He hosted the television program The Evidence[3] Nelson serves as adjunct teacher of homiletics at the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary at Andrews.
In 1994, the Pioneer Memorial Church hosted ABC Television's National Christmas Eve service.
It was broadcast live October 9 to November 14, 1998, from Pioneer Memorial Church on the campus of Andrews University.
[6] While Nelson preached upstairs in the main sanctuary of the church, downstairs in 38 cubicles, translators repeated his message in the various languages broadcast live around the world.
Nelson says he intentionally chose to shift the focus from the apocalyptic to the relational because so many people lead lives of broken relationships.