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A Baker's Dozen Trends to Consider TertiaryThis report explores the differences in church growth rate and populations in the world and in the North American Division. There are a variety of topics explored such as enrollment numbers in rural schools and churches, lifestyle issues and devotional practices... -
A Statistical Model for Seventh-day Adventist White English Speaking Church Growth in the United States TertiaryThis report provides a statistical model for SDA white English-speaking church growth in the United States. There were 145 white English-speaking churches in the United States that were randomly selected. -
A Study of Factors Relating to Urban Church Growth in the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventist TertiaryThis paper reports a study of urban church growth commissioned by the Institute of Church Ministry. Its purpose was to identify factors or variables that are associated with rapid church growth as well as those that are associated with minimal church growth... -
A study of the relationship between church sponsored K-12 education and church membership in the Seventh-day Adventist Church Kindergarten-Grade 12Church growth continues to be a concern for religious sects. Writers on church growth hold that all the various ministries of the church must assist the church in accomplishing church growth. The purpose of this study was to determine whether or... -
Adventist Advance in Latin America TertiaryAdventist Advance in Latin America talks about the influence of literature, the witness of laypersons, the work of self-supporting missionaries, strategies for growth and challenges for the future. -
Adventist Retention 1962-2012 - Global Summit on Nurture and Retention Second Conference of Adventist Human Subject Researchers TertiaryThis presentation lays out a global summit on nurture and retention. It shares the data of membership losses, and it includes church growth implications. -
An Analysis of Adventist Mission Methods in Brazil in Relationship to a Christian Movement Ethos Tertiary-LifelongThis study aims to analyze the growth of the Adventist church in Brazil, thus looking into ways to sustain the development in the ever-changing context. This study employs Gailyn van Rheenen’s Missional Helix and intertwines theological reflection, cultural... -
An Investigation of the Relationship Between Community Connectedness and Congregational Spiritual Vitality Tertiary-LifelongThis study aimed to determine if there is a relationship between levels of community connectedness to the spiritual vitality, growth, and giving levels of the congregations in the Oregon Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. Results confirmed that higher levels... -
Annual Council 2015 Report on Retention and Reclamation TertiaryThis presentation lays out retention in the world church. It includes statistics of losses, demographics, frequency of spiritual activities, etc. It presents mainly two global studies conducted in 2011 using qualitative and quantitative method. -
Bigger Better? How Church Size is Related to Church Health - &Growth Tertiary-LifelongThis presentation explored the relationship between church size and its growth. Results in the US context concluded that larger churches overall tend to be healthier and have a more robust growth orientation, while smaller churches are suggested to strive... -
Briefing - What We Really Know about Congregations TertiaryThis report by Monte Sahlin answers questions based on the perceptions of members in the SDA church. He answered true or false questions and provides facts to back his findings based on more than 70 studies conducted. The results were presented to the British... -
Briefing for Pacific Union Presidents Council TertiaryThis presentation is based on examinations of the Seventh-day Adventist church and its growth and evangelistic patterns. The presentation explores factors influencing the church growth rates, including information about new converts and their reasons for joining... -
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Descriptive Analysis of Participation and Belonging among People with Disabilities in the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists Tertiary-Lifelong"More than 25% of adults in the U.S. live with a disability, while only 10% of NAD church members report disabilities. The good news is, those who are attending church are no different in measures of 'being present,' 'being needed,' and 'being cared for.'... -
Developing a Community-based Ministry TertiaryThis presentation delves into the concepts of community ministry and friendship evangelism with the aim of using the two to draw unchurched members of the community to Christ. It provides advice and suggestions on what church members can do to better lead... -
Development, teaching and evaluation of a course in church leadership and administration for the Theological Seminary, Marienhoehe, Germany TertiaryOne of the most important concerns of the clergy and the laymen of the Seventh-day Adventist church in Germany is the future of the local congregations. There may be many reasons for the dwindling of a church’s attractiveness and relevance in a given... -
Factors that Influence Recently Converted members of the Southeastern Venezuelan Association to Apostatize or Remain in the Faith During Their First Year of Christian Life Grade 5-LifelongThe Southeastern Venezuelan Conference in the state of Bolivar, Venezuela, shows in its statistical records a significant growth in membership over the past four years. However, a careful examination of the active membership reveals that slightly more than... -
Go Forward - The Call from the 59th Session of the General Conference Tertiary-Lifelong"Growth, unity, and commitment marked the 59th world session of the General Conference of Seventhday Adventists that convened in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, from June 25 to July 3, 2010." -
GROW Your Church Tertiary-LifelongAn initiative of the General Conference Sabbath School and Personal Ministries Department, GROW your church is a Total Member Involvement strategy for every local church. Following the agricultural method of soul-winning taught by Jesus, it provides education... -
New Member Research : How and Why People Join the Church TertiaryThis paper reports a new member research of the North New South Wales Conference. Its purpose was to discover how and why they have joined the church and what can be learned about the success or otherwise of various evangelistic methods which are currently... -
Not every believer is the same - Is profiling possible? Why people turn their back at the Adventist church TertiaryThe church in the Netherlands is growing. Yet there are people who are leaving the church. Each church leaver has its own story, but is it possible to find common ground among these stories and anticipate on this? What would this mean for Adventist church... -
Pastor's Age, Church Growth, and Vitality – What Is the Relationship? Tertiary-Lifelong"This presentation highlights data from the Natural Church Development (NCD) survey, investigating the question, “How are selected measures of a church’s wellbeing related to the pastor’s age” Utilizing data from over 8,000 congregations,... -
Personal Commitment and Social Identity in Seventh-day Adventist Work in Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico - A Study Grade 5-LifelongIn this research, conducted in the Adventist Church in Chetumal, Quintana Roo in 2012, we worked with the objective of learning about the generators and detractors of church growth. -
Portrait of a Regional Conference the Allegheny East Conference TertiaryThis paper examines the strengths and weaknesses of the Allegheny East Conference and the opportunities and challenges facing the conference. The data assess also measures the needs and measures the opinions of church members. -
Profile of a Changing Church Tertiary-Lifelong"New horizons, new opportunities for witness, new ways of proclamation, new locations for establishing communities of believers--these are the realities that compel the life of those who serve as the followers of Jesus Christ. Seventh-day Adventists are... -
Rapid Growth and Expanding Education Opportunities to Reach the World Preschool-TertiaryThe 2015-2020 Education Report from the East-Central Africa Division (ECD) presented at the Adventist General Conference Session. As the largest division in the world church, the ECD also runs the largest network of Adventist schools. “During this past... -
Reaching New Generations , Report Four : A Church Growth Agenda for Conferences and Congregations TertiaryThis report is the fourth in a series of research and strategy studies conducted for the Pacific Union Conference of the Seventh-day Adventists. It is focused on church growth. -
Report to Evaluation Committee TertiaryThis presentation lays out a report focused on decadal church growth rates in the North American Division, new members, their drop out, public awareness, etc. It reports findings from several surveys conducted in the North American Division. -
Serving Leadership Style Revisited Tertiary-Lifelong"This presentation highlights findings from a study exploring the congregational health and church growth of more than 9,000 congregations from various denominations across United States. These congregations have used a Natural Church Development (NCD)... -
Simple Church Tertiary-LifelongLearn about the simple church movement, equipping to lead a simple church, and how to connect with others in this missionary work. Worth connecting college students to. -
The Adventist Church Today TertiaryApproximately how many Seventh-day Adventist church members are there in the world today? Where would you find the highest rate of Adventist believers? What is our member population compared to that of the world population? Included are several charts to illustrate... -
The Patterns Sources and Implications of Rapid Church Growth within International Seventh-day Adventism : Applying and Testing Starks Revised General Model TertiaryThis paper is a study of the growth of Seventh-day Adventism within the international church. Data for the study was collected using various methods from churches in 54 countries. The study maps out global church membership and growth and tithe and offering... -
The Relationship Between Leadership Traits and Church Growth Among Pastors of Free Churches in Germany Tertiary-LifelongAs more question the way pastors function as leaders and as the number of members continues to decrease in German Christian denominations, this study aimed to find out what kinds of personality traits, behaviors, and attitudes among pastors of Free Churches... -
The Religious Needs of the General Public in Georgia and Tennessee TertiaryThis presentation lays out the religious needs of the general public in Georgia and Tennessee. It is focused on church growth, evangelism, needs, etc. -
Those Crucial Differences TertiaryThis Editorial note briefly examines the notion that church growth initiatives are most effective when targeted approaches are not utilized. The author warns readers against use of this method and favors selecting specific populations for campaign initiatives. -
VG2 Update 06: Thinking about the Church, Factors influencing leaving, Youth Ministry and the Church Grade 7-TertiaryThis report focuses on the impact of the church in the lives of children. Factors for leaving the church, and perceptions of adult leaders and teachers in the local church are analyzed with graphs and data summaries. -
Warmth -The Missing Ingredient in Adventist Schools Tertiary-LifelongThis article uses data from the Valuegenesis research to show that young people leave the Adventist church not because they don't believe the doctrines, but because they never felt really accepted, loved or needed. It also draws comparisons between Seventh-day... -
What is the Mission of the Dupont Park Church ? TertiaryThis presentation lays out a mission in the Dupont Park Church with focus on church growth. -
What makes churches grow ? What recent Adventist research reveals TertiaryThis article reports studies about church growth in North America. -
What We Know & Dont Know About Adventist Evangelism & Church Growth TertiaryThis presentation lays out a summary report with purpose to find what works in evangelism and church growth, to use this information to administrators, evangelism coordinators and pastors, and to identify standards for evaluating evangelism options and plans. -
Where is the mission field ? Who is the missionary ? TertiaryThis presentation lays out the findings of a study carried out in the community of the local Adventist churches in Mansfield and Richland County. The study is focused on church growth within the Ohio Conference. -
Who Are(n't) We Baptizing? TertiaryAs new members are added to the church roster researchers have solicited their feedback in an attempt to ascertain effective methods of winning and establishing new converts. This article reports on data collected on new members and features implications for... -
Why do some churches grow and others don't? Tertiary-Lifelong"Church growth scholars admit that it is difficult to explain precisely why some congregations grow and others don’t. Church growth is complex, and there is no way to reduce that complexity to a simple formula.1 However, church growth specialists...