2019 Summit on Nurture and Retention
2019 Nurture and Retention Summit Program
Information about speakers and presentations
Plenary Sessions 2019
Opening of Summit: Friday, April 5
- PDF: Keynote Address by Geoffrey Mbwana
- PDF: The Power of Discipleship by Jim Howard
- Video: Video Presentation Opening
Plenary Session: Sabbath, April 6
- PDF: Division Report on Nurture & Retention: IAD by Leonard Johnson
- Video: Video Presentation
Plenary Session: Sunday, April 7 (8:30 – 10:00 am)
- PDF: Division Report on Nurture & Retention: NSD by Richard A. Sabuin
- PDF: Building Healthy Relationships with Members and Former Members by David Trim
- PDF: What’s Missing Ch-CH? by Paul Tompkins
- Video: Video Presentation
Plenary Session: Sunday April 7 (2:35 – 4:30 pm)
Breakout Sessions
Breakout Session 1: Sabbath, April 6, 2019 (3:00 – 3:55 pm)
- PDF: Membership or Discipleship: What You Aim for is What You Get – by Glenn Townend and Leigh Rice
- Audio: Membership or Discipleship: What You Aim for is What You Get – by Glenn Townend and Leigh Rice
- PDF: People Behind Numbers: A Positive Perspective of Auditing Membership – by Charles Rampanelli
- PDF: The Care and Rescue of Members Who Left the Church: “Reencounter Project” – by Emmanuel Gumarães
- PDF: The Care and Rescue of Members Who Left the Church: “Reencounter Project” – by Magdiel Perez Schulz
- Audio: The Care and Rescue of Members Who Left the Church: “Reencounter Project” – by Magdiel Perez Schulz & Emmanuel Gumarães
- Audio: SigaMe (FollowMe): An Experience in Creating a Culture of Discipleship – by Kleber De Oliveira Goncalves
- Audio: The Importance of Contextual Discipleship – by Bruce Bauer
- PDF: Feeding the Core Not Entertaining the Fringe – by Paul Tompkins
- Audio: Feeding the Core Not Entertaining the Fringe – by Paul Tompkins
- PDF: Growing Fruitful Disciples and Faithful Stewards – by Bonita Joyner Shields
- Audio: Growing Fruitful Disciples and Faithful Stewards – by Bonita Joyner Shields
- Audio: Connecting with the Disconnected – by Brian Litzenberger
Breakout Session 2: Sunday, April 7, 2019 (10:15 – 11:10 am)
- PDF: People Behind Numbers: A Positive Perspective of Auditing Membership – by Charles Rampanelli
- Audio: The Role of Culture in Nurture and Retention – by Cheryl Doss & Oscar Osindo
- PDF: Cross-Cultural Disciple Making – by Gorden Doss
- Audio: Cross-Cultural Disciple Making – by Gorden Doss
- Audio: Effective Discipleship: What Jesus Did to be Followed by Multitudes (Part 1) – by Marcos Antonio Salas Núñez
- Audio: Integrated Evangelism Lifestyle: A Framework for Nurture, Discipleship, and Reclamation of Southern Asia- Pacific Division – by Bienvenido G Mergal
- PDF: The Amazing Influence of Sabbath School for Discipleship and Growth – by Ramon J Canals
- Audio: The Amazing Influence of Sabbath School for Discipleship and Growth – by Ramon J Canals
- PDF: How to Use the Discipleship Handbook – by Jim Howard
- Audio: How to Use the Discipleship Handbook – by Jim Howard
- Audio: SigaMe (FollowMe): An Experince in Creating a Culture of Discipleship – by Kleber De Oliveira Goncalves
- Audio: Connecting with the Disconnected – by Brian Litzenberger
- Audio: The Reclamation of Discipleship as the Primary Mission Focus in the Seventh-day Adventist Church – by Tim Madding
- Audio: Discipleship – Woman to Woman – by Heather Dawn-Small
Breakout Session 3: Sunday, April 7, 2019 (11:20 – 12:15 pm)
- Audio: Youth Retention through Pathfinder Ministry – by Andres Peralta
- PDF: The Care and Rescue of Members Who Left the Church: “Reencounter Project” – by Emmanuel Gumarães
- PDF: The Care and Rescue of Members Who Left the Church: “Reencounter Project” – by Magdiel Perez Schulz
- Audio: The Care and Rescue of Members Who Left the Church: “Reencounter Project” – by Magdiel Perez Schulz & Emmanuel Gumarães
- PDF: The Role of Seventh-day Adventist Education in Youth Retention – by Lisa Beardsley-Hardy & John Wesley Taylor V
- Audio: The Role of Seventh-day Adventist Education in Youth Retention – by Lisa Beardsley-Hardy & John Wesley Taylor V
- PDF: How to Avoid Broken Relationships – by Jerry N Page
- Audio: How to Avoid Broken Relationships – by Jerry N Page
- PDF: Barnabas: Epitomizing Discipling and Nurturing – by Anthony Kent
- Audio: Barnabas: Epitomizing Discipling and Nurturing – by Anthony Kent
- PDF: Feeding the Core Not Entertaining the Fringe – by Paul Tompkins
- Audio: Feeding the Core Not Entertaining the Fringe – by Paul Tompkins
- PDF: Intentional Discipleship of Children and Teens – by Linda Mei Lin Koh
- Audio: Intentional Discipleship of Children and Teens – by Linda Mei Lin Koh
- Audio: Living Up to Adventist Standars: The Role Religiosity Plays in Wellness Behaviors of Adventist College Students – by Alina Baltazar
- PDF: Growing Fruitful Disciples and Faithful Stewards – by Bonita Joyner Shields
- Audio: Growing Fruitful Disciples and Faithful Stewards – by Bonita Joyner Shields
Breakout Session 4: Sunday, April 7, 2019 (1:30 – 2:25 pm)
- PDF: Cross-Cultural Disciple Making – by Gorden Doss
- Audio: Cross-Cultural Disciple Making (Audio from Sunday morning) – by Gorden Doss
- Audio: Integrated Evangelism Lifestyle: A Framework for Nurture, Discipleship, and Reclamation of Southern Asia- Pacific Division – by Bienvenido G Mergal
- PDF: Membership or Discipleship: What You Aim for is What You Get – by Glenn Townend and Leigh Rice
- Audio: Membership or Discipleship: What You Aim for is What You Get – by Glenn Townend and Leigh Rice
- Audio: The Reclamation of Discipleship as the Primary Mission Focus in the Seventh-day Adventist Church – by Tim Madding
- Audio: Effective Discipleship: What Jesus Did to be Followed by Multitudes (Part 2) – by Marcos Antonio Salas Núñez
- PDF: Nurture and Heart Retention: Preventing Church Evasion – by Marcos F Bomfim
- Audio: Nurture and Heart Retention: Preventing Church Evasion – by Marcos F Bomfim
- PDF: Growing Faithfulness in the Local Church – by Eric J. Aniel Barbe
- Audio: Growing Faithfulness in the Local Church – by Eric J. Aniel Barbe
- PDF: The Spiritually Vibrant Adventist Home: Center for Discipling, Nurturing, and Reclaiming – by Willie and Elaine Oliver
- Audio: The Spiritually Vibrant Adventist Home: Center for Discipling, Nurturing, and Reclaiming – by Willie and Elaine Oliver
- PDF: Nurture Through Service: Creating Opportunities That Strengthen Faith – by Fylvia Fowler Kline
- PDF: Nurture Through Service: Creating Opportunities That Strengthen Faith (Implementation Ideas) – by Fylvia Fowler Kline
- Audio: Nurture Through Service: Creating Opportunities That Strengthen Faith – by Fylvia Fowler Kline
- PDF: What Does the 2017-2018 Global Research Reveal About Adventist Young People – by Galina Stele
- Audio: What Does the 2017-2018 Global Research Reveal About Adventist Young People – by Galina Stele
Summit Pictures
David Trim chairing Plenary Session on Sabbath 
Audience member sharing his worship experience 
G.T. Ng interviewing Nurture & Retention Summit participants 
G.T. Ng talking with audience on Sabbath 
G.T. Ng talking about worship experience 
Samuel Neves talking with the audience 
Galina Steele welcoming all Nurture & Retention Summit participants 
David Trim praying 
Special Music by Emmanuel Fortin, Fernanda Riza and Gabriel Morares 
Synopsis of Presentations by Samuel Neves 
Geoffrey Mbwana introducing Gerson Santos 
Prayer by Brian Litzenberger who created a Biker Ministry 
The Power of Discipleship by Jim Howard 
Address by Geoffrey Mbwana 
Gerson Santos making annoucements 
Annoucements by Rachel Bustamante 
Jeffrey Brown presents the writers for the last Ministry Magazine 
Writer team presentation 
Jerry Page presenting the Ministry Magazine to writers