28/10/2025
As we do Local Church elections,note the following AYM policy amendments:
1. The position of Adventist Youth Leader(AY Leader)is nolonger there.
2. The position of AYM Sponsor changes to AYM Advisor.So we don't have Sponsors,but Advisors.
3. Public Campus Ministry(PCM) is now under the Adventist Youth Ministries.It's one of the 5 levels of Adventist Youth Ministries(AYM).
4. Master Guide and SYL are at par.Both are leadership training courses.
5. Early Birds and Little Lambs are the newest classes in the Adventurer Ministry.This simply means that the age group for the Adventurer Ministry is 4years to 9 years.
6. Each local church must have a functional Adventist Youth Ministries Committee(AYM Committee).All the top 5 ministries leaders plus other prescribed Departmental Leaders are members of this committee.The young adults leader may chair the AYM Committee.
7. The wording in the AYM Motto & AYM Mission Statement are slightly adjusted.Kindly familiarise yourself with the few wording adjustments.
8. The age group of the Adventist Youth Ministries is 4years to 30 years.
9. The official name of our department is "Adventist Youth Ministries"(AYM).
10. Club Ministry Training(CMT)replaced Pathfinder Leadership Award(PLA)& Advanced Pathfinder Leadership Award(APLA).Note that there is no Investiture in CMT.Candidates receive awards.
11. Note that the Adventurer Director,Pathfinder Director,Ambassador Leader,Young Adults Leader & Public Campus Ministry Leader/Cordinator are members of both the Adventist Youth Ministries Committee(AMC) and the Local Church Board.Note that these 5 Ministries leaders are at par.Each one has their own Ministry.
12. There is no position at the Local Church called,"AYM Secretary".Each ministry has it's own secretary(in most cases one of the Deputy Directors serves as Ministry Secretary/ Treasurer).
However,during the Adventist Youth Ministries Committee,one of the Ministry Leaders may serve as Chairperson and the other one may serve