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Personal Prayer and Scripture Reading

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

Church Worker’s Personal Spirituality

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

“A Single Eye to God’s Glory”

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

“Like the Sun Shining Upon the Earth”

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

Together—A Dwelling Place

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

Church Workers’ Perceptions about Workplace Environment in the Non-Education Sector

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

Adventist Education Workers’ Perceptions of Their Workplace Environment

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

Church Workers’ Orientation on the Relationship between Local Organizations/Institutions and the Larger Adventist Church

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

Are We Serving Two Masters in Our Institutions?

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

Church Workers’ Likelihood of Attending Church for the Rest of their Lives

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

Adventist Church Membership 2024

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

Workers’ Commitment to Local Adventist Church

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

What Do Church Employees Believe About Salvation Through the Church?

“Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12 NKJV). The 2025 Institutional Workers’ Survey included questions relating to salvation to gauge employees’ attitudes towards the Church’s beliefs on salvation by faith vs. works, perfectionism, and the role … Continued

What Do Church Employees Think the Top Priorities of the Church Should Be?

Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father (Philippians 2:9–11, … Continued

Understanding the Church’s Mission

Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms (1 Peter 4:10, NIV). In a previous post, we saw the extent to which employees at Seventh-day Adventist institutions believed that they served the mission of the church through their work, as … Continued

Serving the Mission of the Church Through Your Work

You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth (Acts 1:8, NIV). According to the General Conference Working Policy, the mission of the Seventh-day Adventist Church is to “Make disciples of Jesus … Continued

Who Is Working for the Adventist Church?

All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work (2 Timothy 3:16-17, NKJV). In 2023, the Adventist Church initiated the Institutional Workers’ Survey among workers, both Adventist and non-Adventist, … Continued

Pastors’ Perceptions about Digital Evangelism

“But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect…” (1 Peter 3:15 NIV). As Christians, what are we here to do, if not to “give the reason … Continued

Pastors’ Community Involvement

If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead (James 2:15-17 … Continued

Salvation by Faith II

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast (Ephesians 2:8–9 NIV). From the beginning, the Seventh-day Adventist Church has had a push-pull relationship with the doctrine of Salvation by Faith. It is a … Continued