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The Caring Ministry: Concepts And Methods Of Ministry To Inactive Members Of The Stone Tower Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Portland, Oregon, John Clifton Alspaugh
The Caring Ministry: Concepts And Methods Of Ministry To Inactive Members Of The Stone Tower Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Portland, Oregon, John Clifton Alspaugh
Professional Dissertations DMin
Problem. One of the greatest needs in the Seventh-day Adventist Church today is to develop a ministry to inactive members. In recent years many studies have explored the reasons why people leave the church, but very little has been done to reclaim those who become discouraged or disenchanted. The purpose of this project was to establish such a ministry to inactive members of Stone Tower Church and to evaluate the effectiveness of John Savage's "Calling and Caring Ministries" for use among Seventh-day Adventists.
Method. Lay members were trained in the concepts, skills , and methods of the Caring Ministry. Callers …