How Do Self-Supporting Adventist Ministries (ASI) Compare in Evangelistic Effectiveness to Conference Programs?

Executive summary

Adventist-laymen's Services and Industries (ASI) represents a coalition of self-supporting Adventist ministries and businesses that operate independently of the conference employment and funding structure while maintaining cooperative alignment with the denominational mission. These organizations function as "innovative laboratories for mission," experimenting with evangelistic methods and reaching demographics and territories where conference programs have limited presence. However, no systemat...