Seventh-Day Adventist Elder Guide To Holding New Members

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Elders Handbook: Holding New Members

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Jesus to his disciples: "I have chosen you, and ordained you, that you should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain" (John 15:16)

''A church that does not evangelize will fossilize" - Page 107, Elder's Handbook

Social changes demanded by baptism can be stressful.

1. Befriend them
2. Teach them
- "As newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby." (1 Peter 2:2)
- Help them start a devotional life with Adventist literature
3. Visit them
4. Involve them
- It is not wise to appoint new members quickly to heavy leadership positions
- "When souls are converted, set them to work at once. And as they labor according t otheir ability, they will grow stronger. It is by meeting opposing influences that we become confirmed in the faith" (Evangelism, p. 355)
- Jesus gave the demoniac his first assignment: "Go home to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He has had compassion on you." Mark 5:19

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