Personal Ministries
Our Challenge
Seventh-day Adventists believe the focus of the church's mission is the same today that it has always been: "Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you." (Matthew 28:19,20) While we should engage in numerous activities as we respond to human need as Jesus did, our principal task is to "make disciples." In the secular culture of post-modern Britain, our challenge is to use every possible means - both traditional and innovative - to meet people where they are with the good news about Jesus.
Our Function
The department of "Personal Ministries" in the local church exists to encourage and empower its lay members to respond to the Gospel commission within their local church and community. The department exists at the BUC to co-operate with it's Conference and Mission leaders to:
Identify and develop resources and training events that will assist pastors to "build up" the local church and develop each congregation into a Biblically authentic community.
Assist pastors in training, equipping and resourcing every member in soul-winning service for God.
Encourage local congregations to serve their communities in practical ways, and to promote and organise, in partnership with ADRA, the annual Ingathering campaign for the relief of human suffering abroad.
Augustus Lawrence
Personal Ministries Director
TED and BUC Mission Funding
GROW Your Church
GROW Your Church is the General Conference worldwide initiative that provides resources for the mission of making disciples through the agricultural process of Preparing, Planting, Cultivating, Harvesting, and Preserving.
Global TMI
Global TMI is a strategy for every Seventh-day Adventist Church to actively engage in making disciples. The strategy aims to involve every church member, institution,and administrative entity in spreading the gospel message.
The Adventist Mission
The Adventist Mission operates six Global Mission Centers around the world. Their purpose is to help Adventists to know how to build bridges of understanding and friendship with people from major world religions and philosophies; how to understand the beliefs and cultures of other world religions and equip Adventists to interact with them in social and business settings. We believe that an informed Adventist can better represent God when they understand and respect the beliefs and cultures of others around them.
The web site for each Center is listed below. Visit these websites and learn to know your neighbours.