Person by person, face by face, story by story.

This is how AFM does ministry; this is how we measure success. As you read through this special year-end issue of Adventist Frontiers, you will see this approach reflected—one by one.

In a world where electronic media ministry is accessible to billions, why do we still insist on counting by ones? Because that’s how God counts. “Christ’s method alone will give true success in reaching the people. The Saviour mingled with men as one who desired their good. He showed His sympathy for them, ministered to their needs, and won their confidence. Then He bade them, ‘Follow Me’” (The Ministry of Healing, p. 143).

Luke 15:7 tells us that heaven erupts with joy when one sinner repents. One by one, those repentant sinners become contagious with the good news of salvation, and integers become exponents. Individual salvation stories become the stories of entire people groups! Can you begin to imagine the party in heaven?

This is how the wildfire of salvation spreads across the face of the earth, and this is how the redeemed will praise their Redeemer into eternity: person by person, face by face, story by story.

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