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Ministerial Association

Phone:
(443) 391-7182
Location:
9705 Patuxent Woods Drive
Columbia, MD 21046-1565, USA
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Recent News
Indianapolis Church Sees 74 Baptisms in One Week
September 9, 2025
Washington Adventist University Experiences Miracles at Pentecost 2025 Tent Meeting
May 23, 2025

Equipping Shepherds for Service

Through professional development, mentoring programs, and resources, we support pastors and church leaders in their calling to shepherd God’s people. Our ministry strengthens spiritual leadership, enhances preaching and pastoral care skills, and fosters collaboration among ministers as they serve their congregations and communities with excellence.

How we serve

News
Indianapolis Church Sees 74 Baptisms in One Week
Last fall, shortly after the North American Division launched Pentecost 2025—a territory-wide effort to inspire bold, Holy Spirit-led evangelism—Pastor Chaka Samuel was scrolling Facebook when a post stopped him cold: his friend and fellow pastor Kojo Twumasi had baptized 80 people in Toledo through something called the Compassion Project. Inspired, Samuel reached out, hoping to […]
Berrien Springs, MI
WAU baptism after Pentecost 2025 meeting
Washington Adventist University Experiences Miracles at Pentecost 2025 Tent Meeting
Washington Adventist University (WAU) recently witnessed a powerful outpouring of the Holy Spirit during its inaugural Pentecost 2025 Tent Meeting, held on campus in mid-April 2025. Despite adverse weather conditions, the multi-day spiritual revival demonstrated the triumph of faith over fear and the reality of God’s miraculous intervention.
Takoma Park, Md.
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Beyond the Pews: 2025 eHuddle Calls Church to Greater Impact
For years, White Memorial Seventh-day Adventist Church in Los Angeles, California, was viewed as the church that did not care. In January 2025, everything changed. On Tuesday, January 7, during their week of prayer, Arteaga and his leaders experienced three blackouts from heavy winds. The next morning, they awoke to “images that the city we love, our mission field, our home, was on fire,” Arteaga shared at the 2025 eHuddle — an evangelism and leadership think tank hosted by the North American Division (NAD) Ministerial Association from Feb. 24 to 26 at Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan.
Columbia, Md.
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Our mission

Our mission is to empower the ministerial community in leading churches to reach their world for Christ.

How we serve

  • Support, collaborate, coach, and train ministerial directors and pastors
  • Provide relevant pastoral resources for the ministerial community
  • Conduct webinars and seminars to train the trainers
  • Provide evangelistic initiatives and evangelism tools for soul-winning
  • Conduct InMinistry classes in each Union for professional and educational growth
  • Conduct division-wide pastor research
  • Conduct Ministerial Spouses initiatives
  • Collaborate with A.U.Theological Seminary for continued field relationship and resources 

Resources

  • Pastor’s DVD
  • Spouses Association Television Broadcast
  • Ministerial director’s Web site resources
  • Sacred Circle Initiative
  • Best Practices Newsletter
  • Say So Newsletter
  • What Pastors Are Saying Podcasts
  • How-To Podcasts*
  • Doctrinal Podcasts*
  • Smartphone Pastor’s App*
  • Monthly Webinars*
  • In-Ministry Program Graduate Theology Classes

*Planned Resources

Seminars/workshops

  • Annual Ministerial Directors’ Symposium
  • Annual Pastor Advisory Council
  • Women Pastors’ Conference
  • Division-wide Ministerial Council
  • Reconnecting former and inactive members outreach seminars
  • Local elders’ seminars and training