Departments

Strategic leadership and supervision to each department and ministry which is a part of the North American Division.

Oversight and service in six key areas: church policies, missions, human relations, administrative operations, special projects/initiatives, and resources.

Administrative and financial leadership of the North American Division, as well as a trustee and steward of the funds received.

Representing denominational interests in the chaplaincy and military-related services.

Enhancing international acquisition within the Adventist network of education and to provide specifically designed educational opportunities for North American students wishing to study abroad.

Serving communities in Christ's name.

Empowering people with the passion and skills necessary to further the Kingdom of Christ in the 21st century.

Sharing a Christ-centered message of hope and wholeness through technology and media.

Encouraging the use of vocations as a ministry to aid in the advancement of the great gospel commission.

Empowering Leaders. Impacting Kids.

Conveying the inspirational story about the Seventh-day Adventist® Church in North America.

Building bridges between the Deaf and hearing members and empowering the Deaf so they may partner with the church in completing the gospel commission.

Encouraging local congregations to give special attention to individuals with disabilities, including the development of programs for witnessing to people with disabilities and making our churches accessible to all.

Providing opportunity for students to accept Christ as their Savior, to allow the Holy Spirit to transform their lives, and to fulfill the commission of preaching the gospel to all the world.

Reaching Families for Eternity.

Sharing hope and wholeness through the healing power of Christ

Relationship-building to engage Adventist members with their communities, create awareness of the work of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and raise funds for the support of Seventh-day Adventist compassionate ministries in North America and the world.

Empowering members to light their worlds with inspirational literature

An award winning, bi-monthly, 32-page religious journal that features uplifting interviews, thoughtful analysis of current events and the prophetic voice of spiritual leaders.

Empowering the ministerial community in leading churches to reach their world for Christ.

Making disciples of all people, communicating the everlasting gospel in the context of the three angels’ messages of Revelation 14:6–12, leading them to accept Jesus as personal Savior and unite with His remnant Church, discipling them to serve Him as Lord and preparing them for His soon return.

Enhancing, supporting, and coordinating with the existing Native Ministries, both denominationally operated and supporting ministries, that exist throughout the NAD.

Tangibly expressing the Division’s commitment to inspire a love for evangelism in seminary students, pastors, and lay ministers.

Connecting North American volunteers to mission opportunities that effectively meet the needs of people and communities across North American and around the world.

Serving the Adventist Church in the North American Division as the primary source for fundraising information and assistance through training, consulting, informational resources, on-site visits, and personal contact for the purpose of assisting organizations in acquiring funds to fulfill their missions.

Spiritually strengthening and supporting every ministry, pastor, and administrator at every level of the church by fusing the three fundamental elements of mission—prayer, Bible study, and ministry

Proclaiming and defending the God-given gift of religious freedom which is integral to our prophetic role as Seventh-day Adventists® and primary evangelistic efforts.

Resourcing the movement of our people from membership to discipleship in the areas of Sabbath School, Personal and Prison Ministries.

Engaging and educating members that their faith in Jesus is inseparably connected to managing the time, talent, and treasure entrusted to them by God.

Modeling Jesus Christ through meaningful relationships and effective ministries.

Providing practical resources, training, and mentoring opportunities to youth leaders and their youth, and creating a youth ministries presence in every church.

Providing opportunities for participants to secure retirement benefits by tracking employment, providing planning opportunities, encouraging savings, processing and granting benefits, and speaking on behalf of retirees.

Providing resources for those seeking information pertaining to Seventh-day Adventist North American Division history, official documents, and statistics. Providing record management and archival services for the proper arrangement, storage, and preservation of the records produced throughout the denomination’s headquarters.

Helping ministries, conferences, unions, and the divisions better understand, connect with, and provide relevant cost effective initiatives and services to church members through social media outreach and big data analytics, and give voices to member needs and thoughts.

Providing churches with software tools for membership and church management. Providing administrators and leaders with data trends and insights to facilitate church vitality and evangelism.

Delivering professional and efficient event planning, management solutions, and training for ministry departments and affiliates of the North American Division.

Serving the North American Division by managing the building and property so its workers are able to effectively engage in their ministries.

Maintaining a Christ-centered and professional environment that attracts, develops and retains our diverse workforce.

Supporting the Gospel Mission through technology ministries.

Helping each NAD entity become a “best-run” organization for God’s glory through Spirit-filled planning, performance, assessment, and continuous improvement.

Providing useful financial, estate, and gift planning information—with special sensitivity to our faith.

Conveying the inspirational story about the Seventh-day Adventist® Church in North America.

Professional Services is a dynamic support team that specializes in providing creative communication, resource development, and strategic social media engagement for the various departments, ministries, and services within the North American Division (NAD).

The Adventist Book Center (ABC) carries the full line of Pacific Press and Review & Herald products, Bibles, Sabbath School supplies, children’s materials, music, devotional materials, and more.

AIM is located on the campus of Andrews University and employs Christian students as Customer Service Representatives (CSRs) caring for contacts.  Seminarians, studying to be ministers of the gospel, function as chaplains offering spiritual care.

Adventist Risk Management®, Inc. is the official insurance and risk management company for the Seventh-day Adventist Church and Adventist ministries around the world.

AdventSource is the official leadership resource center for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America.

Christian Record Services, Inc. is an international organization serving people who are blind in 73 countries worldwide.

The Pacific Press® Publishing Association's purpose is to uplift Jesus Christ in communicating biblical teachings, health principles, and family values—in many languages—through various types of printed materials, video products, and recordings of Christian music.

Your North American Division "One-Stop-Shop" Evangelism Resource Center

During the Adventist-laymen’s Services and Industries (ASI) International Convention in August 2021, General Conference president Ted Wilson announced an initiative to distribute up to one billion copies of Ellen White’s The Great Controversy worldwide. The book is a powerful tool for sharing the gospel and has been instrumental in the conversion of many Adventists worldwide.

The 10,000 digital disciples initiative, born in 2021, is an effort supported by the North American Division where Adventists of all ages who utilize social media are encouraged to use those platforms and their influence for good, with a goal of bringing people to Jesus, sharing the good news of His amazing grace and love, and providing opportunities for others to learn of the distinctive Seventh-day Adventist message of hope and wholeness.

NAD president G. Alexander Bryant introduced the Antioch Initiative for the division's cities in late 2022, when “we take the resource that we have collectively, and we focus them in one area ... We need to have thousands of centers of influence all around the North American Division.” This initiative, which is all about community engagement, has broadened to include three key areas where Adventists in North America can reach those in its urban areas include public evangelism and media, especially social media.

Seventh-day Adventists affirm the dignity and worth of each human being and decry all forms of physical, sexual and emotional abuse and family violence.

All of us church leaders and members, play a pivotal role in mobilizing for evangelism. With Pentecost 2025, our goal in North America is to hold at least 3,000 proclamation initiatives in 2025, with 2024 a year of "Preparing for Pentecost." We are in this together!