Welcome to the Windsor Elm Haven SDA Church

We are a Christian community and would love to have you join our family. To learn more about what we believe you can visit our About Us page. Please join us for Bible study, worship, and prayer.

Service times:
Sabbath School:  9:30 A.M. to 10:40 A.M.
Worship Service: 10:45 A.M. to about 12:10 P.M. +/-

All Church Vegetarian Potluck every third Sabbath of the month. (When we have a special (extra) potluck in a month, it does not eliminate the 3rd Sabbath Potluck.)

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2026-05-16

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Andrew Abbott

Senior Pastor at Pennsylvania Conference (April 2022 – January 2026)

Pennsylvania Conference of Seventh-day Adventists

Smelterville, Idaho, United States 

I am a mission-focused minister who enjoys communicating Bible principles, developing ministry teams, and personally nurturing individuals towards a stronger bond with Christ. I am currently pastoring three churches in Upper Columbia Conference in Northern Idaho. I have spent two years as a full-time Associate Pastor in Spokane Valley, Washington and I have tested and developed a variety of ministry skills in churches that range in membership from 45 to 1500.
My tenure at the Spokane Valley Adventist Church involved heading the church’s youth ministry, beginning a media ministry and YouTube Channel, co-leading the local Pathfinder Club, preaching regularly, conducting individual and group Bible studies each week, coordinating outreach events, chairing ministry meetings, working as a liaison between the local community service network and the church, and assisting the local young adult ministry team. During those two years, God greatly blessed these ministries. The average attendance for our youth events nearly doubled, we had almost a dozen baptisms, we began live streaming our weekly worship services, and we assisted with a major breakthrough in providing dental education and services to underprivileged school children in the area.
 Since those two years, I have continued honing my communication and leadership skills through regularly teaching a weekend Bible study, preaching for Bible study seminars, assisting a local news video production as an anchor, and co-hosting a TV program that introduces the Bible to young adults.

Specialties:
Leadership Team Development
Preaching
Small Group Leadership
Chairing Meetings
Video Presentation Skills
Writing articles
Theological Exposition
Personal Mentoring

Pastor Abbott was born in Redlands, California. His father’s job as a physician took the family (Andrew, his Mom and soon-to-be three siblings) from Loma Linda to North Carolina. Later, they moved to Walla Walla, Washington, where Andrew spent the longest period of his life, and where he made many precious memories enjoying the outdoors with family — mountain biking, hiking, backpacking and skiing. 

Abbott first realized his call to ministry at eighteen while he was finishing his last year of high school as a homeschooler. He began studying for pastoral ministry at Walla Walla University and graduated in June 2013 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in theology. 

Abbott was given an internship at Spokane Valley Adventist Church where he met Samantha Clark, a sweet bible worker who was to become his future wife. Abbott earned his Master of Divinity degree at Andrews University over the next three years and returned to the Northwest to begin pastoring in northern Idaho. Samantha joined in ministry when they married on July 21, 2019. Andrew and Samantha declare that serving in pastoral ministry together is a “rewarding adventure with God.”

“This step of ordination is especially meaningful to me because it’s the beginning of another exciting adventure with God,” says Abbott. “It’s a blessing to take a look back at God’s miracles and support over the years. The churches I’m pastoring and have pastored over the years have had a big part in training me, so I would like to say a big thank you to them too. I’m so thankful for the mentors, associates, teachers, friends, and counselors that have helped me to this point and I’m looking forward to what God has in store!”

Pastor Andrew Abbott and his wife Samantha have 2 daughters, aged 7 Months and 2 ½ years old.

Education

Andrews University

Masters of Divinity, Divinity

2015 – 2018

Walla Walla University

Bachelor of Arts, Theology

2008 – 2013

Grade: Summa Cum Laude

Activities and societies: School of Theology Club