The Educational Pipeline — Does Adventist Schooling Retain Members?

Executive summary

Of all strategies the Adventist Church has deployed to retain young people, education stands alone in the strength of its evidence base. J. Wesley Taylor V's landmark synthesis of seven independent studies spanning three decades demonstrates a consistent, powerful correlation: **the more years of Adventist education, the higher the likelihood of church retention.** Warren Minder's finding — that 98.2% of youth who complete the full K-12 Adventist education pipeline join and remain in the church,...