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ABSTRACT
Contents
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION 13
Statement Problem 21
Purpose of the Study 22
Significance of the Study 22
Definition of Terms 23
Limitations of the Study 25
Delimitation of the Study 25
Methodology 25
CHAPTER 2. LITERATURE REVIEW 28
Introduction 28
The Bible's View 28
Importance of Church Attendance 29
Young Adult Pioneers in Adventism 34
Summary 37
CHAPTER 3. SOUTH-WEST LIBERIA CONFERENCE (SWLC) 39
Introduction 39
History 39
Organization 42
Central Monrovia District History 42
Monrovia Central Seventh-day Adventist Church 43
Better Living Seventh-day Adventist Church 47
Shalom Seventh-day Adventist Company 52
Followers of Christ Seventh-day Adventist Church 53
Popo-Hwie Seventh-day Adventist Church 53
Missional activities in the Central Monrovia District of the South-West Liberia Conference 55
Young Adults Ministry's struggles and how the local church understands them. 60
CHAPTER 4. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 64
Introduction 64
Research Design 64
Location of the Study 65
Target Population 67
Sample Size 67
Sampling Procedure 67
Instrumentation 68
Validity of the Research Instrumentation 69
Reliability of Research Instrumentation 70
Data Analysis Procedures 70
Ethical Considerations 71
CHAPTER 5. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 72
Introduction 72
Response Rate 72
Section A: Demographic Information 73
Section B: Effective Ministry in the Central Monrovia District 75
Section C: Factors Affecting Church Attendance. 75
Section D: Church Attendance and Program Frequency 79
Section E: Factors Leading to Becoming an Adventist Youth 82
Section F: Motivation to Attend Church 84
Section G: Feeling about Church 85
Section H: Measures Taken to Actively Make Youth Adults Attend Church 88
Section I: What the Church Do to Make Youth Adults Attend Church Actively 89
Section J: What Central Monrovia District Young Adults Dislike 90
CHAPTER 6. SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS 94
Summary of the Findings 94
Conclusion 97
Recommendation for the Local Church 97
Recommendation for the Central Monrovia District 98
Recommendation for Further Study 101
APPENDIX A. QUESTIONNAIRE 102
BIBLIOGRAPHY 110
Table 1. Name of Churches 73
Table 2. Responses from the Central Monrovia District Youth based on their ages. 73
Table 3. Responses from the Central Monrovia District Youth based on their gender. 74
Table 4. Responses from the Central Monrovia District Youth based on their educational level. 74
Table 5. Responses from the Central Monrovia District Youth based on their effective ministry in their churches. 75
Table 6. Responses to Factors Affecting Church Attendance 78
Table 7. Responses to Church Attendance 80
Table 8. Responses to Frequency of Attendance 81
Table 9. Responses to Factors that led them to Become an Adventist Youth 83
Table 10. Responses to Motivations to Attend Church 85
Table 11. Responses to Feeling when in Church. 86
Table 12. Responses to Feeling when young adults do not attend Church. 88
Table 13. Responses to Measures taken to Make Young Adult attend Church Actively. 89
Table 14. Responses to What the Church Can Do to Make Young Adult attend Church Actively. 90