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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
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
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Martin, Bruce – Religious Education, 2000
Introduces action research as a tool for use in religious education that can be employed by congregationally based educators. States that action research as an educational strategy suggests that educators engage in a cycle of observing, reflecting, planning, and acting. Includes references. (CMK)
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Education, Church Programs, Churches
Morris, Thomas H. – Momentum, 1998
Depicts the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) as a model for Christian spirituality and the primary initiation structure of the Church. Describes catechesis, community, liturgy, and service as the foundations required to live in the Spirit's presence. (VWC)
Descriptors: Christianity, Church Programs, Church Role, Church Workers