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ADVENTIST ORGANIZATIONS
ADRA (Humanitarian Aid) – Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is a humanitarian agency which, through its financial, material and technical resources, supports, rehabilitates and enhances the quality of life and well-being of communities and citizens in developing countries with particular attention to the extremely deprived. http://www.adra.org/
Adventist Chaplaincy Ministries – Adventist Chaplaincy Ministries serves as the official link to organizations using professional chaplains in secular or church related institutions. ACM screens and endorses professionally prepared Adventist chaplains to serve in the areas of healthcare, corrections, campus and the military. http://www.adventistchaplains.org/
Adventist Professionals' Network – The Adventist Professionals' Network is an electronic global registry of Adventists who hold a college or university degree in any field. APN assists participating institutions in locating consultants with expertise, volunteers for short mission assignments, and candidates for positions in teaching, administration, and research. https://apn.adventist.org
Adventist Review – In print for more than 150 years, the Adventist Review is the flagship journal of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Founded by James and Ellen White in 1849, the magazine is the one of the oldest religious publications in North America. The Review is published weekly and has a paid circulation of more than 50,000. http://www.adventistreview.org/
Adventist Risk Management – Adventist Risk Management serves the Seventh-day Adventist Church on a global basis from four offices: Silver Spring, Maryland; Atlanta, Georgia; Riverside, California; St. Albans, England; and Sao Paulo, Brazil. 130 employees provide professional risk management service in the areas of risk control consultation and education, property/casulty insurance, health care claims adjudication and personal risk services. http://www.adventistrisk.org/
Adventist World Radio – Adventist World Radio is the international radio broadcast arm of the Seventh-day Adventist Church .Created in 1971, AWR uses shortwave radio and other forms of media to fulfill the great proclamation of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. http://www.awr.org/
Archives and Statistics – The Office of Archives and Statistics manages the Records Center and Archives of the denomination's world headquarters and produces the denomination's annual directory, the Yearbook, and its annual statistical summary. While its responsibilities are limited to the headquarters complex, its staff are available as consultants to the church's organizations and institutions, as time permits. http://ast.gc.adventist.org/
Biblical Research Institute – The institute provides biblical studies in written form, review documents, answers questions on biblical matters, distributes informative papers on specific topics, presents programs for ministers' meetings, provides specialized short courses for ministerial education programs, operates a vigorous program of Bible Land seminars from the Jerusalem Center in Israel, publishes major book-length studies on specific subjects. http://biblicalresearch.gc.adventist.org/
Children's Ministries – The General Conference Children’s Ministries website was created to introduce ourselves to the world. We hope that, after visiting our site, you will know more about our mission, our goals, our programs, and our resources. Children's. Ministries is dedicated to minister to the whole child, providing opportunities for spiritual growth in relationship to God, others and self. http://childrensministries.gc.adventist.org/
Education – The Education Department is responsible for the supervision, coordination, promotion and quality control of the global Seventh-day Adventist educational system. This includes 5,500 schools, colleges and universities, with 47,000 teachers and almost one million students in 100 countries. In addition to curricular materials and textbooks, the department publishes "The Journal of Adventist Education" and "College and University Dialogue" in four language editions. http://education.gc.adventist.org/
Family Ministries – The focus of Family Ministries is upon relationships. It is a ministry to the "and," such as in husband and wife, parent and child. Thus this ministry concerns itself primarily with relational dynamics rather than the needs of individuals per se. The basic target areas of emphasis are premarital guidance, strengthening marriage and parent education, with attention also given to extended families, single parenting, step-family needs, and the family needs of singles. http://familyministries.gc.adventist.org/
Geoscience Research Institute – The mission of the Geoscience Research Institute is to assist the Church through the study of the world of nature with the purpose of discovering the underlying harmony between science and Scripture. One of the many intersections between science and religion is the question of origins. The Institute focuses on this and related matters. http://www.grisda.org/
Global Mission – A special initiative voted at the 1990 General Conference session, Global Mission focuses specifically on those parts of the world where there are no Adventists. This can range from an unentered suburb in a North American city through to an unentered country in the Middle East. A vital part of Global Mission is the pioneer program. Pioneers are laypeople who volunteer at least a year of their time to establish a congregation in an unentered area within their own culture. http://www.global-mission.org/
Health Ministries Department – The Health Ministries Department serves as a resource for information and counsel on health and temperance affairs; advises the Church and its departments and related agencies on health and/or temperance related policies and programs; promotes a healthful life-style among church members through literature, programs and Sabbath services; provides through publications, services, and programs, an ongoing witness to the world concerning the physical, mental and soul-destroying effects of tobacco, alcohol and other substances. http://health20-20.org/
Home Study International – Since 1909 Home Study International has served more than 300,000 students from over 60 countries through its flexible yet structured preschool, K-12, and college programs. HSI offers homeschoolers and their parents the assurance of a Christ-centered curriculum and the benefits of state approval and national accreditation. HSI-managed college degree programs are also available through regionally-accredited Adventist institutions of higher learning. http://www.hsi.edu/
Let's Talk – Let’s Talk promotes better communication between Seventh-day Adventist young people and their church leaders by encouraging them to e-mail their comments and questions directly to the office of the world church president, Pastor Jan Paulsen. http://letstalk.adventist.org/
Ministerial Association – The Ministerial Association serves pastors, pastors' families, local church elders/company leaders, and Ministerial Association Secretaries. There are seven entities in the Ministerial Association which are as follows: Continuing Education, Elder's Training, Evangelism and Church Growth, Ministry, PREACH Program, Resource Center and Shepherdess International. http://www.ministerialassociation.com/
National Account – The National Account Program is a service of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventist under the direction of the treasury department in Silver Spring, Maryland. The combined purchasing power of the church enables us to negotiate exceptional contract pricing that we can offer to our member organizations. http://www.adventist.org/national-account/
Office of Mission Awareness – The Office of Mission Awareness provides information and promotion to the church in various formats such as video and print media, as well as sponsoring mission emphasis programming in the Sabbath School, the church worship service and other special events featuring mission emphasis. http://www.adventistmission.org/
Presidential – Presidential covers the primary leadership and administrative role for the Adventist Church. http://presidential.gc.adventist.org/
Public Affairs and Religious Liberty – Public Affairs and Religious Liberty supports religious liberty internationally as one of the fundamental principles of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and as a God-given right. PARL represents the world headquarters of the Church on government issues, has an office at the United Nations, and hosts many diplomatic meetings to reinforce relations between the Church and different countries. http://parl.gc.adventist.org/
Publishing – The Publishing Department of the General Conference gives leadership to the work of the publishing departments worldwide, Home/Family Health Education Service offices, Adventist Book Centers, literature ministry seminaries, and literature evangelists. http://publishing.gc.adventist.org/
Sabbath School/Personal Ministries – The Sabbath School/Personal Ministries Department provides Sabbath School Bible Study Guides, designs material for Sabbath School programming, offers training and resources to teachers and members, cooperates with the Office of Mission Awareness in the promotion of support for world missions, and designs programs and resources to help those areas of the world where church growth is limited. http://sspm.gc.adventist.org/
Secretariat – The Secretariat Department has a basic responsibility in the selection and recommendation of personnel appointed from the North American Division to other divisions. It has a secondary cooperating responsibility for all calls between divisions, for the mission program of the church in general, and for processing general calls in the North American Division. Another important responsibility of Secretariat is the preparation of committee agendas and the preservation of committee minutes. http://secretariat.gc.adventist.org/
Stewardship – The Stewardship Department provides leadership training and education of church members in stewardship principles. http://adventiststewardship.com/
The Ellen G. White Estate, Inc. – The Ellen G. White Estate is an organization created by the last will and testament of Ellen White to act as her agent in the preservation and publication of her literary works, including translating her writings for circulation around the world. In addition to arranging for the publication of these works in printed form, the trustees of the White Estate have made her writings available on the Internet and on CD-ROM. http://www.whiteestate.org/
Trust Services – A specialized ministry at every level of the church whereby individuals and families may give their continuing support to God's work through wills, trusts, annuities, and other special gifts. Trust Services offers financial, estate and gift planning information. Services generally are free -- so every church member can effectively manage the resources God entrusts to them. http://www.willplan.org/
United Nations Liaison Office – The United Nations Liaison Office (a Department of Public Affairs and Religious Liberty) web site contains information regarding current events at the United Nations and church observations at the U.N. It also includes religious liberty materials regarding world affairs. http://un.adventist.org/
Women's Ministries – Women's Ministries is the department that ministers to the spiritual, emotional, physical and social needs of women. It encourages women to improve their potential and participation in the mission of the church. It provides a support system for hurting women, and a forum to help address topics and issues as they affect women in and out of the church. It promotes programs to mentor young women and encourages college young women academically through a scholarship program. http://wm.gc.adventist.org/
Youth – Responsibilities of the Youth Department include: initiate specific long-term strategic planning to meet youth ministry needs in consultation with divisions; initiate ideas, plans, and programs in cooperation with division youth ministries personnel; coordinate, evaluate, and monitor youth ministries work and resource materials worldwide; plan, develop, produce, and oversee, in consultation with the divisions, the implementation of a world curricula for religious education of youth; conduct training seminars, workshops, and congresses both for the department and the specialized ministries or programs withing the department. http://youth.gc.adventist.org/
OTHER ADVENTIST RESOURCES
Adventist Health Study 2, a new health research study of 125,000 Seventh-day Adventists in the United States. Researchers from the Loma Linda University School of Public Health in California, are conducting the study in partnership with Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama, and the North American Division. The study is funded by the National Institutes of Health. http:// www.adventisthealthstudy.org .
Amazing Facts Ministries, Roseville, California, your trusted partner in evangelism. Hundreds of resources available online to enhance your walk with Jesus and help you lead others to Him. Online Bible studies through http:// www.amazingfacts.org and http:// www.bibleuniverse.com. Radio and TV programs for your community, and expert help to get them on the air.
Christian Record Services (CRS), Lincoln, Nebraska, helps the blind and visually impaired see Jesus. Established in 1899 by the Seventh-day Adventist Church, CRS serves 72 countries around the world providing Braille, large print, and audio materials free of charge to the blind, legally blind, and those who can not hold a book. The Christian Record Braille Magazine is the oldest continuously published Braille spiritual periodical in the U. S.. Volunteers and representatives call or visit 50,000 blind in their homes, providing Bible studies and other services. Each summer more 1,000 persons attend CRS' blind camps free of charge. A list of CRS free materials is available at http://www.christianrecord.org
Hope Channel, Silver Spring, Maryland, shares the eternal hope found in Jesus Christ through a 24 hour a day television network that saturates the globe on 5 satellites. Uplink sponsors of 70 NET evangelistic programs, the Hope Channel is part of the Adventist Television Network. Hope Channel is designed to lead people from all religious backgrounds to Jesus. Visit http://www.hopetv.org
It Is Written International Television, Simi Valley, California, a deeply spiritual ministry passionate about communicating the gospel to the world through a weekly television program, worldwide evangelistic ministry, and resources for Christian living and witnessing. It Is Written is led by Mark Finley and Shawn Boostra. Visit http://www.itiswritten.com
Loma Linda University and Medical Center, Loma Linda, California, the flagship medical and educational institution of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church. http://www.llu.edu.
Adventist Community Services, Silver Spring, Maryland, is the domestic humanitarian agency of the Seventh-day Adventist Church that meets people’s immediate needs through social services at more than 1,000 localities in nearly 200 cities in the United States and Bermuda. http://www.communityservices.org.
PlusLine, Westlake Village, California, helping church members to find ministry-related information. As the official help desk of the North American Division, Plusline provides easy access to data via telephone and Internet. Ministry consultants often conduct personalized searches to track down materials. PlusLine assists with program ideas for local church leaders, acessing books and materials, connecting people with resource organizations, providing phone numbers and addresses, and even registration. Call (800) 732-7587 http://www.plusline.org.
Three Angels Broadcasting Network (3ABN) shares the powerful messages of God's Word through three 24-hour-a-day networks. Five satellites, more than 100 UHF stations, and more than 250 cable systems carry the programming of 3ABN Television, 3ABN Radio, and 3ABN Latino to every inhabited continent. There is something for everyone, including information on health, family, spiritual motivation, and Christian lifestyle. http://www.3abn.org