Raison d'être means the reason for being. This sermon addresses the Church's reason for being in preaching and teaching the truth of God and preserving the truth that God through Christ revealed to the Church of God. The Church must not lose its identity and thus must proclaim the precious truths that sets it apart as the Church of God as revealed in scripture and summarized to a large degree by the seven great questions of life.

Donald Ward

Elder, United Church of God

Before his retirement in 2021, Dr. Donald Ward pastored churches in Texas and Louisiana, and taught at Ambassador Bible College in Cincinnati, Ohio. He has also served as chairman of the Council of Elders of the United Church of God. He holds a BS degree; a BA in theology; a MS degree; a doctor’s degree in education from East Texas State University; and has completed 18 hours of graduate theology from SMU.