Europe

Organisation and planning 2006-2008

A research survey that will give the opportunity for a better analysis and understanding of European Adventist youth.

The survey will look at key areas relating to:

Faith maturity, personal spirituality, relationship with the church, commitment to Adventist doctrines behavioral standards and social ethics.

What is Valuegenesis Europe

Mission of statement

To understand how European Adventist youth live out their faith, in order to

develop a culturally-appropriate strategy for Adventist youth ministry and mission.

Why a Valuegenesis Europe

Essentially :

1. to provide a description of the value system of European Adventist youth

2. to assess their faith in the context of the most influential institutions: family, church and society.

3. to determine what factors in Adventist homes, churches and in their social context, nurture the values and faith in young people.

4. to help understand how Adventism in the 21st Century can provide a relevant framework for the faith of young people in the European context.

Who’s organizing this project?

The organisation of the survey is co-ordinated by the José Figols Centre for Youth Ministry (Collonges),in cooperation with the EUD/TED Youth Ministries Departments and their networks – at Union and Conference level, under the supervision of both European Divisions.

The three Division Colleges (Collonges, Friedensau, Newbold) provide the research network.

Who can participate in Valuegenesis?

The target population of this survey is Adventist

youth living in 17 European countries.

Countries involved

EUDEUD1. Austrian Union2. Bulgarian Union3. Czech Conference4. Franco-Belgian Union5. North German Union6. South German Union7. Italian Union8. Portuguese Union9. Rumanian Union10. Slovakian Conference11. Spanish Union12. Swiss Union

TEDTED1. Adriatic Union2. British Union3. Netherlands Union4. Swedish Union5. Danish Union6. Norwegian Union

Translations

EUDEUD1. Bulgarian2. Czech3. French4. German5. Italian6. Portuguese7. Rumanian8. Slovakian9. Spanish

TEDTED1. Albanian2. Croatian3. Danish4. Dutch5. Norwegian6. Slovenian7. Swedish

Definition of Population (young people aged 14-25)– All baptized young people aged 14-25 years. – All youth from SDA family background currently attending

(whether baptized or not) – Include all irregular or non-attending young people who have

had contact with the church in the last 2 years. (Baptized or not but with a SDA background.)

Why should youth participate?

1. Because youth are an important part of the church 2. Because it is an opportunity to express their opinion about the

church 3. To try and find an answer to why youth are leaving the church4. To make the church more aware of youth issues5. Because the opinions of every youth are important for us6. Because the answers will help in setting strategies relevant to

young people’s needs.7. To help the church make changes to better fulfill its mission.

European Valuegenesis:

how does it work?For the first time the survey will be

administered through a website designed by a professional survey company.

All youth either owning or having access to a computer will be simply connected with a very easy questionnaire of approximately 250 questions.

Each participating country will be given one month for the data collection (see Calendar)

The website will provide confidential and anonymous access to the questionnaire by means of a password. Each young person will receive a personal and single-use password which will allow him/her to fill out the questionnaire. The password will expire at the completion of the questionnaire.

Union/Conference Survey administrator (President or Youth Leader) will send a package to the local pastor including a description of the process and the passwords.

Local youth leaders will create a list of youth in the target age group and they will distribute the passwords to them.

When the process is completed, the pastor will sign a form and will send it back by fax or by email to the Union/Conference Survey Administrator together with the unused passwords.

How does it work?Pre Survey

Organisation

How does it work? Promotion & data

collectionThe pastor (survey coordinator) supervises

the promotion & data collection processin partnership with the local Youth Leader

The Administration Manual and Promotion & data collection Timetable are available both in the package and on the website. www.valuegenesis.org

After receiving the password, all youth are invited to access the Valuegenesis webpage.

The questionnaire can be completed by following easy to use guidelines.

All youth are invited to complete the questionnaire (in one sitting)

How does it work? Completing the survey

In addition to web based forms written forms can be made available as a PDF file upon request for young people not having access to a computer. However, these results must be processed locally, under the supervision of the Union/Conference Survey Administrator.

DateDate UnionUnion LanguageLanguage NotesNotes

October October

20062006

Portuguese Union Portuguese Pilot testPilot test

Italian Union Italian Pilot testPilot test

November November 20062006

German Unions German

Austrian Union German

Valuegenesis Calendar

DateDate UnionUnion LanguageLanguage NotesNotes

December 2006December 2006 British Union English

Bulgarian Union Bulgarian

Czech Conf.

Slovak Conf.

Czech

Slovakian

January 2007January 2007 Franco-Belgian Union

French

Swiss Union French - German

Rumanian Union Rumanian

Adriatic Union Croatian, Albanian, Slovenian

DateDate UnionUnion LanguageLanguage NotesNotes

February 2007February 2007 Netherland Union

Dutch

Norwegian Union

Norwegian

March 2007March 2007 Swedish Union

Spain Union

Swedish

Spain

Danish Union Danish

After data collection

Each church is encouraged to give a feedback detailing the procedure put in place and an estimation of how the project went.

The feedback will be sent to the Union/Conference office on an evaluation form provided.

An analysis of the raw percentage scores for all questions will be available for each Union 4-6 weeks after the close of the survey month.

The European report will be completed by the Valuegenesis Research Committee some time after the conclusion of the whole survey.

After Valuegenesis

The results of the Valuegenesis survey will be useful in many directions:

1. A better comprehension on how youth see the church in all its dimensions;2. How to face the most important challenges today’s youth launches the church;3. A better awareness about responsibilities that youth can accept within the church4. To highlight the weak areas in order to empower youth leadership in the church.5. To have an answer regarding the apparent inactivity of youth and challenge them

to be partner of the mission… and so on…

Promotional material

Logo of the project:Logo of the project:

A mouse padA mouse pad

Web site www.valuegenesis.org

European Valuegenesis Survey

ADMINISTRATION MANUAL

The poster: a real meaning

Understanding a new language, but remaining church.

To involve our young people, giving them the feeling to be partners.

Every change is appropriate when it improves.

What do the young people wish to change? Ask them!

Prepared by EUD/TED Youth Department – José Figols CenterContents are taken from texts written by Manuela Casti – José Figols CenterBailey Gillespie – John Hanckok Center EUD/TED Youth Department Administrative material

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