Two Pastors to be Ordained at Camp Meeting On Sabbath, June 18, during the Pennsylvania Conference Camp Meeting, pastors Andrew Clark and Buddy Goodwin will be ordained into pastoral ministry at Blue Mountain Academy in Hamburg. Andrew Clark was born outside of Philadelphia and grew up outside of Baltimore. Clark became a Seventhday Adventist in his early twenties after seeing the influence God had on his mother through the Adventist movement. He graduated from the School of Religion at Washington Adventist University (WAU) in Takoma Park, Md., with extensive training and practice in Metropolitan Ministry. Before accepting a call to the Pennsylvania Conference, Pastor Clark held numerous executive, fundraising and development positions within the nonprofit sector, as well as serving as associate director for WAU’s Center for Metropolitan Ministry. He also served as field coordinator for the Columbia Union Conference’s Office of Creative Ministry. Clark served six years in the
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Pittsburgh metropolitan region as a missionary, creating Adventist Community Services-Greater Pittsburgh and a new church plant. During this time, he married Mayda, and, just over a year ago, they welcomed son, MichaelKellan Thomas Clark. “Pastor Andy,” as he prefers to be called, is currently the pastor of the Lansdale-Souderton Mission District north of Philadelphia. “My passion is transformation. Personal transformation. Individual transformation. Family transformation. Church transformation. Community transformation,” he shares. “It’s all proof of the real, present, tangible God!” Buddy Goodwin grew up in a small town in South Carolina, as the eighth child of nine children. Like most people who lived in the south, he attended a Southern Baptist church. After joining the military, Goodwin drifted away from the church. However, two things reversed that course. His mother sent him a Bible, and he met a young woman named Belinda Ethridge from Dothan, Ala. Goodwin started attending Bible study with Belinda and her friends. Through studying the Bible and prayer, he was convinced of his need for Jesus. Goodwin surrendered his life to Jesus and became a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Since then, he has served the church in various positions and helped with evangelistic efforts. “In every conference where God has placed us, He has given us souls for Him. He has used us to bring a rainbow of jewels to His Kingdom,” shares Goodwin. After retiring from the military, he
felt God’s call to full-time ministry. He began as dean of boys at Pine Forge Academy in Pine Forge, then became a hospital chaplain and earned a master’s degree in Religion from La Salle University in Philadelphia. Together with a small group of people, Goodwin helped plant the Phoenixville church, where he still pastors while also serving the Philadelphia Boulevard church. “My greatest desire in ministry is making disciples for God,” Goodwin states. He and his wife, Belinda, have two adult daughters and one granddaughter.
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