How to make your church irresistible
One year, as a birthday present, I decided to take my dad to a Chicago Bulls play-off game. Like most dads, he’s a very enthusiastic, vocal fan, so I thought he’d love to share that energy with 20,000+ fans in the United Center. We got to our seats and started watching the game. The atmosphere…
Read MoreWinning worship wars: Part 3
We continue this short series on the place of music in Adventist worship. In part 1, I proposed what I call the reductionist approach to church music. This view removes music from an inappropriate pedestal of importance in worship and brings it down to the level of a language used for communication. In part 2,…
Read MoreMusic matters in the church: Part 2
“Music should have beauty, pathos, and power. Let the voices be lifted in songs of praise and devotion. Call to your aid, if practicable, instrumental music, and let the glorious harmony ascend to God, an acceptable offering” (Ellen G. White, Evangelism, 505). Few subjects have generated more conflict than the kinds of music one should…
Read MoreMusic matters: part 1
As Seventh-day Adventists, we believe we have a wholistic message to share with the world in the end time. We believe this message is relevant to all aspects of human nature and experience in the twenty-first century and that, ultimately, the gospel touches and can heal every part of the human life. Indeed, as Jesus…
Read MoreBishops for the new fields elected
Despite the setbacks and inconveniences caused by the Covid-19 pandemic to the global community, Uganda Union, the supervisory body of the Seventh-day Adventist church in Uganda has registered notable church growth success through the establishment of two new fields namely North Buganda Station and West Buganda station. Yesterday on the 19th of November, 2020, in…
Read MoreProper use of Voice
Right Voice Culture No Idle Tale—The human agentmust take himself in hand. God has given him physical andspiritual powers, and these need to be constantly cultivatedand improved. In a great measure, physical weariness maybe avoided by speaking slowly, calmly, unexcitedly. In speaking, many have made a constant tax upon their vocal organs. The lungs have…
Read MoreDon’t Grease the slope: Preventing fraud at your church
The Center for the Study of Global Christianity report for the year 2019, the global Christian church lost $68 billion through ecclesiastical crime−church fraud−in 2019. Sadly, the Seventh-day Adventist Church is not immune. Fraud can and does happen in churches. According to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, three elements must exist for a fraud…
Read MoreChildren/Women ministries director
Who is Mrs. Lilian Mugerwa Bikongoolo? I am the director for Women and Children ministries at Central Uganda Conference (CUC). I am a wife and a mother of two lovely children. What three things inspire you the most about ministry? I love Serving the Lord. I have a Passion for children. I have a Burden…
Read MoreAdventist Youth Ministries Director
Who is Pr. Ssentongo Joshua? Pr. Ssentongo Joshua is a determined and loving Seventh-day Adventist minister who was ordained into the gospel ministry in 2005. He started ministry as early as January, 1993 in Busaabaga Namulesa District in East Buganda Station. He worked as a primary teacher in Kitenga sub-county in Mubende district. He studied…
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