The growing number of pilgrims to the Holy Land and the necessity of care of their numerous sick, who had fallen victim to the unfamiliar conditions of climate and life, led to knightly hospital orders, the most important of which was the Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem (later called the Knights of Malta), founded in the 11th century. Because of this age effect, the analysis is based on a covariance matrix of residuals after controlling for age. Seminary attendance acts as an important mechanism for increased integration within an LDS network and sustains integration through the young adult years and into adulthood. It may mean that women experience more home religious observance in their youth than men. Himmelfarb, H. S. 1979. Proportion of active LDS friends also has a strong positive influence on decline in active LDS friends during the young adult years (.64), although the strength of this relationship is due in part to the way DECLINE was calculated. The role of the family in providing a religious worldview. The final sample consisted of 1,874 members over the age of eighteen. Consequently, the majority of the undeliverable questionnaires were returned from less active members. In the summer of 2005, our church covered a 15-block radius around the church by going door-to-door introducing ourselves as the "community church." Parents' initial inputs into religious preferences and ties help guide people's interactions with other individuals and organizations (Myers 1996; Cornwall 1989; Sherkat 1998). He suggests that parents socialize their children by channelling them into other groups or experiences (such as schools and marriage) which will reinforce (have an additive influence on) what was learned at home and will channel them further into similar adult activities (Himmelfarb, 1979: 478). I am willing to do whatever the Lord wants me to do. The office of the deacon was supplemented by that of the deaconess. Its role is not to defend Anglicanism to the exclusion of other religions. ; gender role theory: The idea that boys and girls learn the behavior and attitudes about how to The primary importance of the family is apparent in this research, although in somewhat unexpected ways. London: Tavistock Publications. In the meeting attendance model (not shown), home religious observance does not have a direct effect on frequency of attendance (.04). The time is closer until the coming of Jesus Christ and the church has much work to do. We have bigger jets and cruise liners, faster computers, and helpful drugs for certain diseases are being discovered everyday. We must start to look deep within ourselves and arise to serve the needs of all people in the name of Christ. The impact of family, church, and peer socialization on adult religiosity as well as the interrelatedness of these three agents.