Trust Services

Trust Services operates within Australia and New Zealand in order to enable the members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church to have a Will prepared for them. The service has operated for over thirty years and is under the supervision of practicing lawyers.

There are five directors who are ordained ministers and have received specialist training in the area of Wills and estate-planning and are regularly involved in professional development.

For legal reasons, the service provided is limited to "those associated with the church". This is understood as referring to church members and others who attend church services. Wills are prepared free of charge and without financial obligation.

Many members wish to benefit the church organization by means of a bequest and when this is the case the Director can ensure that the Will is written in such a way that the bequest will benefit that part of the Lord’s work that is the object of the member’s choice.

Guardianship of minor children often weighs heavily on younger parents and having Christian values reflected in their Will is important to them. Because it is a minister who is taking the instructions for their Will he understands the sentiments of those parents and thereby enables Christian principles to be enunciated in regard to guardianship.

The Trust Services Team

Pr Ian Royc

Coordinator of Trust Services for the South Pacific Division

Pr Ian Royce oversees the operations of Trust Services and acts as a facilitator for the local conference Directors. He operates from the Victorian Conference Office.

Pr Royce has previously been a local church pastor in South Australia and Western Australia, Ministerial Association Secretary in Western Australia, Conference Secretary in Victoria and a Director of Trust Services for twenty years.

Team members