Problem
In the Central Monrovia District, during the weekdays, there are midweek services, generally held on Wednesdays, the Vespers services on Fridays, and Church Sabbath services also held on Saturdays. All these programs exclude choir practices, revival, special meetings, and other programs which the church's departments organize. Young adults hardly attend these religious activities. Though the programs are creative, helpful, and rewarding, the attendance among the Adventist young adults in the district is Poor. The director says less than ten young adults would attend a Friday vesper service of one of the churches in the district that has almost 150 young adults as members.
The young adult ministry's struggle starts when they elect leaders who are too busy with their personal work, leaving youth and young adults unattended. When they get into leadership roles, the ministry becomes ineffective because they don't pay much attention to the church's work, leaving the ministry dormant. This has been a problem of the Central Monrovia District of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and makes young adults not attend church. This research investigates factors affecting young adults' church attendance in the Central Monrovia District.
Method
Chapter One of this paper presents the introduction to the research. Chapter Two will provide what the bible says about Church attendance, analyze other literature, and give importance to attending church. Chapter Three gives a history of the South-West Liberia Conference, the Central Monrovia District Churches, and its missional activities, including the struggles of the Young Adults Ministry. Chapter Four will describe the research methodology that will be used to carry out the study. It will, however, focus on the research design, location of the study, target population, sample size, sampling techniques, research instruments, pilot study, reliability and validity, data analysis, and ethical considerations. Chapter five will Analysis the questionnaire, give the missional struggles of the churches in the Central Monrovia District, and provides the factors affecting church attendance in the Central Monrovia District. Chapter six discusses the strategies to reclaim the young adult of the Central Monrovia District within the South-West Liberia Conference and how to get them involved in the mission. This chapter also summarizes the study with conclusions and provides recommendations for further study.
Result
It was discovered that the Central Monrovia District does not have a young adult ministry. Due to this, the young adult does not feel fit in church activity since no programs will help nurture and strengthen their faith in the church. Also, it was shown that the young adults feel judged by other members which is another factor of why they do not attend church. Others also lived far from the church which resulted in transportation issues that affects the attendance at church.
Additionally, the results indicate that the church has become political in the Central Monrovia District. While it is true that ministers of the gospel have been called to preach, we are to remember this lest we forget our mission and purpose. Most young adults attended schools on the Sabbath, hence it has affected their church attendance. Also, some young adults in the central Monrovia district face marital problems. Results also show that some young adults had gotten pregnant and due to discipline from the church, they could not attend church. They were others who lived far from the church and transportation issue was their major problem while others too were married to non-Adventists or faced marital problems which affected their attendance.
Conclusion
If the Central Monrovia district must thrive with the young adult ministry, then it must be keen to focus on them before losing them all. There is much work to be done, and it starts with the local church. It starts with the elders helping the young adults. It begins with the pastors molding the young adult. It starts with each member getting engaged with one another, and above all, it begins with each young adult in the central Monrovia district.