Seventh-day Adventist education

Seventh-day Adventist educational system
Type Religious/Non-Profit
Location
Region served
Worldwide
Parent organization
 General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
Website www.nadadventist.org

The Seventh-day Adventist educational system is the second-largest Christian school-system in the world, after the Roman Catholic system.[1][2]

The Seventh-day Adventist Church has a total of 7,598 educational institutions operating in over 100 countries around the world with over 1.5 million students worldwide.[3]

The denominationally-based school system began in the 1870s.[4] The church supports holistic education:

Mental, physical, social, and spiritual health, intellectual growth, and service to humanity form a core of values that are essential aspects of the Adventist education philosophy.
— [4]

The Journal of Adventist Education (JAE) is published.

Education by level

Tertiary

The Adventist Church, usually through Union-level administrative units, operates a wide range of post secondary educational institutions in every region of the world that include:

Education by area

North America

The North American Division Office of Education oversees 1049 schools with 65,000 students in the United States, Canada, and Bermuda.

Asia

In some Asian countries, Adventist schools are referred to as "Sam Yuk" (Cantonese), "Samyuk" (Korean), "San iku" (Japanese), or similar, meaning literally "three-bodied". This refers to a holistic education involving the three components of mind, body and spirit/soul. Contemporary approaches commonly include a fourth component, social.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Is the end near? A look at Seventh-day adventists". ebscohost.com.
  2. ↑ The Christian Science Monitor. "For real education reform, take a cue from the Adventists". The Christian Science Monitor.
  3. ↑ "Department of Education :: Seventh-day Adventist Church". adventist.org.
  4. 1 2 Education on the church's official website
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