Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path (Psalm 119:105 NKJV). As Seventh-day Adventists, we recognize the emphasis that Scripture places on prayer and the study of God’s Word—the lamp to our feet and light on our paths. In exploring institutional employees’ practices of personal spirituality, the researchers sought … Continued
So then, just as you have received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to walk in him, being rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, and overflowing with gratitude (Colossians 2:6–7 CSB). The practices of denominational employees’ personal spirituality were addressed in the 2023 Institutional Church Workers’ … Continued
Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship (Romans 12:1, NIV). One of the goals of the 2023 Institutional Workers’ Survey was to find out was about Adventist Church employees’ practices of … Continued
So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. Ephesians 4:11–13 NIV … Continued
So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. … Continued
God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them (Hebrews 6:10 NIV). In its efforts to understand the experiences and opinions of employees at Church institutions, the Institutional Workers’ Survey 2023 asked workers how much they … Continued
And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ (Colossians 3:23-24 NKJV). In the effort to understand the experiences and opinions of employees at Church institutions, the Institutional Workers’ Survey … Continued
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning (Proverbs 9:9 KJV). Church leaders are interested in knowing how well the relationship between the mission of institutions and the mission of the Church is explained to institutional employees when they start their … Continued
No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money (Matthew 6:24, NIV). All around the world, Seventh-day Adventist institutions have gained a reputation for excellence. At the same time, … Continued
And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching (Hebrews 10:24–25 NIV). Regular church attendance is important to Seventh-day Adventists, both for … Continued
God is faithful in his His unwavering, consistent, and trustworthy character. He always keeps His promises, never abandons His people, and acts in accordance with His nature regardless of human circumstances. It is a divine, daily mercy that persists even when people are unfaithful, serving as a secure foundation for trust and a shield against despair. Psalm 33:4 states, “For the word of the Lord … Continued
And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works,not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching (Hebrews 10:24–25 NKJV). Anecdotal evidence has shown for many years that denominational institutions … Continued