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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/11375/29180
Title: A Phenomenographic Study Critique of Evangelistic Equipping Among Pastors Aligned with the Evangelical Church
Authors: Budd, Mervyn J
Department: Divinity College
Keywords: Evangelical Churches, Evangelicalism, Evangelism, Evangelical, Evangelical Church, Pastors, Equipping among Pastors, Phenomenographic Study, Phenomeography
Publication Date: Nov-2023
Abstract: Evangelical churches hold evangelism as a hallmark of their movement, but evangelism and conversion rates are in decline. Might this decline be the result of absent or inadequate evangelistic equipping on the part of the church? This project presents a phenomenographic analysis and critique on how congregations are being equipped for evangelism. It employs both surveys of congregational members as well as pastoral leaders. Follow-up interviews with pastoral leaders have also been used to clarify findings from the initial surveys. These interviews have been analyzed to discover the qualitatively different understandings that are evident in the data regarding the phenomenon of evangelistic equipping. These understandings are categorized, and a description of each category type is provided. The results of these findings provide a more expansive understanding of the equipping task and offer specific ways in which the task of evangelistic equipping can be expanded to serve the Evangelical church better.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11375/29180
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