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God has called His last-day people to reach everyone, everywhere with the everlasting gospel of Jesus Christ. (Revelation 14:6-12) As members of Pennsylvania Conference, He has assigned us this corner of Earth as our mission field. The harvest of souls Jesus will reap at His return will in a large part be influenced by our faithful attention to the mission God has entrusted us with. This God-given call unites us together in faithfully fulfilling our mission.
#United ansanm, nou ranpli misyon an
In the Pennsylvania Conference, our churches, schools, Adventist WholeHealth Network, CORE School of Evangelism, and Laurel Lake Camp unite together to share the wonderful good news of Jesus and His promised return. This is not a mission of institutions, but of people. Every one of us, as believers in Jesus, is called by God and essential to His cause to win lost souls. This is why Total Member Involvement is a core theme in our Conference. Our mission field is vast, the needs are great, and every member is vital. As each of us engages in using our gifts, talents, and means to advance God’s cause, we personally are benefitted. We grow in spiritual fervor, our affections are more infused with love for God and others, our character adopts Christlike virtues, and our whole Christian life becomes more real, earnest, and prayerful. (Christ Object Lessons, p. 354)
Our History
Mouvman an avanse te komanse atrave nivo no eta a kom paste / evanjelis soti nan New York mete kan yo epi pataje levanjil la, espesyalman nan zon nan mansfield lwes nan direksyon Bradford. Gwoup kwayan yo te komanse adore ansanm. Legliz yo te plante ak nan 1878, yo te oganize konferans Pou Setyem jou a.
In 1900 a church school was opened at Williamsport, reportedly the first in the Pennsylvania Conference, with B. A. Wolcott as teacher.
Today 116 churches, 21 church plants, and more than 13,000 members seek to deepen their walk with God and share the good news of Christ’s return.
Edikasyon kretyen ak yon anfaz sou bon jan kalite akademik ak yon lavi sevis enpak nan 9 klas k-8yem ane lekol yo, 3 lekol klas pawasyal K-10th, ak yon planch 9th-12th klas akademy nou opere. Dezi nou yo sevi kominote yo bo kote nou fom ministe ete nou an, kan /retret sant, ministe syel, ak yon rezo nan sant sevis kominote yo.
Our Core Values
Konferans nan Pennsilvani egziste fe lwanj Bondye atrave yon ministe pasyone ki gen ladan adorasyon, enstriksyon, di Bondye mesi, kontak ak sevis. Nou angaje nou pou nou reyalize bon jan kalite ki pi wo nan travay nou pandan nou ap bati dirijan yo ak afekte moun ki nan Pep Izrayel la. Nou pral cheche reponn ak enpotans nan bezwen yo nan moun yo nan Pennsilvani ak renmen an nan Jezi kom yon rezilta nan depandans nou sou Bondye. Jezikri se sant la nan ki nou ye ak sa nou ap sou. Nou ka akonpli anyen apa de li. (Jan 15:1-9) Nou vale sa ki annapre yo:
Advantis Espwa - Nou pran angajman nan espwa a nan retounen Kris la, epi nou viv lavi kretyen an ki baze sou ekriti, Lespri Pwofesi a, twa mesaj zanj la, ak setyem jou a Advantis Biblik kwayans biblik. Nou ap sevi Jezikri avek yon gras-oryantasyon nan lavi, solid nan doktrin, ankouraje pep nou an pou sevi Bondye avek rekonesans olye ke kondanasyon ak kondanasyon. (Women 6:14, 2 Korentyen 8:7)
Evanjelis - Nou se pasyone pou pedi a ak konsa angaje nan bi-kondwi inovasyon ak ministe relasyonel. Nou pral anseye ak preche mesaj diferan nou an nan yon fason ki siyifikatif pou moun nou ap eseye jwenn yo. Nou pral bati wayom nan atrave fason kreyatif ak inovate ki pral lakoz laverite kanpe deyo kleman epi distenkteman. Nou pral toujou ap evalye fom nou yo ak metod, ki ap cheche kiltirel enpotan ak maksimom efikasite ministe pou Jezikri. (1 Kwonik 12:32; Lik 19:10)
Entegrite - Nou pral fe tout bagay ak onetete ak entegrite. Sa mennen nou pou nou fe tout ministe avek yon lagras ak entegrite ki kominike onetman pou amelyore kredibilite ministe levanjil la nan je mond lan ak tout kwayan yo. (Levitik 19:35,26; Detewonom 16:20 ak 25:13-16; Danyel 6:4)
Depandans - Le nou konnen ke nou pa ka fe anyen nan ak nan tet nou, nou pral rann tet nou ak depandan sou Bondye. Li se paske nan sakrifis Jezi a ke nou gen sali. Lespri li pemet nou dirije lavi sevis. (Jan 15:1-9)
Ekselans - Nou kwe ekselans one Bondye ak enspire moun; sa mande pou nou fe pi byen nou nan tout bagay. Kom "pote imaj li" nou pral fe lwanj Bondye atrave ministe ki byen planifye ak byen prezante. Soti nan ti gwoup yo kominote kontak nan jesyon biwo nan sevis adorasyon chak semen nou yo, nou ap konsantre sou reflete pi wo kalite karakte Bondye a bay tout moun nou ap sevi yo. (Kolosyen 3:17, 23, 24; Pwoveb 27:17)
Relasyon eman - Paske moun ki gen kesyon devan Bondye, yo gen kesyon devan nou epi nou pral trete yo avek respe ak bonte menmjan Jezi te demontre lanmou li pou nou. Nou kwe ke relasyon eman ta dwe pemet tout aspe nan lavi legliz la paske chanjman lavi rive pi byen nan relasyon yo. (Jan 13:33-35; Jan 15:11-13; Women 12:10; Efezyen 4:1-3)
Disiplin - Nou we chak manm kom yon minis epi yo pran angajman pou ankouraje ak ekipman chak moun nan ankouraje yon anviwonman aprantisaj ak kwasans, ensilin nan chak moun yon sans de objektif li ak vale li yo. (Women 12:6-8; Efezyen 4:11-13; 1 Korentyen 12:4-6; Kolosyen 3:17)