The José-Figols Center is the European Center for research and documentation in practical theology for the Adventist Faculty of Theology. Its mission is to encourage and circulate research for up-to-date ministry to young people and practical evangelism. There are four goals for implementing this mission: research (individual or collective, teachers or students), documentation (books, records and magazines available to researchers and any interested library patron), training, and communication to share relevant challenges and courses of action to be implemented in our changing world.

The José-Figols Center is located in the library of the Campus adventiste du Salève and is then open at the usual opening times of the library. You'll find about two thousands books on the subkect of practical theology (youth, faith transmission, homiletics, evangelism, liturgy, pastoral theology, missiology, faith and culture, etc.). In a convival place, with wifi connection, two computers available, a small room for group work, you'll find ideal condition to study, to make some research, or simply to be inspired by all the documentation available.

The Jose-Figols Center is directed by Gabriel Monet. Pastor and teacher in practical theology at the adventist faculty of theology in Collonges-sous-Salève since 2007, Gabriel Monet has an experience with the double goal of the Jose-Figols Center : youth ministry and evangelism. Indeed, he was director of the youth department of the French North Conference from 1999 to 2002, organised many youth camps et youth meetings and is still engaged in different ministries with young people. He also planted a contemporary church in Paris (Church of Hope) in order to do some evangelism in the context of today.

This research and documentation center en practical theology has taken the name of José Figols because of the great impact of this youth leader in Europe. After his studies in theology and a pastoral experience in spain until 1962, he served in the Conference of Switzerland where he has been ordained as pastor may 17, 1969. He leaded there the youth department until 1978. He was then the leader of the youth at the Franco-Belgium Union until 1995. From november 1995 to 1998, José Figols was the european leader of the Euroafrica Division, in Bern (Switzerland). He died the fourth of august 1998.