The Southeastern Jurisdiction Association for Native American Ministries (SEJANAM) was created by Native Americans and established by the 1984 Jurisdictional Conference to help create:
Awareness and Dialogue,
New Congregations and Ministries,
Leadership Enlistment and Training,
Inter-Tribal Witness and Sharing,
Cross-Cultural Witness and Sharing, and
Sensitivity to Inclusiveness.
SEJANAM serves the 15 annual conferences of the SEJ, 23 Native American churches, 3 ministries of the SEJ, and seeks to serve approximately 210,000 Native Americans of the nine southeastern states of the SEJ.
Resources
Governor's Commission on Community Service (State of North Carolina) (click here)
Triangle Native American Society (North Carolina) (click here)
National Congress of American Indians (click here)
Events
For SEJANAM 2022 event at Lake Junaluska, click here: https://tinyurl.com/2cs39hx2
Mission
The mission of the Southeastern Jurisdiction Association for Native American Ministries (SEJANAM) Inc. is to help establish, train, and service effective Annual Conference Committees on Native American Ministry; identify and engage Native Americans in dialogue with the leadership of the 15 SEJ Annual Conferences; strengthen and create congregational and social ministries; enlist, equip, and deploy lay youth and adult and clergy leadership; enable Native American communications and community across the SEJ for solidarity, evangelism, service, and justice ministry; network Native American human, spiritual, and fiscal resources to the whole Church and visa versa; advocate for increased awareness of and appreciation for Native American presence, history, traditions, and spirituality; advocate for greater inclusion of Native Americans in the mission and administration of the SEJ Conference and the member Annual Conferences; promote and resource Native American Awareness Sunday; and proclaim and model all of the good news of SEJ Native American Ministry for the whole Church.
Living Out Our Mission
Create awareness of and dialogue with Native Americans in each Annual Conference
Create new congregational and social ministries, strengthen existing ministries
Help empower and train Conference Committees on Native American Awareness Sunday and for effective ministry
Help with strengthening existing ministries
Challenge the whole church to always be sensitive and inclusive in mission and administration
Provide opportunities for Native Americans to be in communities across the southeast for solidarity, evangelism, service, and justice ministries
Share leadership, cultural, spiritual, and service gifts and graces for the growth and mission of the whole church.
Contact Information
Anne Bridges, Administrative Assistant, abridges@lakejunaluska.com
Mailing Address:
SEJANAM
PO Box 67, Lake Junaluska, NC 28745
Street Address:
Administration Building
759 N. Lakeshore Drive, Lake Junaluska, NC 28745
SEJANAM is a member of the General Advance of the National Division of the General Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church, code #791842. (Donations should be routed through your annual conference treasurer's office.)