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Andrews University Digital Commons @ Andrews University Project Documents Graduate Research 2014 Equipping Elders and Deacons from the Gethsemane French Seventh-day Adventist Church for Effective Visitation in Healthcare Settings Brian Ladiny Andrews University This research is a product of the graduate program inDoctor of Ministry DMinat Andrews University.Find out moreabout the program. Follow this and additional works at:https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/dmin Recommended Citation Ladiny, Brian, "Equipping Elders and Deacons from the Gethsemane French Seventh-day Adventist Church for Effective Visitation in Healthcare Settings" (2014).Project Documents. 69. https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/dmin/69 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 Project Documents by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Andrews University. 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ABSTRACT EQUIPPING ELDERS AND DEACONS FROM THE GETHSEMANE FRENCH SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH FOR EFFECTIVE VISITATION IN HEALTHCARE SETTINGS by Brian Ladiny Adviser: Siroj Sorajjakool ABSTRACT OF GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH Project Document Andrews University Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary Title: EQUIPPING ELDERS AND DEACONS FROM THE GETHSEMANE FRENCH SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH FOR EFFECTIVE VISITATION IN HEALTHCARE SETTINGS Name of researcher: Brian Ladiny Name and degree of faculty adviser: Siroj Sorajjakool, PhD Date completed: April 2014 The Problem Gethsemane French Seventh-day Adventist Church with a total membership of 1,200 serves a large diverse urban community in Brooklyn, New York. Church elders and deacons have little or no training on visiting the sick. No previous efforts to equip church elders and deacons for effective visitation in the healthcare setting have been attempted in order to re-affirm their mission to serve and visit those who are sick. This project aims to increase and enhance the knowledge of lay leaders to effectively visit the sick in the healthcare setting. The Method Three training sessions on visiting the sick in the healthcare setting were conducted and implemented at Gethsemane Church in Brooklyn, NY during the month of May 2011. The training sessions provided theological foundations, theoretical analysis and clinical skills on visiting the sick in healthcare settings. Instruments such as pre- session and post-session interview questionnaires, pastoral verbatim reports and evaluation forms were collected and analyzed. The Results Three elders, two deacons and three deaconesses were trained. All of them agreed to apply these visiting skills during their personal visitation in the healthcare setting. They all endorsed that a trained lay visitation team would be very beneficial for the Church. Eighty five percent of the participants felt very comfortable sharing visiting tips with other elders and deacons. Ninety percent of the participants wished for and felt that more time should have been spent during the training sessions on exploring the art of visiting non-Adventist patients. Conclusions Training lay leaders for effective visitation of Adventist and non-Christian patients in healthcare settings demonstrates positive impact on church growth. This finding suggests that implementation of this project to other local churches in Greater New York Conference would help church members to establish a friendship ministry of compassion and care to non-Adventist patients. This project, however, acknowledges directions for further research, recommendations, and reflections on equipping church leaders for effective visitation in healthcare settings. Andrews University Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary EQUIPPING ELDERS AND DEACONS FROM THE GETHSEMANE FRENCH SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH FOR EFFECTIVE VISITATION IN HEALTHCARE SETTINGS A Project Document Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Ministry by Brian Ladiny April 2014 EQUIPPING ELDERS AND DEACONS FROM THE GETHSEMANE FRENCH SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH FOR EFFECTIVE VISITATION IN HEALTHCARE SETTINGS A project document presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Ministry by Brian Ladiny APPROVAL BY THE COMMITTEE: _______________________________ ____________________________________ Adviser, Director, DMin Program Siroj Sorajjakool Skip Bell _______________________________ ____________________________________ Mario Ceballos Dean, SDA Theological Seminary Jiří Moskala _______________________________ ____________________________________ Roger Dudley Date approved ©Copyright by Brian Ladiny 2014 All Rights Reserved DEDICATION This project is first and most of all dedicated to God, my Father and Educator who has sustained me throughout this journey. I would like to express sincere thanks and gratitude to my God-given wife, Esther Jocelyn-Ladiny, who has during the course of this project uplifted my spirit for excellence and undergone different circumstances of life with me from our engagement, marriage, and birth of our newly born son, Bradley Elie Ladiny. Also, special thanks to my proud parents, Wibain and Marie Ladiny for their support through fervent prayers and motivation. Overall, to God be all the glory and honor. iii
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