Date
12-19-2023
Department
Rawlings School of Divinity
Degree
Doctor of Ministry (DMin)
Chair
Robert Evans
Keywords
Haitian Baptist Churches, Youth, Church Attendance
Disciplines
Leadership Studies | Practical Theology
Recommended Citation
St Louis, Jean Max B, "The Need for a Spiritual Reboot in the Youth of Great Commission Church" (2023). Doctoral Dissertations and Projects. 5072.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/doctoral/5072
Abstract
The decline of the youth attendance is evident in many Protestant churches. This research paper examined forty-three young believers from three Haitian Baptist churches, respectively, located in Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx. These data results help develop a suitable spiritual program that includes the six key influencing factors for spiritual growth: discipleship, mentoring, parental influence, church attendance, personal devotion, and ministerial involvement. This spiritual program was tested on a small group of young people from Great Commission Church in Queens. This research uses a mixed-method methodology, which is a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods to analyze the data. The results show that parental influence can help Haitian youth attend church, but it does not encourage discipleship, mentorship, and ministerial involvement in the church. Further studies should aim at understanding the extent of parental involvement needed to encourage Haitian youth to be involved in the church's ministries.
