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To Assimilate and Nurture Newly Baptized Members in the 9 Mile Seventh-day Adventist Church through an Intergenerational Approach
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The 9 Mile Seventh-day Adventist Church is one of the biggest churches in the city Port Moresby. It has been discovered that many young people and some adults who were baptized into the 9 Mile SDA Church in the last ten years no longer attend church. According to overall General Conference statistics, 9 Mile SDA Church’s local conference has been losing members over the last ten years.
Method
The research was conducted using the established research protocols. Three types of research were conducted: focus groups involving both active and non-active members; a major research survey of one hundred people of different generations; and a baseline survey of fifty new members who were baptized in 2022 and 2023.
Results
The study revealed that most of the members remained in the church due to having very strong connections with others and regular participation and involvement in the church. It was also revealed that their different needs were met, which helped them to remain faithful in the church.
Conclusions
It was evident that the loss of church members can be greatly minimized when the church intentionally creates a conducive environment for the assimilation and nurturing of members to reduce dropout rates. The church should make a collective effort to employ an intergenerational approach to retention
Davielle Smith Senior Voice Recital
No full textDavielle Smith presents her Senior Recital Alltagsgeschichte: The History of Everyday Life featuring works by H. Leslie Adams, Moses Hogan, Robert Schumann, Franz Schubert, Manuel de Falla, Gabriel Fauré, Hugo Wolf, and Ernest Charles.https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/posters-2024-2025/1018/thumbnail.jp