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2004 Congregations Study for the North American Division of the Seventh-day Adventist Church Tertiary-LifelongThis study examined the practices of North American Adventists with the goal of assisting church leadership in decision-making. Using survey information from 1689 participants, researchers analyzed several areas including the churches: demographics, witnessing... -
2007 Bermuda Congregational Survey TertiaryThe Bermuda Conference of Seventh-day Adventists commissioned the Center for Creative Ministry to conduct a survey of church members. The results and findings provide great insight for church administrators seeking to improve ministerial efforts. -
2007 Survey of Lay Leaders TertiaryThe Bermuda Conference of Seventh-day Adventists commissioned the Center for Creative Ministry to conduct a survey of church members. The survey covered several parameters including: Tithing, local church affairs, personal ministries and other church related... -
2009 Congregations Study for the North American Division TertiaryThis paper investigates the attitudes, practice and commitment of Seventh-day Adventist congregations in the North American Division. This is part of a regular, periodical collecting of information about practices of North American Adventists that assist church... -
Adventist Opinion about Issues in Church Planting TertiaryThe Center for Creative Ministry has conducted two surveys recently in which questions were asked about the opinions of Adventist church members and pastors on issues related to church planting. This report presents the data from these two surveys. -
Adventist Opinion about Issues in Church Planting Report TertiaryThis report is based on the responses of over 1,300 church members in local churches across eight states. The members were asked their opinions on various issues related to church planting. The information gathered in this report will give the NAD a gauge... -
An Investigation of the Relationship Between Community Connectedness and Congregational Spiritual Vitality 0-2 years-LifelongDiscussion over how to achieve church growth has been prominent over the first decade of this century and the last half of the 1900s as membership growth in mainline Christian denominations faltered to flat or negative growth. Membership growth in the Oregon... -
Basic Facts about Seventh-day Adventist Congregations Today TertiaryThis paper provides basic facts about Seventh-day Adventist congregations in North America. It is one of a series of reports under the general title Faith Communities Today (FACT) prepared by the Center for Creative Ministry. -
Briefing - What We Really Know about Congregations TertiaryThis report by Monte Sahlin answers questions based on the perceptions of members in the SDA church. He answered true or false questions and provides facts to back his findings based on more than 70 studies conducted. The results were presented to the British... -
Canton, Carrolton & Wooster Seventh-day Adventist Churches - A Survey Report TertiaryThe data in this presentation contains information about three Seventh-day Adventist churches in Canton, Carrolton, and Wooster respectively. The data collected included demographic statistics, information about members' faith practices, beliefs, and church... -
Characteristics of Healthy Congregations TertiaryThis paper reports the Cooperative Congregational Studies Project. The Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America is one of the participating groups. A questionnaire was used for gathering the data. In this brief paper it would be impossible to present... -
Children's Ministries in Seventh-day Adventist Congregations Today TertiaryThis paper provides information about Children's Ministries in Seventh-day Adventist Congregations today. It is one of a series of reports under the general title Faith Communities Today (FACT) prepared by the Center for Creative Ministry. -
Congregations on the Grow - Seventh-day Adventists in the US Congregational Life TertiaryThe U.S. Congregational Life Study was a study on individuals who attend worship services in the U.S. This article is based on the results obtained from this survey from 93 Seventh-day Adventist congregations. It uses the data obtained from the survey to determine... -
Disassociation TertiaryThis paper presents a study which purpose was to discover what former members perceive as the principal reasons for discontinuing membership in selected Seventh-day Adventist churches in Michigan. Another purpose was to establish the major factors that contribute... -
Enabling the Congregation TertiaryThis editorial is focused on new emphasis of enabling the congregations. It is new in the setting of a stronger North American Division. -
Engaging Adventist Millennials : A Church that Embraces Relationships TertiaryThis article provides information about a research on engaging Adventist Millennials conducted by the Barna Group. Its purpose was to investigate how its congregations can more effectively maintain engagement with this age group. The research was commissioned... -
Faith Communities Today TertiaryThis presentation lays out the largest study of religious congregations conducted in the United States: Faith Communities Today. Data were collected through questionnaires. The questions focused on the demographics, church growth, mission focus, community... -
Greater New York Survey of Members TertiaryThis presentation lays out a church member survey of the Greater New York Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. A questionnaire was used to gather the data. -
Healthy Congregations in Community Context TertiaryThis paper attempts to explore correlations between healthy, growing congregations and the community context in which those congregations are located. Data from this research is collected from a study that the Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America... -
Healthy Vital Growing Churches - What Works and What Doesn't TertiaryThis presentation provides a research of the church growth of more than 2000 local churches in the United States. It focused on sustained growth over 3 or 5 years. -
Reaching New Generations Report Three : A Survey of the Members of Five Successful Congregations TertiaryThis report is the third in a series of research and strategy studies conducted for the Pacific Union Conference of the Seventh-day Adventists. It details the results of the survey of the members of the five churches. It identifies nine significant characteristics... -
Recent Research on Adventist Congregations TertiaryThis presentation lays out a research on Adventist congregations. It is the Adventist sub-sample from the 2005 Faith Communities Today. -
Research Note : Beyond the Ordinary and Adventist Congregations TertiaryThis study examined the results of a national survey which the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the United States took part in. The purpose of this paper is to provide the aggregate index for all participating Adventist congregations on each of the ten strengths... -
Seventh-day Adventists in the 2008 US Congregational Life Study Tertiary-LifelongIn 2001, 94 congregations completed the U.S Congregational Life Study (USCLS) survey within the Seventh-day Adventist church. Eight years later, researchers were curious to see if a modified version of the original survey would yield any significant results... -
Survey of Church Clerks TertiaryThis presentation lays out a survey of church clerks conducted for the North American Division. Church clerks completed a questionnaire. The results of the second survey are compared to a similar survey conducted 3 years earlier in order to establish trends... -
Survey of the Congregation TertiaryThis presentation lays out a survey of the congregation of the Frederick Seventh-day Adventist Church. Questionnaires were used for collecting the data. It is focused on the church growth. -
The Context and Challenge of Mission : Report on a Survey of Local Seventh-day Adventist Congregations int the South West Pacific TertiaryThis paper reports a study conducted by the Growth and Nurture Taskforce. The survey highlights and qualifies many features of the churches in the South-West Pacific and provides a basis for a review and reconsideration of the strategies being adopted. -
The Impact of Discipleship on Wellbeing in Intergenerational Congregations Tertiary-Lifelong"This study explored how intergenerational Christian congregations could provide a potential avenue for connectedness. A mixed-method research approach was adopted to answer the question, how is a person’s wellbeing impacted by their level of social... -
The Latest Research on Seventh-day Adventist Congregations TertiaryThis presentation is based on the results from the Cooperative Congregational Studies Project carried out in the Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America. The presentation covers congregational identity and worship, outreach programs, social service activities,... -
The Relationship Between Student Religiosity, Integration of Faith and Learning and Selected Congregational and Family Factors Tertiary"An investigation of the relationships among students’ perceptions of selected congregational and family factors of adolescent religiosity, Integration of Faith and Learning (IFL), and student religiosity. The respondents were 374 students in SDA... -
The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Bermuda : Demographics Opinions and Potential Prospects for the Future TertiaryThis reports provides a wide range of research to provide an information base for strategic planning for the Bermuda Conference. It was conducted in April and May 2007. There were four surveys included in this comprehensive report. The results of this report...