A Family Circle Series: Tragedy in the Home

By Leslie Diestellcamp Sooner or later, and sometimes repeatedly, tragedy must come to every family circle. The attitudes that prevail then-under the stress and the emotional impact of emergency conditions-may vary well determine the course of the future for many and even the eternal destiny of all who are concerned and involved. Of course there are …

Is it Scriptural for a Local Church to Have an Eldership?

By Irvin Himmel Reuel Lemmons submitted the following in an editorial in the Firm Foundation, Aug. 2, 1977: “We have developed an ‘eldership.’ There were elders in the New Testament church but where do we find an ‘eldership’? . . .The average reader will be astonished to learn that you cannot find the term ‘eldership’ In …

Greetings From Germany

By Glenn Jones For many years I had heard the term “state religion” used, but I never was confronted with it personally until I came to Germany. The state religions of Germany can be divided basically into two major affiliations, namely the Catholic and Protestant Churches. The employees of these institutions have the same status and …