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Secretariat

Phone:
(443) 391-7201
Location:
9705 Patuxent Woods Drive
Columbia, MD 21046-1565, USA
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Helping Adventist leaders in North America fulfill the vision and mission of the Seventh-day Adventist Church

The Secretariat department provides essential support through six key areas: church policies, missions coordination, human relations, administrative operations, resources, and special initiatives. From managing volunteer ministries and resolving personnel matters to maintaining credentials and coordinating meetings, we work behind the scenes to ensure smooth operations. Our goal is to empower you to focus on what matters most—reaching communities with Christ’s message of hope and wholeness.

Frequently requested…

NAD Working Policy
Statistical Reports
Adventist Screening Verification

How we serve

The Office of NAD Secretariat oversees and provides services in the following six key areas to support its mission:

  1. Church Policies
    • Develop, implement, and interpret church policies
    • Advise and inform division leaders on policy questions/issues as appropriate, to advance the cohesive and orderly operations of our ministry efforts
  2. Missions
    • Oversee the Office of Volunteer Ministries, which brings together unions, conferences, schools, churches, and other supportive organizations whose goal is to reach communities through volunteer ministries, community outreach projects, literacy, evangelism, Bible work, and other outreach activities
  3. Human Relations
    • Address personnel and member relationship issues, including but not limited to human relations policies and procedures, sexual ethics, diversity relations, conciliation, and dispute resolution
  4. Administrative Operations
    • Record, coordinate, and archive minutes for various NAD committees, the NAD Year-end and other designated meetings
    • Issue and maintain records of employee credentials and licenses
    • Compile and manage membership data for statistical reports
    • Facilitate human resources for the NAD
    • Process and oversee the authorization of interdivision travel; process transfers, interdivision calls, independent transfers and division status; coordinate annual leave for missionaries (IDEs), compile data for the SDA Yearbook, maintain the NAD calendar, process denominational status applications, process service requests for denominational workers
  5. Special Projects/Initiatives
    • Secretariat also handles special projects/assignments as directed by the NAD President