Title

Connecting With One Another: A Step by Step Approach to Guest and New Member Assimilation

Date

November 2007

Chair

Michael R Mitchell

Primary Subject Area

Religion, General

Keywords

Assimilation, Member Retention, Sunday School

This project was born out of frustrating experiences at assimilating new members into church life, and disheartening statistics proving this is a common problem in Kentucky Southern Baptist churches. After reviewing literature pertaining to the topic, it became apparent there was a need for a simple, workable program for churches to use in assimilation. This project highlights the CONNECT strategy, a small group Sunday School program, which this author created to put into place at a model church. After gathering statistics from this model church since the program’s inception, it is evident that this CONNECT strategy does work for assimilation.