by Ron Smith | Jun 1, 2021 | Discipleship, President's Post
Ronald E. Smith, PhD We at FAS are excited to see life-transforming discipleship efforts among young people hoping to raise another generation to be witnesses as they live for Christ in today’s challenging culture. Undoubtedly, they build their... by FAS Admin | May 28, 2021 | Discipleship, Ministry Matters
Roughly three weeks after starting at my new pastorate, I sat in this unique place with a 17-year-old girl as she shared, quite nonchalantly, that she and her mother were the only ones left in her family. Her father had died of an overdose, her brother had died of an... by Ron Smith | Apr 30, 2021 | Ministry Matters
By Dr. Ronald E. Smith, FAS President Early in the twentieth century Dr. Henry Clay Morrison was traveling by train to Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Morrison was scheduled to speak to the World Conference of Methodism. When he arrived, however, he was informed that a... 
by Ron Smith | Apr 1, 2021 | President's Post, Publications
There’s something symbolic about the reality of turning towards the sun to grow. Malachi reminded his readers that “the sun of righteousness would rise with healing” (4:2 NIV). At FAS we have been “fighting the good fight” of trying to share the risen, healing and... by Ron Smith | Feb 28, 2021 | Ministry Matters
We must get behind the mask! In this issue of Ministry Matters I want to wrestle with practical ways we as pastors, small group leaders, etc. can strategically move to “attack mode” against a culture of forced isolation. Simply put: how do we, in Jesus’... by Ron Smith | Jan 1, 2021 | Ministry Matters
So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become...