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Ivor Myers, Power of the Lamb Ministries is paid by SDAs Conference?
Executive Summary
The available records show no documented evidence that Ivor Myers or Power of the Lamb Ministries is paid by a Seventh‑day Adventist (SDA) conference; their public pages emphasize donor support and independent ministry activity, while separate materials identify Myers as pastor of a Northeastern Conference–launched virtual church but do not describe a salary relationship. Multiple sources indicate affiliation or involvement with SDA structures (notably the Northeastern Conference’s virtual church initiative), yet none of the cited materials state that conference funds pay Myers or Power of the Lamb directly [1] [2] [3]. Given the distinction between formal affiliation and salaried employment, the claim that he “is paid by SDAs Conference” is unsupported by the provided documents and requires specific payroll or official conference statements to verify.
1. What the documents actually claim and what they don’t: a clear split between affiliation and payment
The materials provided describe Power of the Lamb Ministries’ mission, fundraising appeals, and testimonial pages and explicitly solicit donations, which indicates a funding model based on supporter contributions rather than declared conference payroll [1] [3]. None of the supplied source texts include language such as “employed by,” “on conference payroll,” “receives salary from the conference,” or similar confirming direct financial compensation from an SDA conference to Ivor Myers or his ministry. One separate item identifies Myers as pastor of The Living Manna First Online Seventh‑day Adventist Church connected to the Northeastern Conference’s virtual church program, showing organizational linkage or endorsement but not payment specifics [2]. The available records therefore document relationship and activity, not payroll.
2. Where affiliation appears — and why affiliation is not proof of salary
The Northeastern Conference’s initiative to establish a virtual church lists Myers as pastor, which demonstrates formal association with a conference‑sponsored ministry platform [2]. Religious conferences commonly appoint pastors to serve congregations they sponsor, and those pastors are sometimes salaried, sometimes volunteer, and sometimes supported through a hybrid of donor funds and conference subsidies. The documents provided do not disclose the Northeastern Conference’s compensation arrangements for virtual church leadership or any stipend or payroll records concerning Myers; therefore, association alone cannot substantiate the claim he is paid by the conference without explicit financial statements from the conference or an official payroll record [2].
3. What Power of the Lamb’s own materials say about funding — donations and independence
Power of the Lamb Ministries’ public pages include donation and support solicitations and promotional content, indicating an organizational funding structure reliant on donor contributions rather than an assertion of institutional salary [3] [1]. Testimonies and event pages reinforce the ministry’s active outreach and fundraising posture, which is consistent with independent nonprofit or para‑church funding dynamics. Because the ministry’s own communications emphasize public giving and partnership appeals, the simplest reading of the evidence is that Power of the Lamb operates primarily on donations, and there is no direct admission within these materials that conference payroll covers its expenses or staff compensation [3] [1] [4].
4. Conflicting narratives and potential motives behind the claim of conference payment
Some third‑party discussions and pastoral correspondence reference Myers and critical exchanges about his sermons, reflecting denominational friction and personal disputes, but these do not provide financial documentation [5]. Claims that an SDA conference pays Myers could serve several agendas: critics might assert payment to argue institutional endorsement of controversial teachings, while supporters might emphasize conference ties to validate pastoral legitimacy. The provided sources show both denominational ties and independent fundraising, creating an environment where ambiguous claims about compensation can be weaponized; however, the existing texts do not supply the factual basis to prove payment by an SDA conference [5] [6].
5. What would close the gap — documents or statements that would decisively verify payment
To validate the claim that Ivor Myers or Power of the Lamb Ministries receives payment from an SDA conference, the necessary evidence would be an explicit conference statement, official payroll records, budget line items naming Myers or Power of the Lamb as a compensated ministry, or a signed employment agreement. None of the supplied sources meet that standard; instead they show role descriptions, ministry fundraising, and conference‑sponsored virtual church listings without financial detail [2] [3] [1]. Until such documents are produced, the correct factual position — based on these sources — is that there is no substantiated proof of conference payment, only affiliation and donor‑funded ministry activity.