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Description: Joining Remaining A Look at the Data on the Role of Adventist Education John Wesley Taylor V taylorjwgc.adventist.org All-important matter Conversion of the students. Fundamentals of Christian Education, p. 436 Accession to the Church

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slide1. Joining & Remaining A Look at the Data on the Role of Adventist Education John Wesley Taylor V taylorjw@gc.adventist.org<br>
slide2. All-important matter… “Conversion of the students.”
Fundamentals of Christian Education, p. 436<br>
slide3. Accession to the Church The Role of Adventist Education<br>
slide4. Adventist Education LONGEST and LARGEST
EVANGELISTIC EVENT
held by the Adventist Church<br>
slide5. Duration 5-9 hours/day
160-260 days/year
1-16+ years 800 – 37,400 hours<br>
slide6. Size December 31, 2017 Level Sites Evangelists Attendees Children 5,943 55,331 1,183,337 Adolescents 2,429 36,592 595,848 Youth 167 15,053 156,713 Totals 8,539 106,976 1,935,898<br>
slide7. Adventist Education LONGEST and LARGEST
EVANGELISTIC EVENT
Effective?<br>
slide8. Baptisms in Adventist Education 458,387
baptisms A conference established each year<br>
slide9. Children from Adventist families Jim Epperson
Southern Union
N=844 13x more likely<br>
slide10. Children from Adventist families W. E. Minder
Lake Union N=807<br>
slide11. Children from Adventist families W. E. Minder
Lake Union N=807<br>
slide12. Adventist Education Is Mission “The work of education and the work of redemption are one.” Education, p. 30<br>
slide13. Adventist Education Is Mission Reaffirm the central role of Adventist education
in the evangelistic mission of the church<br>
slide14. Retention in the Church The Role of Adventist Education<br>
slide15. Members who leave Members who left
Members who stayed -15M -10M -5M 0 5M 10M 15M 20M 20,647,979 13,737,025 Since 1965: 34,385,004 accessions
Net loss rate: 39.95%
Of 10 members, 4 have slipped away.<br>
slide16. Members who leave Members who left
Members who stayed -6M -4M -52 0 2M 4M 6M 8M 7,729,798 5,918,483 In 2000-2012, there were 13,648,281 accessions
Net loss rate: 43.36%<br>
slide17. Youth who leave Landmark “Youth Retention” study
Over 1,500 baptized 15- and 16-year-olds
Representative of Adventist youth: Large & small churches, small towns & big cities, public schools & Adventist schools, all ethnic groups
Interviewed each year for the next 10 years
How many left the church by age 25-26? Many demographic groups, approaching: 50%<br>
slide18. Youth who leave… Not just ONE lost coin…
But HALF of the coins!<br>
slide19. Where is the flock that was entrusted to you,
your beautiful flock?
Jeremiah 13:20<br>
slide20. Seven Studies Retention and Adventist Education:
Valuegenesis Study (multi-year)
Youth Retention Study (longitudinal)
Epperson Study (dissertation)
Rice Study (dissertation, longitudinal)
Minder Study (dissertation)
Center Creative Ministry Study (global, qual)
ASTR “Leaving the Church” Study (global) Span 3 decades
3 studies since 2010<br>
slide21. Valuegenesis Study Data from 2,267 12th-grade Adventist students in Adventist schools showed that the more years of Adventist schooling, the greater the person’s
Denomination loyalty
Adventist orthodoxy
Intention to remain an Adventist at age 40 Dudley, R. (1992). Valuegenesis: Faith in the balance. La Sierra University Press, Riverside, CA.
Thayer, J. (2008). Valuegenesis reanalysis. Unpublished manuscript. Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI. 1<br>
slide22. Factors that Develop Religious Faith –Valuegenesis3 Study (2010)<br>
slide23. 81% of all students said… “Attending an Adventist school is the most important thing that has helped me develop my religious faith.”
–Valuegenesis3 Study (2010)<br>
slide24. Youth Retention Study A 10-year study of youth (N=1523), beginning at ages 15-16
Key finding: Number of years in an Adventist school was positively related to:
Commitment to Jesus Christ
My relationship with Christ is stronger now
Religion is important in my life
Personal Bible study 2 Dudley, 2000; Thayer, 2008<br>
slide25. Epperson Study Jim Epperson. 1990.
Children of Southern Union Adventist families.
N=844 4.5x more likely 3 Inactive Leaving<br>
slide26. Rice Study Robert Rice. 1990.
Southern California
13-year longitudinal.
N=264 2x more likely to stay 4 63% 23%<br>
slide27. Rice Study Robert Rice. 1990.
Southern California
13-year longitudinal.
N=264 2x more likely to pay tithe Similar findings in Valuegenesis study and Youth Retention Study.<br>
slide28. Rice Study Robert Rice. 1990.
Southern California
13-year longitudinal.
N=264 3x more likely to marry an Adventist<br>
slide29. Minder Study W. E. Minder. 1985.
Children of Lake Union Adventist families.
N=807 5<br>
slide30. Center for Creative Ministry Study P. Richardson, 2013. Qualitative. Global. N=925. 6 3x Lapsed & Ex-Members Current Members<br>
slide31. ASTR “Leaving the Church” Study Elementary/Primary School Attendance Secondary/High School Attendance Tertiary: College/ University Attendance 3x 2.5x 2x ASTR. 2014. 9 divisions. Stayed: 7<br>
slide32. Are the accession and the retention of children and youth in the Church associated with their participation in Adventist education?<br>
slide33. Yes! Consistent
Persuasive<br>
slide34. Train up a child in the way he should go…
Proverbs 22:6, NKJV<br>
slide35. Conclusion<br>
slide36. In Adventist Education Accession Retention Redemption Children and youth experience… “In the highest sense, the work of education and the work of redemption are one.”
Education, p. 30<br>
slide37. All your children shall be taught by God.
And great shall be the peace of your children. Isaiah 54:13<br>
slide38. Taught By God THROUGH<br>