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Membership Information
Membership in ASI is available to any Seventh-day Adventist Church member in good standing who operates a business, provides a professional service, has a product to sell, or operates a supporting ministry. The business or organization must have been in operation for at least one year. Members of ASI choose and agree to order their lives and business according to the ASI objectives and principles as outlined in the ASI mission and vision statements.
Membership Categories
Organizational membership is available to any organization which meets the following requirements:
- Organization has at least two full time workers which may include the owner or applicant;
- Organization must have been in operation for at least one year;
- Organization is owned and controlled by a Seventh-day Adventist lay person;
- Lay person, who owns and controls the organization, does not receive any salary from any Seventh-day Adventist denominational organization.
Continued membership is contingent upon the current owner and/or CEO conducting the business in harmony with Seventh-day Adventist principles, and personally remaining in good and regular standing with the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Membership shall be in the name of the organization. (Organizational is the standard ASI membership). A person who has been a member of ASI for five (5) years or more and retires or sells the organization may continue to be a personal member of ASI.
Associate*: Professional or Management membership is available to any Seventh-day Adventist person in an executive or managerial level of responsibility, other than a denominational employee, who does not qualify for any other membership and who shares in the goals and purposes of ASI.
Associate International* membership is available to any organization operating outside of the North American Division who has direct ties to a parent organization holding ASI membership, or who is living in an area and operating their business where there is no ASI organization.
*Associate members do not have voting privileges
Annual Membership Dues
Organizational Member
Nonprofit Organizations $195
For-profit Organizations
2 - 9 employees $195
10-25 employees $245
26-40 employees $345
41 or more employees** See Below
Associate Member $120
Associate International (Same as Organizational above)
**For-profit organizations with more than 40 employees pay the amount for organizations with 26-40 employees plus $1.50 per employee above 40.
Become a Member
Membership in ASI is exciting and rewarding. As you get to know other members, and as you fellowship together at local and national conventions, it feels like "family." The information on each of the links below will help you understand more about ASI and becoming a member.
Membership Information
Membership Benefits
Application Process
ASI is totally committed to the mission of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and ASI members are supportive lay persons and ministries that have a common mission with the church. ASI is enthusiastic about lay people devoted to sharing Christ. We look forward to your application!
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