Spiritual Gifts, Keys to Ministry
Dr. James W. Zackrison is the Principal Contributor to this quarter's lessons.
Dr. Zackrison is the director of the General Conference Sabbath School/Personal Ministries Department.
Dr. Zackrison has a B.A. from La Sierra University and an M.A. in religion from Andrews University. Mush of his graduate work was done at Fuller Theological Seminary, where he received an M.A. in intercultural studies and a Doctor of Missiology degree. His major field of study for the doctorate was cultural anthropology and urban church growth. His minor fields were leadership, curriculum development, and mission history.
Having been a missionary in the Inter-American Division for twenty years, Dr. Zackrison has had extensive experience as a mission pastor, youth director, college professor, and administrator. At various times, he served as president of the Honduras Mission, Central America; president of Central American Adventist University in Costa Rica; professor of theology at Colombia Adventist University; and translator and research coordinator at the Inter-American Division headquarters in Coral Gables, Florida. Prior to coming to the General Conference, Dr. Zackrison was director of the Church Growth and Adult Sabbath School Departments of the Southern California Conference.Dr. Zackrison and his wife, Sonia, have two sons and three daughters. As an experienced missionary, pastor, teacher, and administrator, Dr. Zackrison is eminently qualified to lead the Sabbath School program of the world church.
Lesson Titles for This Quarter:
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What the Bible Says About Spiritual Gifts
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The Holy Spirit and Spiritual Gifts
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Spiritual Gifts and the Church
Spiritual Gifts From Pentecost to the Present
Love: The Universal Gift
Support Gifts
Teaching Gifts
Leadership and Administrative Gifts
Outreach Gifts
Sign or Power Gifts
How to Discover and Verify Your Spiritual Gifts
Converting Spiritual Gifts Into Ministries
Using Your Spiritual Gifts in Your Church
Giardina Sabbath School Study helps:
Jerry Giardina of Houston, Texas, prepares a series of helps to accompany the Sabbath School lesson. He includes all related scripture and EGW quotations. These are in zipped wordprocessing files. Download the most appropriate version to your hard drive, then type filename.exe to unzip the lesson helps. They are available in three wordprocessing versions:
Html Files, Wordperfect 6.1, Microsoft Word 6.0
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