Examining Discipleship Strategies in Christian and Missionary Alliance Churches

Autor/in	Alvarado, Osvaldo A.
Titel	Examining Discipleship Strategies in Christian and Missionary Alliance Churches
Quelle	(2022), (101 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ed.D. Dissertation, Southeastern University
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	979-8-2098-9181-9
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Churches; Christianity; Spiritual Development; Institutional Mission; Surveys; Reliability; Attendance; Religious Factors; Prosocial Behavior; Pennsylvania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Church; Kirche; Christentum; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Reliabilität; Anwesenheit
Abstract	In this quantitative study, discipleship strategies of churches in the Christian and Missionary Alliance were surveyed, to determine if discipleship strategies were effective at fulfilling the mission of helping people connect with God and grow spiritually. Data were collected from 30 church attenders from Western Pennsylvania churches, 27 of which fully completed the research survey. The internal reliability level of participant responses was evaluated and considered excellent. Results showed that the study participant perceptions that they grew in their faith in Christ through the discipleship opportunities provided at their church was statistically significant with a very large magnitude of response effect. Two elements of growth were statistically significantly predictive of study participant perceptions that they grew in their faith in Christ through the discipleship opportunities provided at their church: increased desire for spiritual growth and increased Christ-like behavior. Furthermore, two distinct dimensions of growth were identified through the exploratory factor analysis predictive model and showed a statistical significance with 79% of the variance in overall perceptions of participant growth in faith in Christ through their church discipleship explainable by two dimensions: Spiritual Posture and Spiritual Confidence. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01