A descriptive study of premarital counseling and its practice by ministers in the Ohio and Potomac Conferences of Seventh-Day Adventist

Thomas Peter Ipes

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A descriptive study of premarital counseling and its practice by ministers in the Ohio and Potomac Conferences of Seventh-Day Adventist

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Thomas Peter Ipes. A Descriptive Study of Premarital Counseling and Its Practice by Ministers In the Ohio and Potomac Conferences of Seventh-day Adventist. Lancaster Theological Seminary. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/31f33c93-524b-49b1-a15b-6366108c2012.

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T. P. Ipes. A descriptive study of premarital counseling and its practice by ministers in the Ohio and Potomac Conferences of Seventh-Day Adventist. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/31f33c93-524b-49b1-a15b-6366108c2012

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Thomas Peter Ipes. A Descriptive Study of Premarital Counseling and Its Practice by Ministers In the Ohio and Potomac Conferences of Seventh-Day Adventist. Lancaster Theological Seminary. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/31f33c93-524b-49b1-a15b-6366108c2012.

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Thomas Peter Ipes

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This thesis-project provides a descriptive study of premarital counseling and its practice by ministers in the Ohio and Potomac Conferences of Seventh-day Adventist. The study develops a theology and theory on marriage, traces the historical and literary formulation of premarital counseling as a practice, reports the results of a questionnaire survey of premarital counseling practices among clergy in the two Adventist conferences, and develops an alternative premarital counseling program which enables clergy to save time and enhance their premarriage counseling experiences. The study of 100 clergy in two Adventist conferences investigated their programs, backgrounds, churches and materials characteristic of premarital counseling. Data from questionnaires returned by the clergy indicated: 1) 94.0 percent believe in premarital counseling; 2) only 18.0 percent felt comfortable doing premarital counseling; 3) the majority felt uncertain about the actual effectiveness of premarital counseling; 4) 84.0 percent require premarital counseling; but 5) 87.0 percent said they did not have a specific structured counseling program. Five conclusions concerning premarital counseling in the Adventist Church are noted.

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