Tiniguiban Heights Baptist Church (THBC) is a church-

boarding house located at PSU Road, Tiniguiban, Puerto

Princesa City. Being a boarder in this place comes with a
lot of things to comply to. Tita Dam, the owner of the
boarding house, has put many rules to be followed by
boarders in order for the latter to be able to stay in THBC.
Some of the rules implemented are the no-dating rule, no-
going-out-or-coming-in-beyond-10-pm rule, and atten-
dingdevotion-regularly rule. Violating these rules may result
to getting kicked out of the boarding house.
 THBC management claims to be having two goals for
the students who are living in this place: one, for them to
graduate and two, for them to have an eternal life. There
are many spiritual activities being done in this institution:
devotions, prayer meetings, youth fellowships, Sunday
schools, worship services, and gospel hours. In every
devotion, there is a checking of attendance. It is the
management’s way to get the boarders attend the said
activity regularly.
 However, not all boarders do agree to this rule. The
religion being promoted in this place is Baptist, and not all
boarders bear this religion. It surfaces that some boarders
are being forced to attend religious activities being done
in this institution.
This investigation intends to answer the following questions:

a. If there would be no checking of attendance, would

boarders attend devotions regularly?

b. What are the reasons why boarders would still attend

devotions regularly?

c. What is the biggest reason that would make the

boarders attend devotions regularly?
This investigation intends to answer the following questions:

d. What things would hinder the boarders from

attending devotions regularly?

e. What is the reason that hinders the most the boarders

from attending devotions regularly?
 This investigation is limited only to boarders of Tiniguiban
Heights Baptist Church(THBC) at 2018. The information
needed was gathered through interviewing the
respondents individually. The investigator used a checklist
style self-made questionnaire in gathering the data. All
information and conclusions drawn from this investigation
were obtained only through this particular group of
respondents.
 Attending Devotions Regularly(minus the attendance)
30
28

25 This graph shows the responds

of the respondents to the question
20
“If there would be no checking of
15
16 attendance, would you still
attend devotions regularly?”
10

0
YES NO
 Attending Devotions Regularly(minus the attendance)

This graph displays

the corresponding
percentages of the 36.36%
answers to the
question “If there
would be no 63.64%
checking of YES NO
attendance, would
you still attend
devotions regularly?”
 Reasons for Attending Devotions Regularly
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28
25 This graph shows the
information with regards to the
20
reasons as to why boarders
15 would still attend devotions
10
11 regularly.

5
3
1
0

Spiritual Growth Fellowship Fun/Relaxation/Past Time Conscience Appearance/Presence

 Reasons for NOT Attending Devotions Regularly
14
13
12 This graph shows the
information with regards to the
10
reasons as to why boarders
8 would NO LONGER attend
6
devotions regularly.
4
4

2 2
2
1
0

Religion Issues Preacher Issues Secular Activities Not Used To Attending Laziness
 The following are the findings in this investigation:

• 28 out of 44 respondents(that is about 64% of the

respondents) said that they would still attend devotions
regularly though there’s no checking of attendance.
16 (that is 36% of the respondents) said otherwise.

• To grow spiritually, to have fellowships with friends/

boardmates, to relax/ have fun/ pass time, to clear the
conscience, and to have appearance are the reasons
pointed out of the boarders who said that they would
still attend devotions regularly, minus the attendance.
 The following are the findings in this investigation:

• Aiming to grow spiritually is the main reason why the 28

boarders would choose to attend devotions regularly. It
is followed by wanting to have fellowship with
boardmates and friends.

• Religion issues, preacher issues, secular activities, being

not used to attending devotions, and laziness are the
reasons why 16 boarders would not be able to attend
devotions regularly.
 The following are the findings in this investigation:

• Secular activities like going to other places, doing

school works, sleeping, etc. are the things that would
hinder the 16 boarders the most from attending
devotions regularly.