The Sabbath School is the primary religious education system of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and has four purposes: study of the Scripture, fellowship, community outreach, and world mission emphasis. In cooperation with world divisions, the specific mission of the General Conference Sabbath School Department is to distribute the Sabbath School Bible Study Guide for all age levels, provide designs for Sabbath School programming within the context of the various world division cultures, provide resources and training systems for Sabbath School teachers, and promote world mission Sabbath School offerings.

 

“The Sabbath school is an important branch of the missionary work, not only because it gives to young and old a knowledge of God’s word, but because it awakens in them a love for its sacred truths, and a desire to study them for themselves; above all, it teaches them to regulate their lives by its holy teachings.”—Counsels on Sabbath School Work, pp. 10, 11. “The Sabbath school, if rightly conducted, is one of God’s great instrumentalities to bring souls to a knowledge of the truth.”—Counsels on Sabbath School Work, p. 115.

 

The officers, teachers, and entire Sabbath School membership should cooperate with the other departments of the church in all outreach (missionary) work and soul-saving activities, as well as energetically carrying on Sabbath School evangelism by means of the regular Sabbath School classes, and such activities as Decision Days, pastors’ Bible classes, Community Guest Days, Vacation Bible Schools, and branch Sabbath Schools, including Neighborhood Bible Clubs and Story Hours. In churches which have a Children’s Ministries Department, Vacation Bible Schools, children’s branch Sabbath Schools, Neighborhood Bible Clubs, and Story Hours will come under the direction of the Children’s Ministries Department. Likewise, all departments of the church should work together with the Sabbath School to make the work of the entire church as effective as possible.

 

The officers of the Sabbath School should be members of the local church. They are elected for one or two years as determined by the local church.The officers who serve as members of the Sabbath School Council are elected in the same manner and at the same time as the officers of the church.

Adult Sabbath School

Sr. Patricia Mudenda (Superintendent)

Assistant Superintendents

1 Sr. Monde Mukela (Membership)

2 Br. Chabala Ziwa (Evangelism)

3 Sr. Elicy Matoga (Study of the Word)

 

Br. Ferzio Mampwe (Secretary)

Sr. Kumoyo Mulemwa Mwanza (Assistant Secretary)

Sr. Bessie Thornicroft (Assistant Secretary)

 

Youth Sabbath School

Sr. Chinyama Banda (Superintendent)

Assistant Superintendents

Sr. Chansa Chilima(Membership)

Br. Edward Martin(Evangelism)

Br. Chisha Chilima(Study of the Word)

 

Sr. Chuma Muleya (Secretary)

Br. James Banda Jr. (Assistant Secretary)

Sr. Martha Kapembe (Assistant Secretary)