The gospel mission, upheld by the Seventh-day Adventist church admonishes us to “ go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit….” Matthew 29:18. KJV. 

It is with this mandate in mind that the Inter-American Division in collaboration with SHARE HIM and Quiet Hour Ministries, two Seventh-day Adventist Organizations, has established the International Evangelistic Ministry for University Students (IEMUS) Club at Northern Caribbean University (NCU), and other Universities across the Division. 

The mission of IEMUS is to “support the ministry of Evangelism in the Inter-American Division, initiating the commission of Revelation 14:6-12, while providing evangelistic training and experience for Seventh-day Adventist students within its territory.” 

A baptismal candidate is fully immersed in water during a baptismal exercise in Honduras last year 

Ministerial students enrolled in NCU’s School of Religion and Theology say they are trained in the art of Evangelism, allowing them to hone their skills, build their confidence, and assist in the global mission for soul-winning. 

Through the club, students are: 

• ·   provided with evangelistic training and experience within the Inter-American division.
• ·       motivated to win souls both on and off university campuses.
• ·    enabled to share in cross-cultural evangelistic activities that deepen their spiritual experience and improve their effectiveness in reaching people of other cultures in their own locale.
• ·    given opportunities in Adventist Universities within the Division to utilize their soul winning proclivity in other territories of the world. 

NCU’s ministerial students, along with assigned faculty and staff, often travel around the world to hold evangelistic meetings in an effort to spread the gospel. IEMUS makes this possible. 

On last year’s trip to Honduras, Jennifer Bartley –Smith who was an evangelist, shared that her translator was not an Adventist and even travelled with weaponry wherever he escorted her. Later he was blessed by the word of God and felt a calling to the Adventist beliefs and was baptized. 

In fact, in 2010, NCU ministerial students delivered 160 sermons in Mexico and helped to guide thousands of individuals to enjoy a closer relationship with the Master. 

These stories are not ones that are easily forgotten. Once the experience has been had, it stays with you forever. When you are able to see how the Lord blesses people through the spoken and written word, it is life-changing. IEMUS has helped NCU ministerial students in the School of Religion and Theology to answer the call to pastoral duty. Since 2008, these students along with assigned faculty and staff, have baptized more than 1500 individuals combined from Uganda, Africa, Borneo, Malaysia, and other territories. 

If you are excited about learning how to provide excellent service, and to be prepared for committed professional service to country and to God, join us today at Northern Caribbean University’s School of Religion and Theology. Visit us electronically at www.ncu.edu.jm or call 1-876-963-7250 | 1-876-963-7254 | 1-876-963-7255.