Voluntary participation in evangelistic activities is supportive of the mission and purpose of Southern Adventist University. This type of activity provides employees with positive experiences and benefits that enable them to better serve the students. The university wants to provide an opportunity for full-time employees to participate in public evangelism for a maximum of three weeks, in conjunction with the Evangelistic Resource Center (ERC) of the School of Religion.
- Employees must be approved at least three months in advance of the beginning of the leave by the department chair/director, school dean, or immediate supervisor, and President’s Cabinet so that the university’s overall endeavor in this area will remain coordinated.
- Employees will receive up to an additional three weeks of vacation time for the time they are participating in an evangelistic campaign. The added vacation time for hourly employees will be funded from General Institutional Expense.
- Employees will be absent from the workplace for the duration of the evangelistic campaign in which they are involved, a time period not to exceed three weeks. Any additional vacation time away from the workplace must be approved by the employee’s supervisor prior to leaving.
- No more than five university employees will be approved for evangelism leave during any given summer.
- All relevant Southern Adventist University and General Conference guidelines and policies for travel must be followed, including insurance details.
- The cost of travel will be shared by the employee, the School of Religion/ERC, and the sponsoring organization.
- Summer evangelism leaves may be considered part of the summer work assignments for instructional faculty. However, faculty members are still responsible for any additional summer teaching or other work as assigned by their deans/chairs.