About
Sharing Christ in the marketplace.
ASI Scandinavia is a fellowship of Seventh-day Adventist lay people: business owners, professionals, supporting ministries and students who want their everyday work to be part of the mission of the church.
Adventist lay people from every walk of life.
Adventist-laymen's Services and Industries (ASI) is a membership organisation of Seventh-day Adventist lay people who are enthusiastic about sharing Christ. ASI Scandinavia is part of a worldwide movement of thousands of members: business owners, professionals in every field, and supporting ministries.
ASI's philosophy is a Christ-centred life, lived in daily partnership with God. Members seek to experience God's love in their own lives and to share it with the people they meet in their everyday work. That is the meaning of our motto, Sharing Christ in the Marketplace.
ASI also supports the Seventh-day Adventist Church through the outreach of its members: health, education, evangelism, community service, family life and special projects.
Young people are an important part of ASI Scandinavia. Students can join as student members, and we want to inspire and encourage them to aim high in their education and in their working lives.
What we are working towards.
Our vision
A thriving network of ministries, businesses and lay people in Scandinavia who share Christ in the marketplace.
Our mission
To inspire and equip youth and adults alike to share Christ as laymen and business owners.
Why ASI Scandinavia exists.
- To motivate members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church who are self-employed, own a business or lead a non-profit organisation to work together, and with the church, in harmony with its goals and values and for the benefit of its gospel commission.
- To strengthen people and organisations in their work and in their Christian witness, by sharing information, inspiration and motivation, by coordinating goals and programmes, and through Christian fellowship.
- To inspire, encourage, counsel and support young people to be active in the Seventh-day Adventist Church as missionaries, ministry workers, professionals and business owners, and to seek missionary training and higher education.
From a school in Tennessee to a Scandinavian chapter.
1904 · Madison College
ASI's roots are in Madison College, a self-supporting Adventist institution founded near Nashville, Tennessee, by E. A. Sutherland and Percy Magan. As Madison grew, it planted satellite schools and institutions across the United States.
1947 · An association is formed
Under the guidance of the General Conference, these institutions formed the Association of Seventh-day Adventist Self-Supporting Institutions, or ASI. Its first members were schools and health institutions.
1979 · A new name
Over the years, businesses, entrepreneurs and professionals joined as well. To reflect its wider membership, the organisation was renamed Adventist-laymen's Services and Industries.
1983 · ASI comes to Europe
The first European chapter was formed in Great Britain, and other national chapters followed. Each chapter is autonomous, with its own board, constitution, programme and meetings. In 1998 ASI Europe was established as an umbrella organisation for the national chapters, which today cover most of Europe.
2008 · ASI Scandinavia
ASI Scandinavia was established in 2008 and is a member of ASI Europe. After a slow start, many ministries and lay people joined forces in 2012 for a youth conference held at Ekebyholm over the New Year, under the name IMPACT Scandinavia.
2013 · The first annual convention
The momentum from that conference grew into a wish to strengthen ASI Scandinavia and its mission, and led to the first annual ASI Convention in 2013.
Join us.
Whether you run a business, work in a profession, lead a ministry or are still studying, you are welcome in ASI Scandinavia.