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The Vacant Parish: Managing A Pastoral Search Process, Skip Bell
The Vacant Parish: Managing A Pastoral Search Process, Skip Bell
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God, Civil Society, And Congregations As Public Moral Companions, Gary M. Simpson
God, Civil Society, And Congregations As Public Moral Companions, Gary M. Simpson
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A Report On The 180 Symposium, Roger Dudley, Allen Walshe
A Report On The 180 Symposium, Roger Dudley, Allen Walshe
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Three Reasons To Serve, Gary Hopkins, Duane C. Mcbride, Stuart Tyner, Jonathan Duffy
Three Reasons To Serve, Gary Hopkins, Duane C. Mcbride, Stuart Tyner, Jonathan Duffy
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Young people in the Seventh-day Adventist Church are in need of leadership creating effective strategies for protecting the youngsters from engaging in high risk behaviors along with finding effective methods of keeping these same youngsters churched. It is clear that God had answers to these problems long ago. A review of Matthew 25 clearly states that our purpose as Christians should be to serve individuals in need. When young people engage in service, they are more likely to be attracted to the church, get involved in the church, and stay in the church. Furthermore, service is associated with better grades …
Church Of Refuge: A Support Ministry For Youth And Young Adults, Ron Whitehead, Jeff Boyd
Church Of Refuge: A Support Ministry For Youth And Young Adults, Ron Whitehead, Jeff Boyd
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At least 40 to 50 percent of youth and young adults leave the Seventh-day Adventist Church. To reverse this trend by helping local congregations meet the spiritual, social, and community impact needs of youth and young adults, the Center for Youth Evangelism proposes to launch Church of Refuge (COR). This organization will support churches in incorporating nine principles in their master planning. After demonstrating the inclusion of these principles, local congregations will be certified as Churches of Refuge and will be promoted to youth and young adults through web and print materials.
Transformational Youth Ministry, Allen Walshe
Transformational Youth Ministry, Allen Walshe
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This paper will point out how deeply ingrained post-modern thinking has become in Western culture. It will remind us that our youth and young adults, who are post-modern, are not the enemy (as some would categorize them), but that they are ‘the beloved of God.’ We have been called and commissioned to reach them by the grace of God. This paper will argue that the church’s response to our post-modern youth, if it is to be efficacious, will require a paradigm shift, from its predominantly information style toward a more relational model of ministry. This can be facilitated by restructuring …
Reflections, Roger Dudley