Adventist Youth and the Church: An Overview of Research Related to Roger Dudley’s Seminal Contributions

Q2 Arts and Humanities

Journal of Research on Christian Education Pub Date : 2020-01-02 DOI:10.1080/10656219.2020.1731143

P. Brantley

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Abstract Beginning with his doctoral dissertation in 1977, Roger Dudley initiated a research agenda for the Seventh-day Adventist Church that explored the connection between church practices and youth spiritual outcomes. An analysis of this entire body of research on Adventist youth over the four decades ending in 2020 gives rise to the following generalizations: (1) overall church engagement is related to quality of relationships; (2) doctrinal loyalty is a function of the quality of experiences; (3) lifestyle choices reflect ambiguity of youth toward church standards; (4) Adventist education's effects are positively related to church engagement although the causitive connection is yet unknown; and (5) the effectiveness of church programming seems related to the extent of youth involvement. A new research agenda is needed in the wake of the Roger Dudley era of research into youth/church engagement that attempts to identify church practices which result in positive youth outcomes and the causative reasons for them.

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基督复临安息日会青年与教会：罗杰·达德利神学院贡献研究综述

摘要从1977年的博士论文开始，罗杰·达德利为基督复临安息日会发起了一项研究议程，探讨教会实践与青年精神成果之间的联系。对截至2020年的四十年来基督复临安息日会青年的全部研究进行分析，得出以下结论：（1）教会的整体参与与关系质量有关；（2）教义上的忠诚是体验质量的函数；（3）生活方式的选择反映了年轻人对教会标准的模糊性；（4）基督复临安息日会教育的效果与教会参与呈正相关，尽管因果关系尚不清楚；（5）教会计划的有效性似乎与青年参与的程度有关。在Roger Dudley时代对青年/教会参与进行研究之后，需要制定一项新的研究议程，试图确定导致青年积极结果的教会做法及其原因。

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Journal of Research on Christian Education Arts and Humanities-Religious Studies

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Research on Christian Education (JRCE) provides a vehicle for the scholarly interchange of research findings relative to every level of Christian education. Particular emphasis is given to Christian schooling within the Protestant tradition as well as to research findings from other traditions which have implications for such schools.