explores two central questions. First, what efforts do directors make to justify their adaptations and assert an interpretive authority of their own? Second, how do those self-authorizing gestures impact upon the construction of gender, class, and ethnic identity within the filmed adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays? The chosen films and television series considered take a wide range of approaches to the adaptative process - some faithfully preserve the words of Shakespeare; others jettison the Early Modern language in favor of contemporary idiom; some recreate the geographic and historical specificity of the original plays, and others transplant the plot to fresh settings. The wealth of extra-textual material now available with film and television distribution and the numerous website tie-ins and interviews offer the critic a mine of material for accessing the ways in which directors perceive the looming Shakespearean shadow and justify their projects. Authorizing Shakespeare on Film and Television places these directorial claims alongside the film and television plotting and aesthetic to investigate how such authorizing gestures shape the presentation of gender, class, and ethnicity.
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A Statement on the Biblical Doctrine of Creation
Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary
First we formulate our understanding of the biblical account of the Creation, Fall, and the New Creation, then turn to issues regarding the interface between science and faith. We do so from the perspective of faith in a personal God as contrasted with more impersonal approaches to the divine nature. Our purpose is to facilitate constructive dialogue regarding differing worldviews such as a recent biblical Creation model contrasted with an ancient life on earth model. The document concludes by focusing on the proper stewardship of Creation.
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Barrio Capital De Analco: A Living Capitol Neighborhood for Santa Fe, New Mexico
The 2009 Urban Design Studio, Andrew C. von Maur, Paula Dronen, and Daniel Acevedo
Diverse cultures and the high desert have always defined the unique American story of Santa Fe. For centuries Santa Feans have shaped their city’s buildings and spaces for economic opportunity while conserving the precious natural resources of northern New Mexico. This history of continuous change and preservation has yielded the distinctive identity of Santa Fe. Its spirit and values are manifested in its people and culture, its art and architecture, and its health-giving natural beauty. Within this context, Santa Fe seeks to cultivate a Living Tradition, rooted in its past and anticipating the future. Restored and improved for the next generation of Santa Feans, Barrio Capital de Analco continues this timeless tradition of community building.
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Ministering with Millennials: A Complete Report on the 180 Symposium
Roger Dudley and Allen Walshe
Millennials in your community range in age from 15 to 32. The youngest are in the early years of high school and the oldest may or may not be married with families. One important Millennial generation attribute is delayed commitment. Ministering with Millennials starts with a complete overview of this interesting and important generation.
Papers presented at the 180 Symposium covered five major ministry themes:
- The Search for Identity
- Relationships are the Key
- Spirituality is Essential
- There is a Call for Leadership
- A Theme of Service
Among the 25 papers included in Ministering with Millennials, you will find powerful ministry ideas presented by Steve Case, Michaela Lawrence, Chris Blake, Lisa Hope, Ron Whitehead, Allan Walshe, Victor Marley and many others. Topics covered include the importance of church climate, using short term mission trips as a connector, creating relational young adult ministries and how to “hand on faith” to the next generation.
The Millennial generation is looking for meaning. They are investing themselves in finding a way that will lead to personal relationships and involvement that makes a difference. Is your congregation ready to minister with Millennials?