Cultivating Confidence in the Scriptures Among Attending Adults at Hopewell Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky

Abstract

This project’s purpose was to grow greater confidence in the Bible resulting in a more faithful reliance upon it in all areas of life and ministry among adult attenders at Hopewell Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky. The desired result of growing confidence in Scripture was to facilitate greater spiritual fruit among attenders at the church. This project’s goals were to assess and increase the state of confidence in the Bible’s sufficiency and authority among adult attenders. The method for accomplishing the project goals was to develop and implement an eight-session multi-formatted course curriculum designed to increase confidence in the sufficiency and authority of the Scripture. An additional method for accomplishing this project’s goals was to develop and utilize a diagnostic Bible confidence survey to be administered before and after the curriculum’s implementation to diagnose the level of confidence experienced by the adult church attenders at Hopewell Baptist Church.