A program for assimilating new members into a local church through the use of adoptive families

David E Higgs

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A program for assimilating new members into a local church through the use of adoptive families

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MLA citation style (9th ed.)

David E Higgs. A Program for Assimilating New Members Into a Local Church Through the Use of Adoptive Families. Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/e620d6a8-2fe8-410a-8997-e8289e3d8692.

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D. E. Higgs. A program for assimilating new members into a local church through the use of adoptive families. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/e620d6a8-2fe8-410a-8997-e8289e3d8692

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David E Higgs. A Program for Assimilating New Members Into a Local Church Through the Use of Adoptive Families. Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/e620d6a8-2fe8-410a-8997-e8289e3d8692.

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David E Higgs

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Abstract

This project involves the implementation of a formal new member assimilation program in Central Baptist Church of Texarkana, Arkansas. The assimilation program will involve established church families who will adopt new members and attempt to assimilate them into the local church. This will involve training the participating church families in the area of new member assimilation. This training will consist of twelve sessions of seminar instruction. These sessions will instruct the participants concerning the need for new member assimilation and the biblical basis for this need. Additionally, methods for new member assimilation will be explored. During the seminar the participants will develop their own assimilation plan. Near the end of the training, participants will be assigned a new church family to adopt. At the end of the first and second weeks with their new family, the participants will report on how the assimilation plan is working. Additionally, after spending two months with the new family the participants will give another report. The sessions will provide the participants with the tools and training which they will need throughout the adoptive process.

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