Why ETSB · the vision

Why this site

In the local Adventist church, those who serve are called to act without always having been prepared. A death strikes, a visit is needed, a vote must be led, a soul collapses, a doctrine is questioned. The knowledge to do well exists, yet it sleeps, scattered through thick manuals, reserved for a few, and it fades a little more each time an experienced servant leaves us. Too often we improvise, we fall silent, or we give up. ETSB was born so that this knowledge stops being lost, and rests at last within reach of every hand that serves.

The vision

Let no one serve alone, and let nothing of the knowledge for serving well be lost. Equip every hand that serves, from the most isolated church to the best resourced, for the work of service.

Ephesians 4:12 · equipping the saints for the work of service

The meaning of our logo

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1 The bowing vessel — the servant bows before the greatness of his Master, Jesus Christ.
2 The light from above — the servant yields to the leading of the Holy Spirit.
3 The liquid poured from the vessel — the Word, the Spirit, the grace received from above pass through the servant and pour out.
4 The gold — the servant strives for excellence, and stays faithful: when he falls, he rises again.
5 The night-blue background — he remains faithful even in the darkness.

“Administration is the servant of the spiritual, never its master.”

Rules and procedures are means in service of the spiritual life, never an end that smothers it.

dixit Ps Hughes AH KIUNE

The objectives

Find the right answer at the moment of need, without digging everywhere.
Link every act, in black and white, to the manual that authorises it.
Give everyone a clear path of training, from novice to leader.
Make the one who received able, in turn, to pass it on.
That no one, ever, serves for lack of markers.

What it is, and what it is not

What it is

An aid: markers, overviews, learning paths, and an open door toward the official sources.

What it is not

Not a substitute for the manuals (the manual prevails). Not the pastor, the board, or the conference. No legal value. Facing suffering, it refers on, it does not heal. It does not think in your place.

The ambition is in the purpose; the humility, in the means.

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