Citizenship in the community of faith: a new member assimilation program

David E Rosen

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Citizenship in the community of faith: a new member assimilation program

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MLA citation style (9th ed.)

David E Rosen. Citizenship In the Community of Faith: a New Member Assimilation Program. McCormick Theological Seminary. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/50687d68-1e21-4815-a341-5109d3fd4929.

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D. E. Rosen. Citizenship in the community of faith: a new member assimilation program. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/50687d68-1e21-4815-a341-5109d3fd4929

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David E Rosen. Citizenship In the Community of Faith: a New Member Assimilation Program. McCormick Theological Seminary. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/50687d68-1e21-4815-a341-5109d3fd4929.

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David E Rosen

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Abstract

The Wabash Avenue Presbyterian Church shares the struggle common to many churches of not fully assimilating all new members into its life and work. The challenge of designing and carrying out a new member assimilation program aimed at introducing new members to the full range of opportunities for members to participate faithfully is the focus of this study. The theological principle undergirding this study maintains that the church is ideally a human community that attracts and receives new members, seeks to introduce them to its shared values, norms, memory, convictions and actions so they may participate fully in its life and work as 'citizens in the community of faith.' This study examines citizenship from biblical, historical and sociological points of view. The most important conclusions of this study are that people joining a church are seeking ways to become fully participatory in a faith community; that the process of assimilation requires the common knowledge of opportunities open to all participants to experience the benefits and responsibilities of belonging; and that effective assimilation processes are a collective effort.

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