IN THIS ISSUE -

** "The Ten Commandments Commission" Explored on the Hope Channel
** 50% Off Leftover NET 2006 Promotional Materials
** Post Advertising Banners on Your Site to Promote Satellite
Evangelism Series
** Hispanic Evangelism Choices
** Ten Commandments Brochure Going Fast
** eChurch Awards for January and February
** Annual Ministry Professional Growth Seminar, March 21
** Nonprofit Leadership Level I Certification Program
** Need for Increasing Tutoring Programs in the Adventist Church
** Join the War. Become a Prayer Warrior
** New Resource for Pastors
** Evangelistic Numbers Challenge
** Upcoming Events


FRIDAY FAX
February 17, 2006
A News and Information Service for Leaders in North America

- RESOURCES -

** THIS WEEKEND THE "INSIDE HOPE" PROGRAM on the Hope Channel will
explore what the Ten Commandment Commission, a powerful coalition of
religious leaders that includes some of the most recognized names in
Christianity, intends to accomplish and how it will affect you. Learn
what you can do to capture the attention of this Commission.

Contact: www.hopetv.org for the schedule of programs beginning
tonight.

**ONLY 22 MORE DAYS UNTIL MARCH 10 AND NET 2006, "Revelation Speaks
Peace: Unlocking the Signs." Color Press is offering leftover
promotional materials at 50% OFF. If churches have discovered that they
didn't order enough of one item, or if they are just now deciding to
participate in the NET, all (non-customizable) leftover stock will go on
sale for 50% off, while supplies last, starting Sunday, February 19.

Contact: www.adventistevangelism.com/net2006 to order.

** HELP ADVERTISE ALL EVANGELISTIC SERIES - Post banners on your web
site that will link people to the series of their choice. Any conference
or church can advertise, whether or not you are a downlink site.

Contact: www.unlockthesigns.com/host and
www.jesuseslaesperanza.com/linkus.html to download the banners of
your choice.

** HISPANIC EVANGELISM CHOICES -
1) The nightly, full-message series, "Revelation Speaks Peace,"
March 10 to April 8, will offer a Spanish translation and will air on
ACN/Esperanza and on 3ABN/Latino.

Contact: www.unlockthesigns.com/host and www.acn.info for
information and to register as a host site.

2) Red Hispana 2006, "Jesus es la Esperanza," airs nightly,
April 15-22 via Hope Esperanza TV and 3ABN/Latino.

Contact: www.JesusEsLaEsperanza.com for information and to
register.

3) Spanish tracks of "The Appearing," broadcast in 2005 as a
precursor for the "Revelation Speaks Peace" series, are available on
the regular DVD set. In addition, a podcast of the Spanish
"Appearing" meetings are available.

Contact: www.itiswritten.com and www.estaescrito.com. There are
still a number of advertising resources online.

** GOING FAST - "Taking a Stand for the Ten Commandments," the
sharing booklet from Pacific Press and Signs of the Times which was
developed in anticipation of the nationwide movement to celebrate the
first-ever Ten Commandments Day on May 7, has gone to its second
printing in less than one month after its release. Since January 19,
95,000 copies have been sold. Another 15,000 are back-ordered, and
100,000 more will be printed.

Contact: Local Adventist Book Centers or call 800-765-6955 to
order. A sample copy is available online at
www.AdventistBookCenter.com.

** eCHURCH AWARDS - The Spring Branch Church in Houston, Texas
(www.sb7day.org), won the January eChurch of the Month Award. The
Cherry Hill Seventh-day Adventist Church of Baltimore, Maryland
(www.preparingforglory.org), won the February eChurch of the Month
Award.

Contact: www.nadadventist.org/echurch to learn more about the
eChurch Awards program, now in its fourth year.

** THE ANNUAL MINISTRY PROFESSIONAL GROWTH SEMINAR provides an
excellent opportunity for Adventist pastors to host the local clergy.
This year's seminar, "Here We Grow Again," will bring expert
examples of superior preaching style and delivery. It will be broadcast
live from the Sligo Adventist Church in Takoma Park, Maryland, on
Tuesday, March 21. Encourage your local pastors to send out invitations,
and then to open their church doors. Some pastors provide a light meal
before or after the seminar. Pastors who have used this tool, report
that the Adventist Church gains respect in the community by simply
sharing
.
Contact: 301-680-6508 or www.MINSeminars@gc.adventist.org to
register. See the online brochure at www.ministerialassociation.com.

** NONPROFIT LEADERSHIP - LEVEL I - The Nonprofit Leadership
Certification Program, April 17-21 in Glendale, California, will be a
2-level program to offer current or prospective nonprofit staff
leadership training within their institutions. It will equip nonprofit
leaders with the practical skills and perspectives they need to operate
effectively by emphasizing the distinctive character of nonprofit
operations and the collaborative nature of modern problem-solving.

Contact: http://www.plusline.org/eventdetail.php?id=129.

** TUTORING PROGRAMS - One in ten Adventist local churches provides
tutoring as a community service for children in their community. That is
less than half the 24% of congregations of all faiths who are involved
in tutoring and similar literacy programs for neighborhood children
across the U.S.

Contact: www.creativeministry.org/article.php?id=410 to learn
more and to subscribe to the newsletter, Creative Pastor, which will
keep you up to date with statistics and Faith Communities Today (FACT)
research.

** 1,000 PRAYER WARRIORS by June is the goal for Atlantic Union
following their first Prayer Institute and Prayer Conference.

Contact: www.nadadventist.org/link/category/18/ to find the
story in the online edition of the February Atlantic Union Gleaner.

Intercessory prayer for others and prayer for the outpouring of
the Holy Spirit in our church is greatly needed. Anyone from any
conference can volunteer as a prayer warrior at the North American
Division website.

Contact: www.nadadventist.org and choose "Prayer" and
"Prayer Warriors" to enlist and join the nearly 250 prayer
warriors already enlisted in the war against Satan.

** NEW RESOURCE FOR PASTORS - Pacific Press has launched an electronic
newsletter called Maximum Ministry to help pastors maximize their church
ministry. Each issue brings you information on new resources, as well as
fresh ideas from pastors in the field. It will be sent out every other
month.

Contact: MaximumMinistry@pacificpress.com or
http://maillist.pacificpress.com/maxmin/emailservice/maxminsub.php to
subscribe. Go to www.pacificpress.com to read past issues in the
"Newsroom."

** Evangelistic Numbers Challenge - Blame dyslexia for the incorrect
estimate of the possible church membership by 2010, as published in last
week's Friday FAX.

Willowbrook, Maryland Pastor Tim Crosby, who is also a member of
the Review and Herald Book Committee, pointed out that even if our
baptisms per quarter for the next five years were gradually quintupled
over last quarter, we would still fall short of our 2010 goal of 1.5
million members. I trust his math. But there's more:

"The Adventist church has since its founding in 1863 grown at
the (phenomenal) rate of 80% per decade. What that means is that you can
take the current world membership figure and multiply it by 1.8 to get
the membership ten years from now. This suggests that our world
membership in 2015 should be around 27 million-an amazing growth rate,
praise God. Of course, this percentage cannot last forever; the rate
must decrease if history is any criterion. The growth rate of
Christianity itself since its founding is around 8% per decade.

"If the 80%-per-decade growth rate were to continue, then the
whole world would be Adventist by around the year 2150. (If you want
detailed figures I can supply them).

"Now let's apply this 80%-per-decade growth rate to the
figures for America given above. If we assume that the work in America
will grow as fast as the world at large, which is unlikely, then the
figure of 1,024,384 at the end of 2005 would grow to 1,843,891 by 2015.
So again the 1.5 million figure for 2010 is quite high. It assumes a
growth rate in America even higher than the traditional growth rate of
the church worldwide.

"But, hey, who knows what God has up His sleeve!"

Perhaps we need more prayer warriors and less math!


- UPCOMING EVENTS -

A quick view of events sponsored by the North American Division

* Youth Ministries Leadership Convention, February 23-26, Jacksonville,
Florida - www.plusline.org/eventdetail.php?id=117

* 3rd Annual Andrews University Music and Worship Conference, March
2-4, Berrien Springs, Michigan - www.auworshipconference.org

* Passionate Leadership Training for Women's Ministries, Southampton,
Bermuda, March 3-5 - www.nadwm.org

* A Hunger for God Seminar, March 6, 7, Walla Walla College, Washington
- www.wwc.edu/ace

* NET 2006, "Revelation Speaks Peace - Unlocking the Signs," March 10 -
April 8, via satellite from Phoenix, Arizona - www.unlockthesigns.com

* "From This Day Forward" Marriage Conferences, March 11, Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma www.plusline.org/events

* Ministry Professional Growth Seminar, March 21, Live on ACN -
www.acn.info

* Adventist Single Adult Ministries (ASAM) Conference, March 22,
Phoenix, Arizona - http://plusline.org/events




***

Managing Editor - Lynetta Murdoch
lynetta.murdoch@nad.adventist.org
Fax 301-680-6464
*
To subscribe go to
www.nadadventist.org/fridayfax
and click on "Friday FAX Subscription"


***IN THIS ISSUE -

** "The Ten Commandments Commission" Explored on the Hope Channel
** 50% Off Leftover NET 2006 Promotional Materials
** Post Advertising Banners on Your Site to Promote Satellite
Evangelism Series
** Hispanic Evangelism Choices
** Ten Commandments Brochure Going Fast
** eChurch Awards for January and February
** Annual Ministry Professional Growth Seminar, March 21
** Nonprofit Leadership Level I Certification Program
** Need for Increasing Tutoring Programs in the Adventist Church
** Join the War. Become a Prayer Warrior
** New Resource for Pastors
** Evangelistic Numbers Challenge
** Upcoming Events


FRIDAY FAX
February 17, 2006
A News and Information Service for Leaders in North America

- RESOURCES -

** THIS WEEKEND THE "INSIDE HOPE" PROGRAM on the Hope Channel will
explore what the Ten Commandment Commission, a powerful coalition of
religious leaders that includes some of the most recognized names in
Christianity, intends to accomplish and how it will affect you. Learn
what you can do to capture the attention of this Commission.

Contact: www.hopetv.org for the schedule of programs beginning
tonight.

**ONLY 22 MORE DAYS UNTIL MARCH 10 AND NET 2006, "Revelation Speaks
Peace: Unlocking the Signs." Color Press is offering leftover
promotional materials at 50% OFF. If churches have discovered that they
didn't order enough of one item, or if they are just now deciding to
participate in the NET, all (non-customizable) leftover stock will go on
sale for 50% off, while supplies last, starting Sunday, February 19.

Contact: www.adventistevangelism.com/net2006 to order.

** HELP ADVERTISE ALL EVANGELISTIC SERIES - Post banners on your web
site that will link people to the series of their choice. Any conference
or church can advertise, whether or not you are a downlink site.

Contact: www.unlockthesigns.com/host and
www.jesuseslaesperanza.com/linkus.html to download the banners of
your choice.

** HISPANIC EVANGELISM CHOICES -
1) The nightly, full-message series, "Revelation Speaks Peace,"
March 10 to April 8, will offer a Spanish translation and will air on
ACN/Esperanza and on 3ABN/Latino.

Contact: www.unlockthesigns.com/host and www.acn.info for
information and to register as a host site.

2) Red Hispana 2006, "Jesus es la Esperanza," airs nightly,
April 15-22 via Hope Esperanza TV and 3ABN/Latino.

Contact: www.JesusEsLaEsperanza.com for information and to
register.

3) Spanish tracks of "The Appearing," broadcast in 2005 as a
precursor for the "Revelation Speaks Peace" series, are available on
the regular DVD set. In addition, a podcast of the Spanish
"Appearing" meetings are available.

Contact: www.itiswritten.com and www.estaescrito.com. There are
still a number of advertising resources online.

** GOING FAST - "Taking a Stand for the Ten Commandments," the
sharing booklet from Pacific Press and Signs of the Times which was
developed in anticipation of the nationwide movement to celebrate the
first-ever Ten Commandments Day on May 7, has gone to its second
printing in less than one month after its release. Since January 19,
95,000 copies have been sold. Another 15,000 are back-ordered, and
100,000 more will be printed.

Contact: Local Adventist Book Centers or call 800-765-6955 to
order. A sample copy is available online at
www.AdventistBookCenter.com.

** eCHURCH AWARDS - The Spring Branch Church in Houston, Texas
(www.sb7day.org), won the January eChurch of the Month Award. The Cherry
Hill Seventh-day Adventist Church of Baltimore, Maryland
(www.preparingforglory.org), won the February eChurch of the Month
Award.

Contact: www.nadadventist.org/echurch to learn more about the
eChurch Awards program, now in its fourth year.

** THE ANNUAL MINISTRY PROFESSIONAL GROWTH SEMINAR provides an
excellent opportunity for Adventist pastors to host the local clergy.
This year's seminar, "Here We Grow Again," will bring expert
examples of superior preaching style and delivery. It will be broadcast
live from the Sligo Adventist Church in Takoma Park, Maryland, on
Tuesday, March 21. Encourage your local pastors to send out invitations,
and then to open their church doors. Some pastors provide a light meal
before or after the seminar. Pastors who have used this tool, report
that the Adventist Church gains respect in the community by simply
sharing.

Contact: 301-680-6508 or www.MINSeminars@gc.adventist.org to
register. See the online brochure at www.ministerialassociation.com.

** NONPROFIT LEADERSHIP - LEVEL I - The Nonprofit Leadership
Certification Program, April 17-21 in Glendale, California, will be a
2-level program to offer current or prospective nonprofit staff
leadership training within their institutions. It will equip nonprofit
leaders with the practical skills and perspectives they need to operate
effectively by emphasizing the distinctive character of nonprofit
operations and the collaborative nature of modern problem-solving.

Contact: http://www.plusline.org/eventdetail.php?id=129.

** TUTORING PROGRAMS - One in ten Adventist local churches provides
tutoring as a community service for children in their community. That is
less than half the 24% of congregations of all faiths who are involved
in tutoring and similar literacy programs for neighborhood children
across the U.S.

Contact: www.creativeministry.org/article.php?id=410 to learn
more and to subscribe to the newsletter, Creative Pastor, which will
keep you up to date with statistics and Faith Communities Today (FACT)
research.

** 1,000 PRAYER WARRIORS by June is the goal for Atlantic Union
following their first Prayer Institute and Prayer Conference.

Contact: www.nadadventist.org/link/category/18/ to find the
story in the online edition of the February Atlantic Union Gleaner.

Intercessory prayer for others and prayer for the outpouring of
the Holy Spirit in our church is greatly needed. Anyone from any
conference can volunteer as a prayer warrior at the North American
Division website.

Contact: www.nadadventist.org and choose "Prayer" and
"Prayer Warriors" to enlist and join the nearly 250 prayer
warriors already enlisted in the war against Satan.

** NEW RESOURCE FOR PASTORS - Pacific Press has launched an electronic
newsletter called Maximum Ministry to help pastors maximize their church
ministry. Each issue brings you information on new resources, as well as
fresh ideas from pastors in the field. It will be sent out every other
month.

Contact: MaximumMinistry@pacificpress.com or
http://maillist.pacificpress.com/maxmin/emailservice/maxminsub.php to
subscribe. Go to www.pacificpress.com to read past issues in the
"Newsroom."

** EVANGELISTIC NUMBERS CHALLENGE - Blame dyslexia for the incorrect
estimate of the possible church membership by 2010, as published in last
week's Friday FAX.

Willowbrook, Maryland Pastor Tim Crosby, who is also a member of
the Review and Herald Book Committee, pointed out that even if our
baptisms per quarter for the next five years were gradually quintupled
over last quarter, we would still fall short of our 2010 goal of 1.5
million members. I trust his math. But there's more:

"The Adventist church has since its founding in 1863 grown at
the (phenomenal) rate of 80% per decade. What that means is that you can
take the current world membership figure and multiply it by 1.8 to get
the membership ten years from now. This suggests that our world
membership in 2015 should be around 27 million-an amazing growth rate,
praise God. Of course, this percentage cannot last forever; the rate
must decrease if history is any criterion. The growth rate of
Christianity itself since its founding is around 8% per decade.

"If the 80%-per-decade growth rate were to continue, then the
whole world would be Adventist by around the year 2150.

"Now let's apply this 80%-per-decade growth rate to the
figures for America given above. If we assume that the work in America
will grow as fast as the world at large, which is unlikely, then the
figure of 1,024,384 at the end of 2005 would grow to 1,843,891 by 2015.
So again the 1.5 million figure for 2010 is quite high. It assumes a
growth rate in America even higher than the traditional growth rate of
the church worldwide.

"But, hey, who knows what God has up His sleeve!"

Perhaps we need more prayer warriors and less math!


- UPCOMING EVENTS -

A quick view of events sponsored by the North American Division

* Youth Ministries Leadership Convention, February 23-26, Jacksonville,
Florida - www.plusline.org/eventdetail.php?id=117

* 3rd Annual Andrews University Music and Worship Conference, March
2-4, Berrien Springs, Michigan - www.auworshipconference.org

* Passionate Leadership Training for Women's Ministries, Southampton,
Bermuda, March 3-5 - www.nadwm.org

* A Hunger for God Seminar, March 6, 7, Walla Walla College, Washington
- www.wwc.edu/ace

* NET 2006, "Revelation Speaks Peace - Unlocking the Signs," March 10 -
April 8, via satellite from Phoenix, Arizona - www.unlockthesigns.com

* "From This Day Forward" Marriage Conference, March 11, Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma www.plusline.org/events

* Ministry Professional Growth Seminar, March 21, Live on ACN -
www.acn.info

* Adventist Single Adult Ministries (ASAM) Conference, March 22,
Phoenix, Arizona - http://plusline.org/events




***

Managing Editor - Lynetta Murdoch
lynetta.murdoch@nad.adventist.org
Fax 301-680-6464
*