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  Teenagers Speak to the Church

  Janet Leigh Kangas and Roger Dudley

  This article seeks to ascertain the perspective of teenagers within the North American Division. Their reasons for leaving, factors, which contribute, to retention, and a multitude of external and internal influences were examined. The aim of the study is to equip parents, local leaders, administrators and the church at large with tools for reaching young people.

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  Survey On The Status of Women Elders in The North American Division

  Carole L. Kilcher and Gan-Theow Ng

  This paper reports a survey on the status of women elders in the North American Division conducted by the Institute of Church Ministry. Its purpose was to find the number of female elders and male elders in the NAD, the number of women elders related to male elders, the size and type of the churches where female elders serve, the number of the years they served as elders, the attitudes of churches toward them and values or problems brought by women elders to the local church. Altogether 3331 questionnaires were completed and returned.

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  Test Market Research Report, What I Like About...

  Monte Sahlin

  This paper lays out test market research report of the direct mailing of the 1987 Missionary Book, What I Like About… by George Vandeman. Two specific pieces of market research were completed - a telephone survey and two focus groups. 371 interviews were completed.

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  Why Business As Usual Is No Longer Possible

  Merton P. Strommen

  This paper shares samples of eight major trends that either threaten the ministries or provide open doors of opportunities.

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  Contemporary Women's Issues As Perceived By Selected Groups of Women Within a Neo-Evangelical Protestant Church

  Arlene Taylor

  This paper reports the Contemporary Women’s Issues Survey. Its purposed was to determine the top five issues of importance to three selected groups of women affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the United States and Canada as well as obtain demographic and other data related to the respondents. A total of 570 questionnaires were mailed to the respondents in the three different groups, 417 questionnaires were returned.

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  An Approach to a Holistic Ministry in a Seventh-Day Adventist Urban Church in Uganda

  Nathaniel Mumbere Walemba

  This paper presents a project which purpose was to initiate a holistic approach to ministry in a Seventh-day Adventist urban church in Uganda. Data were collected through a questionnaire.

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  Seventh-day Adventist Planning Research: A Survey of Church Members, Including a Special Supplemental Survey of Columbia Union Members

  Eliot Daley and Mitchell Seltzer

  This paper reports a survey of Columbia Union church members. Interviews were conducted.

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  Attitudes toward Women in Ministry by Pastors in North America and Religion Teachers in Adventist Higher Education

  Roger Dudley

  This is a report on two studies about attitudes toward women in the Seventh-day Adventist Church. One study was conducted among pastors in the North American Division, and the second study was conducted among religion faculty in Adventist colleges throughout the world. This report presents the results from both studies.

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  Selected Variables Related to Religious Commitment among Church-Related Hispanic Seventh-day Adventist Youth

  Roger Dudley

  This paper presents a study of religious commitment among Hispanics within the Seventh-day Adventist church. The focus of this research is on the relationship among significant others, acculturation, and religious commitment among Hispanic Seventh-day Adventist youth. A survey was conducted across the United States.

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  Teaching Children Right from Wrong

  Roger Dudley

  This article explores the idea of successful Christian child rearing in the household. The author implores readers to explore the idea that the values children learn do their parents live out the values they see. Parents should carefully watch their actions in the household to be sure they are being positive role models.

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  Attitudes Toward Women In Ministry

  Roger L. Dudley

  This report consists of two research studies using the questionnaire "Attitudes toward the Role of Women in the Adventist Church." The first study is based on random sampling of pastors in the NAD and the second was based on responses from all members of religion faculties of Adventist senior colleges and seminaries throughout the world field. The report seeks to provide guidance to the church as it struggles with the involvement of women in its ministry and leadership.

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  Visitor Readership Study

  Kermit Netteburg

  This paper reports Visitor readership study. A total of 400 surveys were mailed to Visitor subscribers, 95 usable responses were returned.

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  Survey of the Young Adults in the Pacific Union Conference by the Church Ministries Department

  Unknown

  This paper reports a survey of the young adults in the Pacific Union Conference conducted by the Church Ministries Department. Questionnaires were used for collecting the data.

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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 C. Alspaugh

  This paper presents a project which purpose was to develop 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. It used qualitative method.

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  The North American Division Marketing Program, Vol. 1: Profiling Adventist Members and Baptisms.

  Roger Dudley

  This report summarizes the results of a series of ClusterPlus studies conducted by Andrews University and Donnelley Marketing Information Services, Inc. for the Seventh-day Adventist. In this series of analyses, the Seventh-day Adventist National Membership Database, defined as New Believer and Total Believer Groups, were analyzed through the ClusterPlus Marketing System to determine the lifestyle cluster segments, which contain the highest concentration of Seventh-day Adventist Believers.

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  Adventist Youth and Drugs

  Patricia B. Mutch, Robert J. Cruise, and Roger Dudley

  This article lays out a research of Adventist youth and drugs. It was conducted in the United States and Canada. A questionnaire was used for data collection.

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  A Study of Factors Relating to Urban Church Growth in the North American Division of Seventh-Day Adventist

  Monte Sahlin

  This paper reports a study of urban church growth commissioned by the Institute of Church Ministry. Its purpose was to identify factors or variables that are associated with rapid church growth as well as those that are associated with minimal church growth and decline among urban churches in the North American Division.

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  Perceptions of the Adventist Church in North America

  Monte Sahlin

  This paper presents a synthesis of research of public awareness and perceptions of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America. Six major studies were conducted using telephone-interviewing methodologies.

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  Adventures in Church Growth Study Guide

  Roger Dudley

  This guide provides a thorough understanding of the principles that result in a growing church and to provide channels in order to apply those principles in the congregation.

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  A Survey of Subscribers and Nonsubscribers to the Adventist Review.

  Roger Dudley

  This is a report on the findings of a survey conducted for the Adventist Review. The report contains demographic information about the subscribers and nonsubscribers of the Adventist Review, as well as their feedback concerning the publication.

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  Competencies Needed by Administrators as Perceived by Officers and Committee Members in the North American Division

  Roger Dudley

  The Institute of Church Ministry in conjunction with the School of Business at Andrews University was tasked with suggesting a curriculum for administrators in the Seventh-day Adventist system. A study was conducted among current administrators within the SDA Church in an effort to determine the competencies needed by administrators. This paper contains a report of the findings.

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  Competencies needed by Administrators as perceived by Officers and Committee Members in the North American Division

  Roger Dudley and Lloyd Erickson

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  A Study of Attitudes Toward, Giving Among Seventh-day Adventists in the North American Division

  Roger L. Dudley and Annette Melgosa

  This study investigates the attitudes and practices toward the giving of tithes and offerings among the members and pastors of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America. This report is based on the combined total of 3,483 surveys from both pastors and lay members.

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  Job Motivation, Commitment and Volunteerism of Seventh-Day Adventist Pastors of the North American Division

  Johnny Almas Manassian

  This study is one of a series of studies on job motivation of Seventh-day Adventist Higher Education Employees, Elementary and Junior Academy School Personnel, Secondary School Personnel, and Administrators of North American Division respectively.

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  A Statistical Model for Seventh-day Adventist White English Speaking Church Growth in the United States

  Des Cummings Jr.

  This report provides a statistical model for SDA white English-speaking church growth in the United States. There were 145 white english-speaking churches in the United States that were randomly selected.