THE FOUR GOALS OF SABBATH SCHOOL
The Sabbath School/Personal Ministries Department was established as a major setting for religious education in the Seventh-day Adventist Church. It exists to teach and
proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ. To honor this original purpose, the Sabbath School/Personal Ministries Department communicates the good news with the objective to win, hold, and train for Jesus
Christ, men, women, youth, boys and girls, throughout the world. The 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.
Personal Ministries is a facet of the church whose origin can be traced to the beginning of Seventh-day Adventist® history in the 1860s. It endeavors to inspire,
motivate, equip, train, and mobilize all members for dynamic Christian service with the conviction that “The church of Christ is organized for service” (Ministry of Healing, p. 148) and “Every son
and daughter of God is called to be a missionary; we are called to the service of God and our fellow men” (The Ministry of Healing, p. 395).
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