About
According to current estimates, approximately 80 percent of college-age Adventist students who attend institutions of higher education within the United States choose not to attend Adventist colleges and universities, opting instead for education at public institutions.
Advancing Resources for Campus Ministries (ARC) traces its origins to 2011. ARC’s founders, a group of Seventh-day Adventist lay people, are dedicated to working with the Seventh-day Adventist Church to provide financial, emotional, and moral support to help these students fulfill their potential as representatives of Christ in public institutions of higher education.
Be the ARC!
Help ignite public campus ministries!
Who ARC Supports
ARC supports various Adventist Christian Fellowship (ACF) groups across the United States. ARC works independently of, but in partnership with, ACF, the umbrella organization for public college ministry for the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists.
ARC welcomes applications from students and groups affiliated with Adventist Christian Fellowships as listed below. On an emergency basis, ARC has also provided limited financial support to individual students affiliated with Adventist Christian Fellowships.
How ARC Supports
Funding initiatives to develop and provide workshops and training materials for college students, campus ministers, and churches.
Funding ministry events for college students.
Providing scholarships for students training to be leaders in campus ministry.
Funding training and ministry opportunities for campus chaplains and interns.
Assisting Adventist churches and conferences in the acquisition and maintenance of property to develop a long-term ministry presence on non-Adventist campuses.
Recognizing campus ministry leaders through annual Ronald Pickell Award for Outstanding Campus Ministry Leadership.
What You Can Do
Prayer and financial donations are not the only ways you can help ARC promote public campus ministry. You can join or start a local Adventist Christian Fellowship or become a champion of public campus ministry by joining ARC’s board.
Our Leadership
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Leigh Johnsen
President
In 2011, Leigh helped spearhead the formation of ARC. Leigh is a historian, holding graduate degrees from Andrews University, Claremont Graduate University, the University of California, Riverside, and the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
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Pat Pates
Board Member
Pat earned graduate degrees in Education Administration and Student Development at the University of Louisville, Kentucky. She worked as an administrator at the University of Central Florida; where she also served as faculty advisor for ACM (Adventist Campus Ministry). Pat currently provides consulting and training to nonprofit organizations in the areas of strategic planning, assessment, and fundraising, while she completes a Ph.D. in Human Capital Management.
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Zane Yi
Board Member
Zane is an associate professor at Loma Linda University’s School of Religion where he teaches courses in theology and philosophy. He has worked with students on a variety of college campuses, both as an instructor and as a campus minister.
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Anthony Rodriguez
Board Member
Anthony has a BA in History from the University of California, Berkeley and a JD from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. He is a proud and grateful ACF alumnus. He defends immigrant’s rights in court throughout the Bay Area.
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Angela Li
Board Member
Angela Li currently serves as assistant director of Adventist Chaplaincy Ministries for the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists, covering the Pacific and North Pacific Unions. She has received her PhD degree in Practical Theology from Claremont School of Theology. Angela is passionate about the spiritual growth of young people.
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Coleen Johnsen
Advisor
Colleen Johnsen is project lead in information technology at Adventist Health. Student members of Adventist Christian Fellowship at the University of California, Davis, have also adopted her as their mother away from home.
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Ron Pickell
Advisor
Ron currently serves as the director of Adventist Christian Fellowship in North America and is the senior pastor of the Berkeley SDA Church.
