Relative Type Extra–Ecclesiastic Activities and Their Contribution to the Consolidation of Relations between the Members of a Church

This article is part of a chapter titled “Extra–ecclesiastical strategies based on friendship to improve consolidation,†from a DMin. thesis titled, “Development and application of a friendship program for the consolidation of the members of the Madrid–Calatrava Adventist Church,†—an unpublished manuscript written in Spanish and defended at Andrews University, USA, in July 2016) under the original title, “Desarrollo y aplicación de un programa de amistad para la consolidación de los miembros de la Iglesia Adventista de Madrid–Calatrava.†This article highlights the significant potential of four types of extra–ecclesiastical activities which help strengthening a church. Sports, trips, organized games, and birthday anniversaries were the core activities analyzed, which demonstrated a strong capacity to develop high level inter–personal relationships between the participants. Due to the unlimited structural legitimacy and addressability of these activities in relation to the human being, the author suggests that these activities can be incorporated as a common part of the life of any group which will help its cohesiveness and consolidation.