"The Atlantic Union Conference Pastors and Teachers Manual provides pastors and teachers with the tools for a team approach to integrating Adventist education into church life as a means of preparing children and youth to be Christ’s disciples on this ear...
"This manual serves as a guide for pastors and teachers in their collaborative ministry that bolsters
Adventist Education and prepares young people for meaningful participation in society and more
importantly, prepares them to meet Jesus when he returns...
This article presents creative ways a pastor can support a school and become actively involved in the life of the local church school. Ideas presented include: support through church programs, sermons, scheduled and unscheduled appearances at school, an...
An exploration of the three-fold work of church, home, and school in leading children to connect to God personally. By applying and expounding upon the Together Growing Fruitful Disciples (TGFD) model, the Greater Sydney Conference is experiencing noticea...
"In Part 1, readers were introduced to the design and methodology of a study that examined Adventist culture within the continental United States–its roots, its ramifications, and its relativity among church members. Part 2 will share the results and find...
In this sermon Smith challenges "some of the myths underlining the role of Seventh-day Adventist education in preparing students for service." Suitable for Education Sabbath, the sermon notes are available in MS Word format, facilitating editing.
"Ambassadors for Adventist Christian Education (AACE) is an organization of individuals who recognize the benefits of Adventist Education (AE) and its influence on all facets of a person’s life. Its mission is to build support for Adventist schools. Build...
A teacher and a pastor discuss how education and pastoring overlap extensively in the area of discipleship. Educators would benefit from pastoral approaches and pastors would benefit from broadening their instructional approaches and understanding.
Schools are the growing mission front of the Adventist church. They are our means of reaching unchurched families and attracting the attention of the community. This article explores the importance of linking the school with a campus church, working sid...
With higher education facing serious financial, enrollment, and identity challenges, college boards are the object of considerable discussion and controversy. During this year following the General Conference Session most of the Adventist colleges and uni...
“Our schools must be campuses that provide a loving gospel subculture for our children and can be centers of gospel evangelism for our communities, as well. Where we once tried to reach our communities directly from our churches, now our churches can also...
Learn how pastors and educators can work together to help the church school thrive. Resources are divided into the following categories:
Getting Involved with Your School
Community Care & Involvement
Becoming a Community Center
Worshiping with Your Co...
"From history to current research, Adventist schools continue to be the number one perpetuating factor for the church. The Together as One journey of the Oregon Conference [was] shared, as well as examples of specific case studies experiencing successful ...
Why empty desks in our classrooms? And what can we do about them? Is this just a challenge of marketing for our schools? Is it time to think differently? It is a matter of great concern if a child, for whatever reason, is not at one of our schools. Throug...
One crucial issue in the success of Adventist church schools is the relationship between the pastor and teacher. While the pastor is not the supervisor to the teacher, he is often viewed as such. Another misconception views the teacher as being on the B...
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the attitudes of church pastors concerning the Seventh-day Adventist educational system, its policies and practices. Pastors were surveyed to determine their expressed perceptions of Adventist education a...
David Larson examines how Christian colleges and universities become secular institutions by discussing four books on the subject. Questions that church leaders and campus administrators should ask and answer are 1) whether both the church and the campus...
School counseling services are needed at all levels to help students reach their full potential as children of God. Few Adventist schools have counselors on staff. Programming that balances academic, spiritual, and emotional elements will allow the self-d...
Published by the Southern Union Conference, this handbook explains the why and how of a home and center association in an early childhood setting. "Education leaders, pastors, church officers, senior citizens, singles and all church members should be enli...
"The Home and School Association is a valuable part of the Adventist education team. This book outlines the basic areas encompassed by Home and School:
Promoting Adventist education
Planning meetings and events
Communicating with the church
Encouragin...
The author surveyed Adventists in the Lake Union Conference about the possibility of developing Adventist special-education programs for the mentally retarded. The only way for all Adventist children to be enrolled in Adventist schools is to develop speci...
This editorial provides an introduction linking each article in this issue. Centered on discipleship and building bridges between church and school, pastors and educators, Christian education should focus on the holistic development of students as they c...
An editorial report on the first Adventist Teacher's Seminar held in Russia. Ganson shares education news from Russia, such as final arrangements for an elementary school in Moscow, translation and distribution of Ellen White's book Education, and the m...
"The Seventh-day Adventist Church has a long and firm tradition of education. Abundant counsel from an inspired source has been given from its early history about the influence of home, church, and school and how these three sources influence student deve...
"How many more constituents are sitting in pews of churches waiting to be inspired to get involved, waiting to use their gifts to improve their local church school?"
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This 2012 NAD Teachers' Convention presentation discusses principal-pastor relationships as they relate to mentoring, collaboration, communication, and support. If you are the principal or constituent church pastor of a school, then this session is for yo...
Problem statement: The two major issues addressed in this study are the professional relationship that exists between the educators in K-10 schools and pastors who serve the churches that host the schools and the professional roles that each serves in th...
This article from the JAE special child evangelism issue focuses on the collaboration and cooperation of pastors and teachers. It suggests collaboration strategies, proposes some plans, and shares a vision of what can result from effective collaborative o...
"Educators have increasingly demonstrated commitment to, and invested much effort in advancing the cause of pastoral care, action research, and the status of teaching as a profession, over the last two decades. What is largely unrecognized is how these ar...
This article shares testimonies and tributes to pastors who invest themselves in church schools. The insights inspire and hopefully spark ideas for healthy partnerships between church and school in the ministry of Christian education of all God's childre...
Support of constituent churches is important to schools operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The Church has been carrying on a Christian educational program in Taiwan for 35 years. Today the Church has a college and academy on the Island and the ...
The purpose of this study was to identify the perceptions of the Seventh-day Adventist Church ministers concerning the values, effectiveness, fiscal status, and future structure of the SDA schools. Results from the Southern Union showed that the SDA minis...
Purpose. The purpose of this study was to determine the perceptions of educators concerning ministerial support for Christian education, areas of dissatisfaction by educators with their jobs and the likelihood of their continued teaching in SDA schools, a...
These guidelines for local churches and their role in religious instruction were developed by the Inter-European (formerly Euro-Africa) Division (EUD). Also available in French: L'Instruction Religieuse: Directives pour Les Eglise Locale.
Download the logo form you need to insert in your school communication and signage, for clear identity. This link includes guidelines on acceptable use and formats.
This Education Sabbath sermon, prepared by the Manitoba-Saskatchawan Education Superintendent, is available in MS Word format so it can be edited as needed.
The author proposes that much of the alienation and disillusionment towards religion that affects today's youth is second generational. Factors contributing to the youth's apathy toward religion are breakdown of authority, the Adventist identity, and refu...
Adapted from Dr. Moskala’s 2017 presentation at the LEAD Conference in Slovenia, this article involving pastor and school collaboration "shares a vision for the revitalizing of Adventist education by proposing to do things differently."
"It is a balmy summer evening and Central Coast Adventist School is preparing to open their gates. Everything is ready for the ‘hordes’ about to stream through the gates. Camels are saddled, farm animals are in their pens, tax collectors are out in force ...
This field guide for pastors and school planters wanting to open an Adventist school is a summary of a yearlong process one committed pastor couple completed. For the accompanying article, scroll up to page 32, or click here.
Based on his keynote address at the Atlantic Union Conference Pastor/Teacher Convention in August 2009, Knight shows that the pastoral field and the educators field have the same mission as two Seventh-day Adventist ministries. It is imperative that both ...
Purpose: This study examines the attitudes of Seventh-day Adventist ministers regarding the importance of denominational elementary and secondary schools and self-perceived levels of support. The study also compares identified demographic variables in ord...
"Campus churches, situated on school grounds, are growing in number within Christian education systems in Australia. In this relationship, the school partners with the campus church in providing a community of faith. This case study investigated senior st...