Seventh-Day Adventist Church

Overview

     
    AN OVERVIEW OF ASIAN/PACIFIC MINISTRIES DEPARTMENT IN THE  
PACIFIC UNION CONFERENCE
(2011-2016)
By VicLouis Arreola III, PhD
 A.   THEME:  “Many Cultures, One Message, One Savior”
 B.   MISSION: “Reaching Up, Reaching In, and Reaching Out in all Asian/Pacific communities in North American Division”
 C.   CORE VALUES: To hasten the coming of Jesus through the S.T.A.R.T. Ministry Program
 

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Spiritual Renewal
Training & Leadership Development
Attracting People to Jesus
Reaping the Harvest
Transforming New Disciples
 D.   VISION: To achieve a healthy, mission-focused membership growth of 20% in all Asian/Pacific churches by 2016. (Unless the Lord comes sooner!)
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STRATEGIES:  Getting from Here to There
 

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Prioritizing revival meetings in all Asian/Pacific churches.
Equipping and enabling workers and members to be effective servant-leaders and soul-winners, making each church a center of evangelism.
Focusing on the community for relational and friendship evangelism.
Conducting reaping campaigns led by Asian/Pacific pastors, utilizing the spiritual gifts and support of the local church team.
Establishing discipleship programs to assimilate new members and help them grow spiritually as faithful Seventh-day Adventist members.
Reaching the wolrd next door through the growing immigrant population in the US. 
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Korean            
Filipinos              
Indonesians               
Japanese                   
Vietnamese              
Chinese   
Hmong
Laotians
Cambodians
Tongans
Samoans
Thai
Fijians (new)
Karens (new)
Nepalese (new)        
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INSPIRED WORDS FROM GOD’S MESSENGER: “In the cities of America there are people of almost every language. These need the light that God has given to His Church,” Evangelism 571.3.