The New Members’ Bible Study Guide has been prepared to assist in the task of making disciples. It is a valuable resource for assisting new members in understanding how to follow God’s Word. All the fundamental beliefs of the Seventh-day Adventist Church are covered several times during the year, reinforcing basic Adventist beliefs and doctrines. The Journey Begins is the first guide. The series can be started with a New Members Class any quarter of the year - it is not limited to the calendar year.
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The Journey Begins (In Step With Jesus: New Members' Bible Study Guide #1)
A central command of the gospel commission is “make disciples.” This New Members’ Bible Study Guide is being prepared to assist in this task. Because the New Members’ Bible Study Guide has special objectives, it also contains some new features that are not found in the regular Adult Bible Study Guides.
Personal Stories
A Closer Look – a sidebar that will focus on a specific word or aspect of the lesson, offering additional information or comments.
Adventese – a sidebar created to help new members become acquainted with Adventist culture and terminology.
Checking Up – This section comes on Friday, after a week of study on a certain topic, and uses quizzes or activities to help the student personally relate to the lesson topic.
Consider This – This section appears on Friday and will typically present some non biblical information on the topic from history, science, etc.
The Journey Begins is the first guide. It covers the Holy Spirit, Trinity, Father, Son, Holy Spirit, Creation, Nature of man, Great Controversy, Life, death and resurrection of Christ, Experience of salvation, Growing in Christ, Church, the Remnant and its mission, Unity in the body of Christ, Baptism, Lord's Supper, Spiritual gifts and ministries, Gift of prophecy, Law of God, Stewardship, Christian behavior, Marriage and the family, Christ's ministry in the heavenly sanctuary, Second coming of Christ, Death and resurrection, Millennium and the end of sin.
I was really impressed especially the questions really made me think, personally I think that the whole church should go through these lessons. We have always had a lot of information but making it personal and relevant and applying it to real life situation. We all need to be discipled...Christ"s methold alone.
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5
Badly Needed
Review byCRFjockey
Several times I've sat in Sabbath School class and asked myself what this would be like for a visitor or new member. Some of the terminology used would be confusing. The "debates" might be disturbing. Sadly, often the class can devolve into criticism of others whose version of Adventism is slightly different.
The four-quarter curriculum is perfect. New members can be welcomed into the Sabbath School in a safe way with material on doctrines, beliefs, practices, history, even unique Adventist terminology.
A huge thanks to the Sabbath School department for creating this material!
Quality
5
Chinese?
Review byWill
If you have ever moved to a new community you understand the transition you have to go through and the changes made. I have seen this series of lessons help those new to the faith have a better understanding of the uniqueness of our Christian Faith. It's not a foreign language, but is may seem like one to a new follower of Jesus. This series of lessons are an awesome study and every member should go through them in Sabbath School with those they are mentoring in the Faith.
