Our Mission
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 Together, We Fulfill the Mission
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 United Together or 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.
Our History
The Advent Movement began across the northern tier of the state as pastors/evangelists from New York set up tents and shared the gospel, especially from the Mansfield area west toward Bradford. Groups of believers began worshiping together. Churches were planted and in 1878, the Pennsylvania Conference of Seventh-day Adventists was organized.
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.
Christian education with an emphasis on quality academics and a life of service impacts the 9 parochial K-8th grade schools, 3 parochial K-10th grade schools, and a boarding 9th-12th grade academy we operate. Our desire to serve the communities around us shapes our summer camp ministry, camp/retreat center, heath ministry, and a network of community service centers.
