Four Corners Where the Holy Spirit Touches Navajo Hearts: The Story of the Four Corners Native American Ministry of the United Methodist Church - Tapa blanda

Within the borders of the Navajo Nation reservation in the Southwestern U.S. is a unique program known as the Four Corners Native American Ministry of The United Methodist Church. In a culture that can be hostile to Christians and where Navajo believers are often ostracized by their families and neighbors, Navajo people of God encourage and support each other, taking Jesus Christ to fellow Navajos and living powerful Christian lives. This thirty-year-old ministry has often struggled: sometimes with religious authorities, sometimes with other Native American organizations, and frequently with finances. Four Corners celebrates how the Holy Spirit continues to work: enabling the ministry to build churches, make disciples, train lay pastors, influence youth, and always stay true to the way of the Lord.

Stan Sager graduated with a bachelor's degree in zoology from the University of Kansas. He served as a communications and operations officer in the U.S. Navy during the Korean war and later earned a law degree from Washburn University of Topeka, Topeka, Kansas. As an attorney in Albuquerque, New Mexico, he founded and grew his own firm to one of New Mexico's largest. Sager served as a member of the New Mexico Board of Bar Commissioners and co-chaired various task forces that addressed the legal needs of New Mexico's poor. His work earned hiim the New Mexico state bar's LaFollette Pro Bono Award, the Professionalism Award, and other honors. He served the New Mexico Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church as chancellor and as treasurer of its foundation. He was a member of the board of the United Methodism's General Council on Finance and Administration. He led New Mexico's lay delegation to General Conference three times. Sager was elected to chair the General Conference Legislative Committee on Financial Administration, chaired the Committee on Audit and Review, and authored or co-authored many fiscal policies of the denomination as well as a booklet on internal audit and control, and a revised version of the Local Church Audit Guide. He received the Judge Woodrow B. Seals Award from the Perkins School of Theology, Dallas, for his work with the poor and his leadership in restructuring the financial reporting system of the denomination. Stan Sager lives in Albuquerque with his wife, Shirley.