2013 Summit on Nurture and Retention

Summit Documents

PDF: Tithing, Commitment and Retention of Members: Demographic Challenges Revealed in Research in Australia, Brazil, the United Kingdom, and the United States by Robert McIver
PDF: Overview of Previous Research by ASTR Team
PDF: Holding on to Their Faith: The Lived Experiences of SDA Church Members in SSD by Arceli H.Rosario & Susa B. Opao
Audio: Breakout Session 1

PDF: The Family as a Mediating Factor in Retaining Members by Willie Oliver & Elaine Oliver
PDF: Correlates of Perceived Emotional/Verbal and Spiritual Abuse of Adult Children of Pastors by Duane McBride
PDF: Discipleship, Nurture, and Retention of Single Parents in Black Adventism by Jonathan Thompson

PDF: Right in Our Own Backyard: The Role of Volunteering on Church Attendance and Retention among Seventh-‐day Adventist Faculty and Staff by John Gavin Curtis VanderWaal & William Ellis
PDF: Toward a Coherent Knowledge Base on Church Retention and Engagement – Document 1 by Paul Brantley
PDF: Toward a Coherent Knowledge Base on Church Retention and Engagement – Document 2 by Paul Brantley
PDF: Conversion, Community, and Caregenuity by James Park

PDF: Nurturing the Church through Small Groups: Why is it so Important? by Walter Alana
PDF: Retaining through Hospitality: A Ministry of Small Groups by Heather-Dawn Small

PDF: Reclaiming and Nurturing the Health of our Youth by Maxine Garvey
PDF: Perceptions of Health Behaviors by Seventh-day Adventist Undergraduate Students by Alina Baltazar

PDF: John Wesley’s Small Group Ministry: A Membership Retention and Discipleship Model for the Seventh-day Adventist Church by Robert Osei-Bonsu
PDF: Participating in a Compelling Purpose: Discipleship’s Connection to the Eschatological Mission and Identity of the Seventh-day Adventists Church by Gavin Anthony

PDF: Before and Beyond Baptism: An Investigation into the Relationship between Current Baptismal Beliefs and Practices, Christian Maturity, and Commitment to the Core Seventh-day Adventist Beliefs of Church Members within the South Pacific Division by Barbara Fisher
PDF: ‘Not every believer is the same; Is profiling possible?’ Why people turn their back at the Adventist church. A case study of the Netherlands – Document 1 by Andre Staal
PDF: ‘Not every believer is the same; Is profiling possible?’ Why people turn their back at the Adventist church. A case study of the Netherlands – Document 2 by Andre Staal
Audio: Breakout Session 8 – Audio

PDF: Strategic Planning Implications for All Age Groups As Revealed In Multiple International Young Adult Focus Groups – Document 1 by Larry Evans
PDF: Strategic Planning Implications for All Age Groups As Revealed In Multiple International Young Adult Focus Groups – Document 2 by Larry Evans
PDF: Soul Conservation in a Growing Church by Javan Kamanutsi Harelimana

PDF: Nurture, Disciple & Retain—‘And When He is Old He Will Not Depart from It’ – Document 1 by Anne-May Wollan
PDF: Nurture, Disciple & Retain—‘And When He is Old He Will Not Depart from It’ – Document 2 by Anne-May Wollan
PDF: Retention of Youth into Adulthood within the Church by Barry Gane
PDF: Together: Intergenerational Relationships and Discipleship by Bonita Shields, Kathleen Beagles & Erica Jones
Audio: Breakout Session 10

PDF: Growing the Church Across Generations—A Model for Education – Document 1 by Cheryl Des Jarlais
PDF: Growing the Church Across Generations—A Model for Education – Document 2 by Cheryl Des Jarlais
PDF: Growing the Church Across Generations—A Model for Education – Document 3 by Cheryl Des Jarlais
PDF: Growing the Church Across Generations—A Model for Education – Document 4 by Cheryl Des Jarlais
PDF: First & Second Generation Hispanics/Latinos and Church Life: The Re (tension) Factor by Carlos Parra & Sara Bernal
PDF: Internalization of Distinctive Religious Practices is Associated with Increased Well-Being by Karl Bailey

PDF: Disciple-Making through Teaching by MinHo Joo
PDF: The Role of Methodical Bible Study in Discipleship by Maria Ovando-Gibson

PDF: Scripture and Prayer in Christian Education–Nurturing, Discipleship, and Retention by Adrienne Royo