Adventures in Church Growth Study Guide

This guide provides a thorough understanding of the principles that result in a growing church and to provide channels in order to apply those principles in the congregation.https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/hrsa/1107/thumbnail.jp

The Background and Experience of New Members in the Georgia Cumberland Conference of Seventh-day Adventists 1979-1980

This paper reports a study with purpose to survey newly-baptized members through the Georgia-Cumberland Conference to determine what approaches are yielding the greatest success in winning converts and what are the demographics of the most winnable populations. It used a survey instrument created by the Institute of Church Ministry for data collection.https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/hrsa/1101/thumbnail.jp

Selected Variables Related to Religious Commitment among Church-Related Hispanic Seventh-day Adventist Youth

This paper presents a study of religious commitment among Hispanics within the Seventh-day Adventist church. The focus of this research is on the relationship among significant others, acculturation, and religious commitment among Hispanic Seventh-day Adventist youth. A survey was conducted across the United States.https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/hrsa/1092/thumbnail.jp

A Survey of Readers of the Adventist Review

This article presents the results of research conducted into readers of the Adventist Review. A survey was distributed to readers that contained questions regarding their reading preferences and demographics.https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/hrsa/1114/thumbnail.jp

An Examination of the Evaluations of Ministers, Conference Presidents and Ministerial Directors in an Attempt to Determine the most Effective Pathways of Preparation for Ministry

This paper is a report of a study conducted by the Institute of Church Ministry on the relative effectiveness of various approaches to the education of the Adventist ministry in North America. A survey was designed to gauge the perceived effectiveness of certain routes taken to ministry and administered to ministers, and another survey was administered to conference presidents and ministerial directors to gauge the ministerial effectiveness of these ministers. The results of these surveys are presented in this report.https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/hrsa/1091/thumbnail.jp

Cause for Celebration or Concern?

This article is based on research conducted for the Valuegenesis study. Data from surveys were collected from youth, parents, pastors, teachers, and principals. The present article highlights findings that are areas of concern or celebration based on personal religion, loyalty to the church, orthodoxy, and relationships with the church among other issues.https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/hrsa/1094/thumbnail.jp

The North American Division Marketing Program, Vol. 1: Profiling Adventist Members and Baptisms.

This report summarizes the results of a series of ClusterPlus studies conducted by Andrews University and Donnelley Marketing Information Services, Inc. for the Seventh-day Adventist. In this series of analyses, the Seventh-day Adventist National Membership Database, defined as New Believer and Total Believer Groups, were analyzed through the ClusterPlus Marketing System to determine the lifestyle cluster segments, which contain the highest concentration of Seventh-day Adventist Believers.https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/hrsa/1097/thumbnail.jp

A Study of Attitudes toward Christian Education in the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists

This report describes a study of attitudes toward and support for Adventist Christian education among the members of the North American Division. The survey administered collected information on the general attitudes of Seventh-day Adventists toward Adventist education, as well as their reasons for choosing or not choosing the system, and how various respondents differ in their responses.https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/hrsa/1104/thumbnail.jp

2009 Congregations Study for the North American Division

This paper investigates the attitudes, practice and commitment of Seventh-day Adventist congregations in the North American Division. This is part of a regular, periodical collecting of information about practices of North American Adventists that assist church leaders in decision-making.https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/hrsa/1088/thumbnail.jp

Attitudes toward Women in Ministry by Pastors in North America and Religion Teachers in Adventist Higher Education

This is a report on two studies about attitudes toward women in the Seventh-day Adventist Church. One study was conducted among pastors in the North American Division, and the second study was conducted among religion faculty in Adventist colleges throughout the world. This report presents the results from both studies.https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/hrsa/1093/thumbnail.jp