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Dan Serns

North Pacific Union church planting, revitalization and lay training director

Dan Serns once served as North Pacific Union ministerial director. After God led him to a variety of mission fields, he returned in 2025 to serve as church planting, revitalization and lay training director

By Dan Serns

  • Two Congregations Enjoy Baptism Through Internet Connection

    January 01, 2006, by Dan Serns
    The Internet, so often used by Satan to destroy families, was used to unite two church families Sabbath, Oct. 29, 2005.When Diana Aparico, a senior at Walla Walla College, made her decision to be baptized and unite with the Seventh-day Adventist C...
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  • Intro to Adventist Church Planting Quiz

    April 01, 2005, by Dan Serns
    The Seventh-day Adventist Church has always been an aggressive church-planting movement. Test your knowledge of Adventist church planting with this quiz. You’ll find the answers and scoring at the end.1. Who should be involved in church planting?a...
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  • What Could Happen . . .

    January 01, 2005, by Dan Serns
    If every Adventist church had a yearly soul-winning plan? Like Wenatchee, Washington's Abundant Life Church where the church board organized two six-month cycles, each of which included a week of prayer and fasting, outreach activities, Bible stud...
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