| dc.description.abstract | Revitalizing small group evangelism in Najjanankumbi Seventh-day Adventist
church is a powerful challenge that the researcher took upon himself. Therefore the
purpose of this paper is twofold: to examine the biblical foundations upon which the
Seventh-day Adventist Church has built its ecclesiology and lay strategies that will
serve the purpose. Much attention has been paid, in this research, to the biblical
mission that was entrusted to the church. A model putting emphasis on the clergy to
accomplish the mission and the laity to accomplish the care of existing Christians has
been established.
Because of the Seventh-day Adventists’ deep dependence on the clergy, the
model suggested in this paper is very challenging but accomplishable. It is the
researcher’s hope that this project will help the church to be confirmed as a mission
oriented care center. The model developed here envisions active small groups
springing up in the whole of Najjanankumbi church congregation. Consequently, non pastor dependent Seventh-day Adventist churches emerging all over Central Uganda
Conference, reaching out to lost souls, making Christ’s disciples in every possible
people’s group, integrating them into loving Seventh-day Adventist fellowships, and
ultimately seeing them saved in the kingdom of God.
Statistics of intensive small activities for the previous two years (2008-2010)
were compared with those of six months (July-December 2012) to measure the effect
of the model on the retention and addition of church members. The results showed a
promising increase of new converts by 49%. There was greater involvement of
members in small group activities, the return of inactive church members to church
activities and the formation of new small groups in church. | en_US |
