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Developing And Implementing A Training Program In Public Evangelism: For Lay Members Of The Hispanic Seventh-Day Adventist Churches Of The Wisconsin Conference, Miled Modad Jan 1989

Developing And Implementing A Training Program In Public Evangelism: For Lay Members Of The Hispanic Seventh-Day Adventist Churches Of The Wisconsin Conference, Miled Modad

Doctor of Ministry Projects

Problem. A need for increased involvement and training in public evangelism of the Hispanics Seventh-day Adventist Churches in Wisconsin prompts one to discover different methods and ways by which laity could be educated and well-equipped to fulfill their ministry. Many programs for training laity for evangelism have been activated in Latin America, but the notably different cultural conditions of North America suggest that Hispanic people familiar with Latin American programs may need retraining if they are to be effectively Involved in evangelistic work in Wisconsin.

Method. A training program in public evangelism was designed and implemented for a selected group …


A Study Of The Attitudes Of Seventh-Day Adventist Members In The Greater Toronto Area, Roger Dudley Dec 1982

A Study Of The Attitudes Of Seventh-Day Adventist Members In The Greater Toronto Area, Roger Dudley

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This paper reports a study of the Greater Toronto Area. The first phase was a demographic study of greater Toronto, including such items as location of churches, ethnic mix, and prime locations for new churches. The second phase was a survey of attitudes of members who attended the Adventist churches in greater Toronto. A questionnaire was used for data collection.


Toward The Development Of A Church Planting Strategy For The Local Seventh-Day Adventist Church In North America, Larry R. Evans Jan 1981

Toward The Development Of A Church Planting Strategy For The Local Seventh-Day Adventist Church In North America, Larry R. Evans

Doctor of Ministry Projects

Historically the Seventh-day Adventist Church has been a mission-oriented movement. In harmony with this emphasis church planting is beginning to gain a higher p rio rity in some parts of North America. Very little evidence has been gathered, however, which supports this practice as being an effective means of evangelism. Furthermore, v irtu a lly no guidance has been offered to local SDA churches explaining why church planting should be considered or how it should be accomplished.

Empirical data are gathered from various denominations, including the Adventist denomination, regarding the relationship of new church development and membership growth. With positive …


The Introduction Of Management By Objectives Into The Buchanan, Michigan, Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Oliver Lawrence Johnston Sr. Jan 1979

The Introduction Of Management By Objectives Into The Buchanan, Michigan, Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Oliver Lawrence Johnston Sr.

Doctor of Ministry Projects

The most urgent concern of the twentieth-century church is building an effective working team composed of pastor and laymen (or lay people) that will be responsive to the commission of carrying the gospel to the world. Methods must be discovered so that intentional pastors can help bring intentional congregations into being. In the context of management by objectives, self-assessment and goal setting may be the means by which intentional congregations are created. If this is true, the pastor needs to know how to apply the concept of management by objectives to his ministry.

To develop guidelines for the introduction of …