Adventist Peace Radio, Episode 61: Monte Sahlin, Part 2—50 Years Of Community Service

Monte Sahlin shares stories and lessons learned from a lifetime of service and social action.

We recorded a two-hour conversation reflecting on Monte Sahlin’s career of dedicated service. This episodes is the second half of our interview. Here in Part 2, Monte reflects on racial issues within Adventism, the National Religious Campaign Against Torture, Adventist Today magazine, his hopes for the Adventist community, and publications he plans to complete now that he has retired from Adventist Today.

If you missed the first hour of our conversation in Part 1, I encourage you to listen to it first before moving into this portion of the interview.

Monte Sahlin (Photo credit: Monte Sahlin)

Monte Sahlin (Photo credit: Monte Sahlin)

Monte Sahlin is an ordained minister who has worked in community development, disaster relief and family counseling for more than 45 years. He is the author of 26 books and more than 120 research monographs. For more than a decade he was an adjunct faculty member in urban studies at Eastern University in Philadelphia and in the Doctor of Ministry program at Andrews University” (Google Books). To get a sense of the breadth of his work, Sahlin has worked as director, board chairman or strategic consultant with more than 100 innovative, community-based ministries, church plants and nonprofit organizations. He was also the CEO of the Adventist Today Foundation from 2012 until his retirement in December 2020 (AToday).

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