A Study Regarding Organizational Health, Leadership Styles and Practices and Job Satisfaction in the Associacao Central Amazonas of the Seventh-day Adventist Church According to the Perception of the Pastoral Ministry

Problem Due to the perceived partial insatisfaction on the part of the district pastors and local church leaders in the Associação Central Amazonas (ACeAm) based on the amount of work added to the annual planning and the Organization activities calendar, it was decided to investigate the health organization, the leadership practices and styles, as well as the job satisfaction accrding to the perception of the ACeAm pastoral ministry which may be at the basis of the problem Method The study was conducted among AceAm 59 pastors divided in three leadership categories described as Top Leadership, Management and Work Force according to the criteria of OLA the research instrument which analyses the perception of the researched population according to six key areas of leadership, six levels of organizational health, leadership styles and practices and job satisfaction. Results The study showed that the participants perceived the ACeAm organizational health as Moderate, the leadership style as paternal positive, and the Work Force considered the job satisfaction as good. Conclusion The study lead us to conclude that AceAm has two principal goals to reach: develop servant leadership practices according to the OLA six key areas in order to attain the excellent and optimal level of organizational health and develop the leadership style from paternalist positive towards servant leadership. Regarding job satisfaction, though considered as good, there is room for growth towards very good.