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Fostering the Identity and Mission of Christian Education in Africa
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Ogunji, James A. – Journal of Research on Christian Education, 2012
This study presents a model that can help a Christian University or school foster its identity and mission. The model is built on the principle that the integration of faith and learning (IFL) in all aspects of school life will keep a Christian university or school focused on its identity and mission through a deliberate and coherent action of any…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, Church Programs, Foreign Countries, Spiritual Development
Constructing Membership Identity through Language and Social Interaction: The Case of African American Children at Faith Missionary Baptist Church
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Peele-Eady, Tryphenia B. – Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 2011
In this article, the author explores how African American children in a Black church Sunday school community in northern California developed positive membership identity. Focal participants were Sunday school children ages 9 to 12 and their Sunday school teachers. Drawn from a two-year ethnographic study, data showed that adults prepared children…
Descriptors: African American Students, African American Children, Ethnography, Interpersonal Relationship
The Functional Community and Rural Parish Organization.
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Settle, Lester M. – 1975
A United Church of Canada research project attempted to determine whether the "functional community" concept was a viable basis for restructuring congregations for rural ministry in Colchester County, Nova Scotia. Research documented the functional community concept via socioeconomic variables such as social and political history,…
Descriptors: Church Programs, Churches, Community Coordination, Models
Church Activism among Farm Couples: Measuring the Impact of the Conjugal Unit.
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Wilson, John; And Others – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1987
Examined the impact of the conjugal unit on church activism. Showed that the most powerful influence on the church activism of either husband or wife was the activism of the spouse, particularly the wife. Determined system properties of the marriage to be an important determinant, when other factors are controlled. (Author/KS)
Descriptors: Activism, Church Programs, Church Role, Family Influence