Our History
ASI's history is rooted in Madison College, an Adventist self-supporting institution established in 1904 near Nashville, Tennessee by Dr. E.A. Sutherland and Percy Magan. As Madison expanded it began to plant satellite schools and institutions around the country. In 1947 these self-supporting entities formed the Association of Seventh-day Adventist Self-Supporting Institutions, or ASI.
At the Fall Council of 1945 the General Conference recommended the organization of an association to unity the self supporting organization and to promote a strong tie with the church organization.
At the time, ASI members were educational or health outfits. Over the years however, ASI membership began to include businesses and Adventist entrepreneurs and professionals. Thus in 1979, to better reflect ASI's diverse membership, the organization's name was changed to Adventist-laymen's Services & Industries.
Mission
ASI- The organization of Seventh-day Adventist lay persons involved in professions, industry, education and /or media services - exists to provide challenge, nurture, and experience in sharing Christ in the marketplace as well as support the global mission of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Vision
ASI and its members will be known for thier unswerving honesty in business principle and practices, unflagging participation in the various ministries of the church, unwavering positiveness towards church leadership, unhesitating provisions for the needs of others and untiring focus on the Christ they represent in the marketplace.
