2026 AHSRA – Collegedale, TN

KeyNote:

Signs of Rebound Amid Uneven Recovery: The Changing Congregational Landscape

Scott Thumma, PhD, Professor of Sociology of Religion and co-director of the Hartford Institute for Religion Research at Hartford International University

 

KeyNote:

Value Genesis: A Roadmap for Leadership in Adventist Higher Education

David Smith, PHD, President Emeritus of Southern Adventist University, former Senior Pastor of Collegedale Seventh-day Adventist Church

 

Presentations:

Martin Shaw 

Chaplains in transition: a net workforce analysis in a southeastern healthcare organization

 

Harold Mayer

Metabolically Guided Walking and Whole-Food Plant-Based Nutrition: A Mini Case-Series Across Diverse Fitness Levels

 

Boffah Kollie Nyumah

Comparative Analysis of Mental Health Symptoms Across Subgroups of First-Year Nursing Students: A Case Study of a Selected Faith-Based University in Liberia

 

Safary Wa-Mbaleka 

Joys and Frustrations of Adventist Employees: Lessons from the Global Voices of Adventist Teachers 

 

Baraka Manjale Ngussa, Martin Alia

School Governance Practices and Financial Risk Management among Government-Aided Primary Schools in Arua City, Uganda

 

Jorge A. Hilt, Vianey Ríos Rodríguez

Predicting Student Loyalty in Medicine Students: A Structural Equation Model

 

Petr Cincala, Linda Crumley, Tara Hargrove, René Drumm

Pastoral Care, Discipleship Training, and Satisfaction Among Global Church Members

Jorge A. Hilt, Amstrong Joseph Jean-Charles

Predicting Teacher Retention in Northern Haiti: A Structural Equation Model

 

Jacky Yeung

Leadership Styles and the Child-Adult Ratio in Churches: A Quantitative Study

 

Andrew J. Richards

From Classroom to Calling: Evaluation of an Intervention to Prepare Undergraduate Students for Professional Practice in the Workplace

 

Laura Racovita, Gary Bradley, Ronda M. Christman, Beckie Retzer, 

Faith Laughlin, Maureen Baksh-Griffin, Beth Scott

Interprofessional Education and Simulation Prepares Students to Respond When Disaster Strikes

 

Sergo Namoradze, Ronda M. Christman, Pavel Zubkov, Jill Buchholz, Julie Devlin, Gracelyn Lloyd

Students’ Lived Experiences After Going on a Mission Trip

 

Gladys E. Steger

Parental Practices and the Development of Children’s Concept of God

 

Ronda M. Christman, Sonia Wrate, Jill Buchholz, Angeline Brauer, Joan Payne, Kathleen Coleman

Adults’ Lived Experiences from a Viewpoint of How Big Their God Is vs How Big Their Problem Is

 

Ronda M. Christman, Gary Bradley, Lilly Tryon, Marcelle Angal-Leonce

Family Caregivers Honor Their Parents by Keeping The 5th Commandment

 

Farron Kilburn, Ronda M. Christman, Jill Buchholz

An Academic-Community Partnership Model: Partnering to Reduce Health Disparities and Enhance Nurse Practitioner Education

 

Nicole Braxton, Ronda M. Christman, Gary Bradley, Jill Buchholz

Truly it is more blessed to give than to receive especially when we can give free medical care to the underserved

 

Joy Kauffman, Laura Racovita, Ronda M. Christman

Helping Rural Communities Thrive by Providing Education on Sanitation, Nutrition, and Self-Sufficiency

 

Lossan Bonde

Leveraging Artificial Intelligence Technologies to Support Personal Evangelism: Application to the Seventh-day Adventist Church

 

Shannon M. Trecartin, Rene Drumm, Yazmik Cantillano, Ellen Rodrigues, Petr Cincala, Michael Campbell

Have you heard of enditnow? Enditnow Sabbath Impact Study findings (2024-2025)

 

Tara Hargrove, Linda Crumley, René Drumm, Petr Cincala

Evangelism: Definitions and Metrics

 

Curtis J. VanderWaal, Karl G. D. Bailey, 

Engaging parents in early literacy activities: Pre- and post-test findings from the Michigan Early Learning media campaign

 

Ray Opao,  Jimmy Adil Jr., Carthy Joy Aguillon, Arceli Rosario, Ranzolin Bayeta, Naw Ei Phyu Sin Lay, Ryan Ray Mata, Liel Gem Pondara, Istiarti Berci Sarempaa, Jollie Bin Simpul

The Belonging Inversion: From Physical Presence to Digital Connection as the Primary Predictor of Local Church Belonging Across Generations

 

Duane C. McBride, Shannon Trecartin, Zoe Shiu, Karl G. D. Bailey, Alina M. Baltazar, Petr Cincala

The Correlates of Legalism in a Strict Church

 

Pavel Eder, Petr Cincala

Secular Spirituality, Mental Health, and the Future of Christian Spirituality in Post-Secular Europe

 

Ronda M. Christman, Eli Christman

Nurturing Spirituality in our Communities

 

Karl G. D. Bailey

The Landscape of Belief: Testing the Association Between Religion and Human Needs in the United States of America

 

Baraka Manjale Ngussa, Israel M. Kafeero

Artificial Intelligence, Critical Thinking and Students’ Emotional Intelligence: A Correlational Study at Bugema University, Uganda

 

Laura Racovita, Nina Nelson, Elsie Kroll

Nature or Nurture? Cultural Background, Family Upbringing, and Gender-role Expectations in Relationships

 

Tara Hargrove, Libna J. Arroyo, Iris Engelman-Tompkins, Jim Wibberding, Abram Fisher

Perceptions of Institutional Identity at Pacific Union College: A Qualitative Focus Group Study to Inform Survey Development

 

Nina Nelson, Caeli Hensel, Arturo Vidal-Aquino, Chiemezule L. Sam-Nwaomah, Laura Racovita

Emotional Well-being and Relationship Quality among SDA College Students

 

Shannon M. Trecartin, Alina Baltazar, Katia G. Reinert

Gender and Regional Differences in Depression in the 2022/2023 Global Church Member Surveyadership Styles and the Child-Adult Ratio in Churches: A Quantitative StudyInterprofessional Education and Simulation Prepares Students to Respond When Disaster StrikesAn Academic-Community Partnership Model: Partnering to Reduce Health Disparities and Enhance Nurse Practitioner EducationKarl G. D. BaileyRay OpaoLossan BondeJoy KauffmanJorge A. Hilt