The David Homer Hughes Institute of Missions was founded by Pastor EA Ennis and named for the retired Pastor who served the Seventh-day Adventist Church for over 47 years in the United States, Africa, and England.

The Life of Pastor David H. Hughes exemplifies the ideals of life-long and selfless service to God in the gospel ministry. He served the Church with distinction, and is a role model for both clergy and lay members alike in the discipline of personal sacrifice for the fulfilment of the Great Commission.

The David H. Hughes Institute of Missions serves as an instrument to promote the ideals of every-member involvement in personal witnessing as the Christian lifestyle. It is the call of every Seventh-day Adventist to be a channel of light and hope, and to this end, the Institute seeks to fulfill it's mandate through the following means:

Ministry Description of the David H. Hughes Institute of Missions

• To serve as an organization for the promotion of personal ministry as the Christian lifestyle.
• To produce, procure, and maintain teaching and promotional resources for motivating members of area Adventist churches to enlist in life-long, sacrificial service to God in the work of soul winning.
• To plan for, organize and promote the annual Lectureship Series on Missions at Praise Tabernacle each Winter.
• To arrange, in consultation with the senior pastor of Praise Tabernacle, for the lectureship series speaker/presenter. The speaker shall be someone who has demonstrated the ideals of the Institute.
• To serve as a major resource center for evangelistic motivation, mobilization and training in Southeastern North Carolina and Northeastern South Carolina, utilizing the combined multi-media resources of Carolina Adventist Academy and Praise Tabernacle (broadband Internet, library, video production, gym sized seating capacity, etc.).
• To network and collaborate with the Personal Ministry Department and the Evangelism & Church Planting Committee of the South Atlantic Conference of Seventh-day Adventists in scheduling training and evangelistic events in the region.
• To sponsor an evangelism field school each summer, involving college students and CAA upper-classmen (grades 9-12).

Leadership

The Institute shall be governed by a steering committee which shall be voted at the time of the bi-annual church elections. Special sub-committees may be appointed for program planning, special events, etc. The steering committee shall be comprised of the following:

• The Senior Pastor of Praise Tabernacle (who will serve as committee chairperson, or assign the Head Elder as Chair)
• The Outreach Ministries Coordinator/Personal Ministry Leader of Praise Tabernacle (who will serve as administrative secretary and chair pro-tem)
• The Personal Ministry Secretary (who will serve as recording secretary)
• The Youth and Children's Ministry Coordinator
• A youth representative
• Up to two other church members who demonstrate the ideals of the Institute
• A member of the CAA teaching staff
• Pastor David H. Hughes, Honoree
• Pastor EA Ennis, Founder