Programa para Mejorar la Salud Espiritual de la Iglesia Adventista del Séptimo Día de Gainesville-Florida

A PROGRAM TO IMPROVE THE SPIRITUALITY OF THE GAINESVILLE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH FLORIDA by Byron Alexander Rivera Adviser: Ricardo Norton ABSTRACT OF GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCHOF GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH D. Min. Dissertation Andrews University Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary Title: A PROGRAM TO IMPROVE THE SPIRITUALITY OF THE GAINESVILLE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH FLORIDA Name of the researcher: Byron Alexander Rivera Name and degree of faculty adviser: Ricardo Norton, D.Min. Date completed: May 2010 Problem Every church as a social group has the potential to grow and improve its spirituality, its cohesion, its commitment, its fidelity and its participation. The Gainesville Spanish Adventist Church is formed by members that have the ardent desire to improve in all these areas. This investigation aims to improve the spirituality of the congregation. Methodology The investigation began with the selection of 25 members of the Gainesville Spanish Church in Florida who were available to collaborate in the investigation in order to detect the spiritual deficiencies among church members. A questionnaire was used to discover the spiritual weaknesses and, based on the results, a program was then elaborated and applied to improve the spirituality of the members.