Even as legacy institutions struggle to hold attention, the opportunity for individuals has never been wider.
Your union paper may not be what it used to be. The old pipelines are thinning.
But at the same time, something historic is happening:
Adventists on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, podcasts, blogs, and newsletters are shaping faith,
identity, and even baptisms in ways individual members never could before.
This is new. And it’s powerful.
For most of our history, influence flowed through institutions.
Today, it flows through people—people with conviction, creativity, and consistency.
Tentmakers with cameras. Storytellers with smartphones.
Theologians with Substacks.
Pastors, artists, designers, editors, and everyday members who see a need and decide to serve it.
So hear this clearly:
Do not wait for a paycheck from the church.
Do not wait for permission—because honestly, nobody could give it to you anyway.
Go serve real needs.
Go create what God has put in your heart.
The early Advent movement was built by people who printed, preached, wrote, organized,
experimented, failed publicly, and kept going.
They didn’t wait for perfect conditions.
They moved because the moment demanded it.
Ours does too.
This is the time to unleash your creativity.
Be consistent.
Put out your best work—even when it feels small,
even when the algorithm ignores you,
even when no one is clapping yet.
Don’t live out your days without building the thing God keeps bringing back to your mind.
Adventism—and the world—can be better because of what you create.
Not someday. Not after approval. Not once the institution catches up.
This is our opportunity.
We’re not just next.
We are now.
Why Barely Adventist Exists
Barely Adventist exists for this exact moment.
We believe Adventism is at its best when it is honest, curious, creative, and courageous.
When people tell the truth about faith as they’re actually living it—
not sanitized, not institutional, not pre-approved.
Barely Adventist is a home for creators, writers, artists, and thinkers
who love this movement enough to wrestle with it in public.
Who believe questions are not threats.
Who know that creativity is not a distraction from mission—
it is the mission.
When you support Barely Adventist on Patreon, you’re not just funding a website.
You’re backing an ecosystem where Adventist creators can take risks,
publish boldly, experiment freely, and keep showing up.
You’re saying: We don’t need permission to build the future of Adventism.
You’re saying: This work matters now.
If this post resonates with you—
if you feel that pull to create, to write, to speak, to build—
then help make space for more of it.
Become a patron of Barely Adventist.
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