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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Congregational growth."”.
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Congregational growth, closure, identity, and diversity.
… four central issues pertaining to congregations: growth, closure, identity, and diversity. Heterogeneity by age is related to growth in American congregations, while homogeneity by belief is related to congregational growth in Evangelical congregations. Age liabilities of newness and oldness are …
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Salience and congregational growth : revisiting the strictness thesis.
… scholars have examined the relationship between congregational strictness and growth. This paper seeks to further develop the strict church thesis by suggesting that strictness leads to growth when it addresses salient issues. Using binary logistic regression to analyze data from the 2000 Faith …
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An analysis of congregational leadership factors and growth of middle-sized Churches of Christ in the western United States
… dissertation examines the relationship between congregational growth through the 200 barrier in middle-sized Churches of Christ in the western United States and various leadership factors. The 200 barrier is a "glass ceiling" of sociological factors that limits further congregational growth …
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Factors Associated with Pastoral Preaching on Financially-Related Topics Within the Missionary Church
… to engage in offering optional studies for congregational growth in this area; and (c) use the biennial General Conference as a chance to offer training to pastors. Lastly, future research has an opportunity to build on this study. Further study is needed to see (a) if there are links …