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Because God Said I Was! A History of the Power Struggles within the Davidian and Branch Davidian Sects of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
Rebekah Ann Crowe
This thesis provides a history of the power struggles within the Davidian and Branch Davidian Sects of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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Leadership and Religiosity: A Study of their Effects on Seventh-day Adventist Student Leaders
James Vernon Bird Jr.
This dissertation reports a study of the effects of leadership and religiosity on Seventh-day Adventist student leaders. Data were collected through two standardized instruments (Leadership Orientation and Religious Life Inventory) and a questionnaire on activity preference of student leaders.
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Seventh-day Adventist Portion: Faith Communitites Today (FACT) Survey, 2000
Roger Dudley
This is a study of the Seventh-day Adventist Church as a community. It is a survey of Seventh-day Adventist congregations across the United States. The survey contains information collected on topics such as evangelism, church environment, and diversity among numerous other topics.
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An Assessment of Departmental Ministries Local Congerences in the Columbia Union: 2003
Unknown
This report provides an assessment of departmental ministries in the local conferences of the Columbia Union Conference in 2003.
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Community Study, Wilmington Metropolitan Area
Monte Sahlin, Joanne Notturno, and Andy Clark
The purpose of this Community Study is to provide essential information for the pastors and lay leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist churches in the Wilmington metropolitan area and the steering committee of the Wilmington Area Adventist Community Services Agency. It is designed to assess community needs, potential partnerships, and opportunities for humanitarian ministry, as well as provide basic information about demographics.
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Cost Analysis of the Visitor and Options for Cost Reduction
Monte Sahlin and Paul Richardson
This paper reports cost analysis of the visitor and options for cost reduction conducted by the Center for Creative Ministry. Every aspect of Visitor operations was carefully re-inspected and re-calculated. This report lays out all of the considerations for reducing the cost.
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The Creation of a Natural Church Development Coaching and Implementation Guide for the Seventh-day Adventist Church
Robert S. Folkenberg Jr.
The purpose of this dissertation is to answer some of the theological questions posed by the whole Natural Church Development, healthy church paradigm while at the same time developing a user-friendly, practical, Seventh-day-Adventist-sensitive implementation guide for use by local churches and coaches.
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A Strategy for Small Group Relational Evangelism for the Ukiah Seventh-day Adventist Church
Ralph S. Watts III
This ministry focus paper has the purpose to provide a biblical foundation for spiritual growth and outreach through small group ministry and to provide an evangelism strategy and training materials for implementing such a ministry in the Ukiah Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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Church Leadership in a Multicultural World
Harold L. Lee
This paper is focused on diversity in North America. It deals with issues in which aspects of race, ethnicity and culture are of primary importance to the mission of the church. It presents an overview of the strategic challenges facing the Seventh-day Adventist church in North America relative to multicultural realities.
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Resources For The Hispanic Church
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This paper presents a study, which was conducted to identify the concerns and attitudes of NAD Hispanic pastors and lay-members as regards resource and ministry materials. Focus groups and telephone interviews were conducted.
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Portrait of a Regional Conference Revisited The Allegheny East Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
Monte Sahlin and Paul Richardson
This paper examines the strengths and weaknesses of the Allegheny East Conference and the opportunities and challenges facing the conference. The data assess also measures the needs and measures the opinions of church members.
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Becoming Gay and Lesbian: Identity Construction Among Seventh-day Adventist Homosexuals
Rene' D. Drumm
This report explores identity construction among Seventh-day Adventist Homosexuals. The primary focus of this study looked at how peopled negotiated the conflicts between religious beliefs that prohibit homosexual behavior and their gay or lesbian sexual orientation. There were 37 participants who were interviewed for this study. The study found that through a series of processes and stages, gay and lesbian Adventists develop and use a variety of strategies that help them to accomplish identity construction.
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Report One: Pathfinder Club Members, The Pathfinder Survey
Kermit Netteburg and Paul Richardson
This paper reports the pathfinder survey with the purpose to gain input about the Pathfinder Club program, uniform and resource materials from the children and adult leaders who participate across North America. It also measures the impact of the Pathfinder Club experience on the lives of young people. Two questionnaires were used for gathering the data.
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A Study of Why Seventh-day Adventists Who Attended S.D.A. Schools Separate From Their Church
Grey Banta
This paper presents a study with purpose to determine why young people who were once members of the church in Corona and Riverside areas and attended Seventh-day Adventist schools separate from the church. A questionnaire was used for gathering the data.
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