Stanley D. Meek was a pastor in the Church of the Nazarene serving congregations in Kansas, Texas, and Oklahoma. He also wrote many articles and a book "So You Want to Follow Jesus?" which was translated into Chinese and helped distribute that book through the underground church in China. Previous to his pastoral ministry, he served in the United States Air Force, earned a Bachelors degree from Bethany Nazarene College (1960), and taught high school English. He received his Master of Ministry from Southern Nazarene University in 1995. He was married to Patricia in 1951 and had three children Steve, Patty (Dobbs), and Bill.
Nazarene College Day April 23/ Church of the Nazarene
ARTICLES
4 From Backwoods to Boardrooms, Kenneth F. Watson
5 The Christian College Experience: A Rare Treasure, Tom Barnard
6 From Nightclub to Pulpit, Bill Bray
7 The Coal Miner’s Son, Willis E. Snowbarger
8 The Presence That Made a Difference, Herb Prince
12 The Crash That Put Me Together Again, Stan Meek, As Told By Sherry Kragh
13 Teachable or Gullible, Dellora West
14 Beyond the Tithe, Joseph D. Biscoe, Jr.
5 How to be a Receiver, Carole D. Mortenson
16 Candy Touches Base for God, Lola M. Williams
IN THIS ISSUE:
2 The Guidelines Are Good, General Superintendent: V. H. Lewis
3 The Pursuit, Marlene J. Chase
4 Letters
5 Self-Sacrifice, R. James Bledsaw
5 Take All of Me (a poem), Charles Hastings Smith
6 You Can Have Peace
6 An Influential Life, Patsy Woodring
7 Affirmation (a poem), Sherrie Rose
8 Save the Family or Lose the World, Stan Meek
9 Who Are the Church (a poem), Joel T. Mills
10 A New Type of Revival, Verna and Bob Gordon
11 Evangelical Benefits, Donald Golliher
IN THIS ISSUE:
2 The Credentials of Discipleship, General Superintendent: Charles H. Strickland
3 Reaching the Unreached, L. Guy Nees
4 Letters
5 Another Title for Charles Johnson – Black Consultant, Kathy Tharp
6 “Lovest Thou Me?” (a Poem), Geraldine Nicholas
6 Reflecting the Image, Valkyrie Murphy
7 Together (a Poem), Janie Knox Norrick
8 Christ’s Second Coming – The World’s Hope, J. Melton Thomas
9 Thank God for “Cemetery”!, Nelson F. Sheets
10 A Magnificent Confession, John W. May
11 My Testimony, H. J. Ness
IN THIS ISSUE:
2 A Challenge for the Diamond Jubilee Year, General Superintendent: Orville W. Jenkins
3 What “Happens” in Your Church?, Richard S. Taylor
4 Letters
5 “Try Me, I’m Pure”, Jeanette Davidson
6 The Silent Visitor (a Poem), Billie Jean Stephens
6 Your Mind and Holiness, Gordon Chilvers
8 Are You Really Expecting Jesus’ Return?, G. Weatherley
9 Nazarene Roots: Front Line Chaplain, Steve Cooley
10 Checking the Downward Drift, Paul T. Culbertson
11 A Prayer (a Poem), E. Ruth Glover
"Light rises in the darkness for the upright; the Lord is gracious, merciful, and righteous." (Psalm 112:4, RSV)
IN THIS ISSUE:
2 The Church Is Mission, General Superintendent: William M. Greathouse
3 I Believe In Church Planting, Frances Simpson
3 Church Music (a Poem), Joyce A. Chandler
4 Letters
5 “Called” – A Good Enough Reason, Randy Bynum
6 Unrest in the Church: What’s Behind It, Stan Meek
7 I Remember the Time, John W. May
8 Guarded By Peace, Jerry W. McCant
10 What’s Right With It?, Morris Chalfant
11 Is Restitution Still Important?, J. Walter Hall, Jr.
12 Death of a Musketeer, Dan M. Turk
"Share His Spirit with the nation" Church of the Nazarene
Cover Photo Credit: Bob Taylor
ARTICLES
4 “Share His Spirit with the Nation”, Gary Sivewright
5 Equipping Youth, Raymond W. Hurn
8 God’s Big Well, Stan Meek
9 A Witnessing Life-Style, Wayne M. Warner
10 Simon and Simon, Albert J. Lown
11 Faith is the Key, Elsie Mink
12 Holiness: The Positive Blessing, John W. May
13 “What about Me?”, Michael A. Vasquez
14 Living Once, William Goodman
15 One Never Knows!, J. Michael Curry
16 To Whom Should We Pray?, Jim Weeks
Brotherhood Sunday February 19, 1984/
Photo I D.: (I. to r.) Danny Cantwell and Shawn Rogers
IN THIS ISSUE:
2 So, Who’s Perfect?, General Superintendent: William M. Greathouse
3 Avoid the World’s Squeeze, Wally Johnston
3 Your Child (a Poem), Geraldine Nicholas
4 Letters
5 Nine Lies, G. Roger Schoenhals
6 Holiness Is Happiness, John W. May
7 Thank God for the Blackbirds!, Doyle C. Smith
8 Inescapable Alternatives, James B. Chapman
9 Nazarene Roots: Haldor Lillenas, Steve Cooley
10 When God Nudges, Lola M. Williams
11 Brain Tumor Couldn’t Defeat Him, Ted R. Hambrick
IN THIS ISSUE:
2 Nazarene Publishing House - Alive and Well, General Superintendent: Charles H. Strickland
3 The Halfway House Of Haran, Clare St. John
4 Letters
5 "The Year Of The Layman", General Superintendent: V. H. Lewis
6 The Future Is Certain, Gordon Chilvers
7 I Fear Not The Future (a poem), Charsten Christensen
8 "It's Awful Dark In Our Alley", Morris Chalfant
9 Life Is Measured By Our Walk, Elmer W. Pannier
10 When a Brother Becomes a Bother, WIlliam L. Poteet
IN THIS ISSUE:
2 Publishing Good News, General Superintendent: Eugene L. Stowe
3 A Miraculous Recovery, Evelyn Stenbock
4 Letters
5 Now’s the Time, Bud Reedy
6 Growing Older in the Grace of God, W. T. Purkiser
7 Reality (a Poem), Geraldine Nicholas
8 Love Has Veiled the Future, G. Weatherley
9 Be Still and Know (a Poem), Verla A. Mooth
9 Jealousy Defeated, Maynard James
10 Where Is Your God?, Eddie Cairns
11 We Are God’s Answer, Michael J. Christensen
12 The Threat of Spectatorism, Stan Meek
Seminary Sunday January 30, 1983; Photo ID: Dr. Oscar F Reed teaching homiletics.
IN THIS ISSUE:
2 A Great Vision Fulfilled, General Superintendent: William M. Greathouse
3 Christ Made the Difference, Terrell C. (Jack) Sanders, Jr.
4 Letters
5 A Happy Life, Paul R. Orjala
6 “Can God Be Real To Me Too?”, Charles “Chic” Shaver
7 Agents of Grace, Harold E. Raser
8 Doors Opened Wide, J. Kenneth Grider
9 My Difficulty (a Poem), Stan Meek
9 Clear Calls from God, Chester O. Galloway
10 The Surprises of Grace, Al Truesdale
10 Son of the Church, Oscar F. Reed
IN THIS ISSUE:
2 God Cares, General Superintendent: Charles H. Strickland
3 Your Thinking Shapes Your Living, Kenneth L. Dodge
4 Letters
5 Grapes over the Wall, Helen F. Rothwell
6 The Unchanging Christ, John F. Hay
8 The Way of Holiness, H. Kenneth Bedwell
9 Speaking Better To God, William Goodman
10 The Memory of the Righteous Is Blessed, C. Paul Gray
11 A Gift of Love, Roy L. Rhodes
12 The Strawberry Juice Communion: Tales from the Nazarene Archives, Steve Cooley
13 Castles (a Poem), Mabel P. Adamson
IN THIS ISSUE:
2 Wishy-Washy, General Superintendent: Jerald D. Johnson
3 The Grandest Image, Wayne LaForce
4 Letters
5 Who Took My Raspberries?, Leone A. Browning
5 Giving (a Poem), Walker K. Young
6 The Life and Times of Josiah Rachuj, Greg Mason
7 Clean and Available, Norman Moore
8 Tupperware, Chocolate Chip Cookies, and the Lord?, Gwen Rodgers
9 Chaplains and Changed Lives, Wally Johnston
10 The Church’s Ability to help those with a Disability, Lillian Johnston
11 Life’s Magnificence (a Poem), Stan Meek
A Father's Reflections on a Miscarriage/ When Father Punished Me/ Still Healed/ Church of the Nazarene
ARTICLES
4 “For This Child I Prayed...”, J. Michael Curry
5 When Father Punished Me, Mary E. Latham
6 A Father’s Reflections on a Miscarriage, Stephen M. Miller
7 A Christian Father, Sam Stearman
8 My Caravan Journey of Obedience, Betty Howard
9 Laid Off, Wes Allard
10 The River of God Runs Full, Stan Meek
12 Give an Offering from What You Have, Terrell Earnest
14 Still Healed, Joyce Hughes
15 Beauty for Ashes, Ann Womack Lundberg
16 The High Price of Building Tall, Jaime Kratz, Sr.
See page 6--"Golden Gate Community: An Urban Mission"
IN THIS ISSUE:
2 It's Time to Let Our Voices be Heard, General Superintendent: Jerald D. Johnson
3 The Local Church, Merrill S. Williams
4 Letters
5 The Impossible Sum, James L. Mathews
6 Golden Gate Community: An Urban Mission, Michael J. Christensen
8 The Street was Empty, R. Franklin Cook
9 Contrary Winds - Safe Landing (a poem), Alice Hansche Mortenson
10 Preparing Church-Type Mission Laborers, David Wilson
11 Graffiti, William Goodman
12 Sanctified by Cheap Grace, Stan Meek
13 Pew-Fodder?, Ross W. Hayslip
IN THIS ISSUE:
2 America’s New Mission Fields, General Superintendent: Charles H. Strickland
3 The Cross on the Hill, Stan Meek
4 Letters
5 A Place Called Gethsemane, Albert J. Lown
6 My Gethsemane (a Poem), Marcia Lee Krugh
6 Christ Gave… That the World May Know, General Superintendent: Raymond W. Hurn
8 Hold On, Russia! The Nazarenes Are Coming (Sometime)!, Ray Hendrix
9 “Ye Have Done It unto Me”, Wanda Gorman
9 The Reward (a Poem), Geraldine Nicholas
10 Now I Know “The God”, Nina Beegle
IN THIS ISSUE:
2 Agape and Torah, General Superintendent: William M. Greathouse
3 The Silence on Palm Sunday, Ross W. Hayslip
4 Letters
5 The Stones Cry Out, Richard S. Barnett
6 Sing - But Also Serve, Morris Chalfant
8 The Wondrous Cross, H. K. Bedwell
9 Nazarene Roots: Olivet Holiness University, Steve Cooley
9 The Bearers (a poem), Stan Meek
10 Why Is It Called "Good" Friday?, Lola M. Williams
11 Sowing and Reaping, Frances Simpson
12 Where, O Death, Is Your Sting?, Harvey J. S. Blaney
Nothing Can Separate Us from the Love of God/ "Receive the Holy Spirit"/ Patience in Prayer/ Church of the Nazarene
ARTICLES
4 Making Christianity Credible, Stan Meek
6 “Receive the Holy Spirit”, Frank G. Carver
7 A Continuing Story, Robert H. Scott
8 Nothing Can Separate Us from the Love of God, Michael J. Christensen
10 Patience in Prayer, J. Grant Swank, Jr.
12 Our Comforting Attorney, Morris Chalfant
14 “Grace” Sings It All, J. Ray Shadowens
16 The New Age… The Old Lie, John D. Wilcox
What Makes a Church Grow?/ Holiness and Eternal Things/ Brokering the True Power/ Church of the Nazarene
ARTICLES
4 What Makes A Church Grow?, Artie H. Whitworth
5 Giving To Keep, Charles Gailey
6 Love Conquers All, Albert Lown
10 Holiness and Eternal Things, J. Melton Thomas
11 The Hayford Street Gang, Russell Metcalfe
12 Our Help Comes From God, Dorothy Boone Kidney
14 Brokering the True Power, Stan Meek
16 Caring For the Homosexual, Paul D. Tarrant
17 Am I Dodging Accountability?, Dellora West
IN THIS ISSUE:
2 God's Commandments are Still "Yea and Amen", General Superintendent: Jerald D. Johnson
3 It's Important to God, Paul T. Culbertson
4 Letters
5 Whose Shadow Cast?, Stan Meek
6 Ascent to the Father, Merrill S. Williams
7 The Great Event at Pentecost, Ross W. Hayslip
8 Why Stand Ye Gazing?, Michael B. Ross
9 Nazarene Roots: The Pentecostal Church of Scotland, Steve Cooley
10 Pentecost: Life-Giving Spirit of Power and Cleansing, Ivan A. Beals
IN THIS ISSUE:
2 The Duty of Privilege, General Superintendent: Orville W. Jenkins
3 A Cup of Cold Water, Dallas Mucci
4 Letters
5 How Shall We Celebrate "The Year of the Layman"?, General Superintendent: William M. Greathouse
6 Tranquility (a poem), Alice Hansche Mortenson
7 The Christian and Confidence, J. Kenneth Grider
8 His Cross - And Ours, Paul T. Culbertson
9 Kindness (a poem), Alton Hacker
10 I Weep Not for Brandon, Clare St. John
11 Devotions at Bedtime, Myron L. Tweed
