(1928– ; monthly; RH ; 1994 circulation, 16,000; file in RH ). The organ of the Ministerial Association of Seventh-day Adventists. It was launched in 1928 with the purpose, stated in the first issue, of (1) deepening the spiritual life, (2) developing the intellectual strength, and (3) increasing the soul-winning efficiency of the members of the association (1:16, January 1928).
Through the years it has had departments dealing with biblical studies, methods and techniques of evangelism, pastoral work, reports on the activities of the church around the world, advice on ministerial problems, the work of the Bible instructor and the minister’s wife, the work of the local elder, feedback, religious news briefs, and book reviews.
For a number of years a 10- to 12-page health evangelism section was added, along with a section each month on archaeology and creation science.
In 1975 a pilot project entitled PREACH (originally, Project for Reaching Every Active Clergyman at Home; now, Project Reaching Every Active Clergy Home), inaugurated in the Columbia Union, provided Ministry to 25,000 non-Adventist clergy on an every-other-month basis for a two-year period.
This was expanded to include the entire North American Division and overseas divisions as well. In 1993 about 60,000 clergy of other faiths still received the journal free. In 1980 the editors developed a mission statement divided into seven areas: life of the minister; family of the minister; spouse; Bible and theology; practices; issues; and reports.
Editors: L. E. Froom, 1928–1932; I. H. Evans and L. E. Froom, 1932–1936; L. E. Froom, 1936–1950; R. A. Anderson, 1950–1966; J. R. Spangler, 1966–1990; J. David Newman, 1990– .