Love one another

Adventist Community Services evolved from historical efforts by the Seventh-day Adventist Church to develop community initiatives. In 1879, the Church officially recognized the Dorcas Society as its organized community outreach program. In 1956, this organized Church program became the Seventh-day Adventist Welfare Service (SAWS) with the purpose to strengthen Adventist relief efforts. As the Church grew in developing countries, the need for international relief activities increased, causing the Church to focus its community missions to domestic and international fields. As a result, SAWS expanded into a domestic and international Church-organized community program. In most SDA churches today, this Department is generally called Welfare.

The Benoni SDA Church Welfare department exists to harness funds from bonafide members to assist in times of unforeseen occurrences especially in sickness or death, so as to lighten the burden of the members.

Specific Objectives

• To take care of the welfare of its members and surrounding areas by meeting the physical and spiritual needs of these members
• To encourage church members to developing a giving habit and ignite the love for one another.

To evoke the spirit of caring and giving among members and re-enforce the importance of loving one another