A strategy for maintaining new believers in the church after public evangelism in Juba District, Greater Equatoria Field, South Sudan

Abstract

Retention of new believers has been a problem affecting Juba District. Juba Central and Rock City Church were considered for this research. Therefore, a strategy has been developed to nurture the newly baptized church members, to ensure they are retained in the church, and are integrated into the church family and its activities. After studying the Bible and other literature on evangelism and retention, and also considering other researches done, then a strategy was developed, and implemented successfully. Qualitative method was used, and the analyses coded through Statistical Package for Social Sciences A syllabus for teaching newly baptized members was developed and implemented. They were taught in small groups for one year. They were nurtured, retained and integrated into the church family. This research is open to any other researcher to continue it further.