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The Seventh-day Adventist Road Town Church Department page, describes the various departments of the church. All the departments, work as a cohesive unit, bringing God's word to the Road Town Community. From the health department to the Sabbath School department, each one has a great importance to the church.
In the work and organization of the church, if a pastor has not been provided by the conference/mission/field, the office of elder ranks as the highest and most important.
The Sabbath School is the most important group in the life of every Adventist congregation.
As taken from the Adventist Church Manual, The Adventist Youth Society is the action and fellowship organization for senior youth in the local church.
The clerk of the church has one of the important church offices, upon the proper administration of which much of the efficient functioning of the church depends. Like all other church officers, the church clerk is elected for a one or two year term as determined by the local church (See p. 47.); but because of the important and specialized functions of this office, it is wise to choose one who can be reelected to repeated terms to provide continuity in record keeping and reporting.
The Pathfinder Club provides a specialized program needed for junior youth and in some areas has replaced the Adventist Junior Youth Society in the local church.
The office of deacon is described in the New Testament (1 Tim. 3:8-13) where the Greek word diakonos is used from which the English "deacon" is derived.
The over-arching objective of Family Ministries is to strengthen the family as a discipling center. The family was established by divine creation as the fundamental human institution.
The Stewardship Department was organized to help members become effective stewards and to assist in the implementation of God's plan of systematic benevolence throughout the church.