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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Church Member"”.
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Church Member Reactions to Religious Disaffiliation
… but little research has empirically explored how church members themselves react to the religious disaffiliation of individuals from their own religious community, as well as what factors potentially contribute to the formation of their attitudes and attributions towards religious disaffiliates. …
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Shared leadership and member engagement in Western Protestant house churches: a naturalistic inquiry
Western Protestant churches measure success through member engagement. Waning church member engagement has led some to argue that ineffective leadership structures are to blame. While the possibility of shared leadership has been advanced to this end, its use in Western Protestant Church settings …
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Social climate, staffing theory, and satisfaction among members of different size churches
… to assess the social climate of different size churches and the relationship between social climate, member satisfaction, and church size. This study has investigated the extent to which (1) church member satisfaction is affected by social climate and church size and (2) the extent to which …
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’n Deskriptiewe analise van die Afrikaanse kerklied as intersemiotiese multimediale vertaalproduk
… analysis of the translation of the Afrikaans church song as intersemiotic, multimedial translation product. Since the research is mainly descriptive in nature, descriptive translation studies (DTS) is used as theoretical foundation. However, I sometimes work in a prescriptive way when …
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Development of the Concept of Salvation in Seventh-day Adventist Children and Adolescents 7 to 18 Years of Age Who Attend Public Schools
… public schools. (3) Having a father who is a church member positively relates to understanding of salvation. (4) The use of religious videos in the home negatively relates to understanding of salvation. (5) Compared with results from previous studies, SDA children and adolescents who attend …
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Members' perception of the church's role as an agency of help for family life
Questionnaire responses of 244 active church members regarding the church's role in providing programs and services for family life needs and issues were analyzed. The sample were members of Christian Churches/Churches of Christ, 16 years old and older who attended at least one church service per …
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ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE OF A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION: A STUDY OF LOCAL CONGREGATIONS OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
… theories to explain how United Methodist Church (UMC) congregations (members and pastors) view the work of the local church and how it differs from the recommendations of the denomination's top leadership. I develop case studies of congregations using a triangulated- methodological …