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A Comparative Study of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church and the United Methodist Church with a Strategy for Enhanced Adventist Membership Growth in Cote D'ivoire Andrews University Digital Commons @ Andrews University Dissertation Projects DMin Graduate Research 2007 A Comparative Study of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and the United Methodist Church with a Strategy for Enhanced Adventist Membership Growth in Cote D'Ivoire Elie Weick-Dido Andrews University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/dmin Part of the Practical Theology Commons Recommended Citation Weick-Dido, Elie, "A Comparative Study of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and the United Methodist Church with a Strategy for Enhanced Adventist Membership Growth in Cote D'Ivoire" (2007). Dissertation Projects DMin. 620. https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/dmin/620 This Project Report is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate Research at Digital Commons @ Andrews University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertation Projects DMin by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Andrews University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. ABSTRACT A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH AND THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH WITH A STRATEGY FOR ENHANCED ADVENTIST MEMBERSHIP GROWTH IN COTE D’IVOIRE by Elie Weick-Dido Adviser: Gorden Doss ABSTRACT OF GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH Dissertation Andrews University Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary Title: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH AND THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH WITH A STRATEGY FOR ENHANCED ADVENTIST MEMBERSHIP GROWTH IN COTE D’IVOIRE Name of researcher: Elie Weick-Dido Name and degree of faculty advisor: Gorden Doss, D.Min., Ph.D. Date completed: May 2007 Problem Seventh-day Adventists first reached the French colony of Cote d’Ivoire around 1920. In 1946 the Church was organized with only 17 members. By 1985, the membership was 2,057 and in 2000, there were 7,215 members. By comparison, the Methodist Church of Cote d’Ivoire was established in 1924 and in 2000 had 1,350,000 members. Both Seventh-day Adventists and Methodists have conducted with mission in the same context where 20.8 percent of the population was Roman Catholic in 2000, Muslims represented 38.7 percent, and the French cultural influence was strong. Yet, Seventh-day Adventists have experienced a much slower church growth than have the Methodists in Cote d’Ivoire and Seventh-day Adventist in other African nations. The lack of good quantitative growth suggests a need for more qualitative and spiritual growth. Method This dissertation addresses the causes of the slow growth of the expansion of the Adventist Church in Cote d’Ivoire. To achieve the objective, the following procedure was taken: Scriptures were studied to lay down the raison d’etre of church growth. The writings of E. G. White were consulted for her experience and appropriate application was made to Cote d’Ivoire. Information about Methodists came from the Conference of the United Methodist Church in Cote d’Ivoire. Statistical information on church growth was provided from the former West Africa Union, the Sahel Union, Cote d’Ivoire’s local Conference and the annual statistical report of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. A comparison was made with the United Methodist Church to identify potentially helpful perspectives and strategies for the Adventist Church in Cote d’Ivoire. My personal opinion as an Ivorian and as one of the first national administrators was also utilized. Results The studies have revealed the following causes of slow growth: failure to follow holistic missiology, failure to grasp the opportunity left by William Wade Harris, communication problems, failure to meet challenges of French secularism, Islam and animism, failure to make religion a family matter, lack of personal evangelism, leadership instability, legalism, fanatism, and exclusivism. Conclusions This study was made to show the growth struggle and to challenge the Seventh- day Adventist Church in Cote d’Ivoire about its responsibility toward the Great Commission. The research ends by proposing a strategy to enhance growth, both qualitative and quantitative of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Cote d’Ivoire. Andrews University Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH AND THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH WITH A STRATEGY FOR ENHANCED ADVENTIST MEMBERSHIP GROWTH IN COTE D’IVOIRE A Dissertation Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Ministry - By Elie Weick-Dido May 2007 A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH AND THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH WITH A STRATEGY FOR ENHANCED ADVENTIST MEMBERSHIP GROWTH IN COTE D’IVOIRE A dissertation presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Ministry By Elie Weick-Dido APPROVAL BY THE COMMITTEE: ^ 7 __ Adviser Gorden Doss Tjknfa TgfA/y____ Dean, SDA Theological Seminary Denis Fortin P f[(Xx\ ; £>o‘7 Date approved TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ...................................................................................... vi Chapter I. INTRODUCTION.................................................................................. 1 Statement of Problem ...................................................................... 1 Purpose of the Dissertation .............................................................. 2 Justification...................................................................................... 2 Limitations ...................................................................................... 5 Definitions of Terms ................................ ...................... .......... 6 Personal Experience........................................................................ 9 Description of the Project ................................................................ 11 Methodology.................................................................................... 12 II. CHRISTIANITY IN COTE D’IVOIRE ................................................ 14 Historical and Cultural Context ...................................................... 14 Religious Context............................................................................ 20 Modem Missions in Cote d’Ivoire .................................................. 23 William Wade Harris ...................................................................... 25 The United Methodist Church ........................................................ 27 Brief History .............................................................................. 27 Causes of Success ...................................................................... 30 Education System ................................................................ 31 Health System ...................................................................... 33 Cultural Considerations ...................................................... 34 Leadership ............................................................................ 35 III. SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS IN COTE D’IVOIRE ...................... 36 Brief History.................................................................................... 36 Pre-Organizational Era: 1920-1946 .................................................. 39 Missionary Leadership Era: 1946-1986 ............................................ 40 Post-Missionary Leadership Era: 1986-Present ................................ 41 Education System ............................................................................ 42 Causes of the Slow Growth ............................................................ 44 Failure to Follow Holistic Missiology ...................................... 44 Failure to Grasp Opportunity Left by William Wade Harris . .. 46 iii Communication Problems ............................................................ 47 Rural to Urban.......................................................................... 48 Among Villages .................................................................... 48 Between Members and Denomination Headquarters .......... 49 Between Language Groups ...................................................... 50 French Secularism ........................................................................ 51 Islam .............................................................................................. 52 Animism.......................................................... 53 Family Religion ............................................................................. 54 Lack of Commitment to Mission and Personal Evangelism .... 55 Recruiting Criteria of Members .................................................... 56 Leadership Instability .................................................................... 57 Legalism, Fanaticism and Exclusivism ........................................... 58 Search for Identity and Direction ........................................................ 62 Comparison and Contrast to the United Methodist C hurch ............ 65 IV. ADVENTIST THEOLOGY OF MISSION IN THE IVORIAN CONTEXT.................................................................................................. 70 Adventist Theology of Mission ............ ............................................ 71 Wholistic Mission ................................................................................ 73 Social and Material ........................................................................ 73 Spiritual.........................................................................................
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