Student-Led Worship and Long-Term Church Engagement

Executive summary

Youth participation in worship leadership — preaching, leading music, organising services, and running prayer groups — is widely believed to be one of the strongest predictors of long-term church engagement. This belief is supported by broader Christian retention research showing that young adults who received early ministry responsibility and served in family ministry demonstrate approximately 25% higher connection rates. However, no Adventist-specific study has isolated student-led worship as ...