AMiCUS
ADVENTIST MINISTRY TO COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
AMiCUS
Objectives
AMiCUS (Adventist Ministry to College and University Students) seeks to meet the spiritual, intellectual, and social needs of Seventh-day Adventist students on secular campuses worldwide. In cooperation with leaders at various church levels, it aims to achieve these goals by strengthening the faith commitment of these students to Seventh-day Adventist beliefs and values, providing opportunities for Christian fellowship, preparing students to deal with the intellectual challenges that arise in a secular environment, developing their leadership abilities, and training them for outreach and witnessing on the campus, in the community, and in the world at large.
Responsibilities
The General Conference AMiCUS Committee provides leadership and coordination to the ministry on behalf of Adventist students in non-Adventist colleges and universities, in cooperation with their representatives in each of the 12 world divisions.
AMiCUS carries out its main ignments, in consultation with leaders in the world divisions, as follows:
* Adventist Chaplaincy Ministries takes the initiative in providing training for campus chaplains and pastors in university centers, and in developing materials to support their ministry. Adventist Chaplaincy Ministries also maintains an international list of Seventh-day Adventist campus chaplains.
Contact: Dr. Richard Stenbakken 74532.1614@compuserve.com
* The Youth Department leads out in fostering the organization of student ociations in university centers, training students for outreach, holding student retreats, and developing necessary materials.
Contact: Dr. Baraka Muganda 102555.1734@compuserve.com
* The Department of Education is responsible for Developing College and University Dialogue as a network journal published in interdivision languages (English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish), and for printing and distributing the journal on the basis of orders received through the world divisions.
Editor-in-chief: Dr. Humberto M. Rasi 102555.2215@compuserve.com
Editor: Dr. John M. Fowler 74617.464@compuserve.com
Managing Editor: Julieta Rasi 104472.1154@compuserve.com
