Building a relational culture and empirical theology: exploring the impact of congregational bonding social capital on perceived faith development and perceived church growth
Francis, L.J., Lankshear, D.W. and McKenna, U. (2023) Building a relational culture and empirical theology: exploring the impact of congregational bonding social capital on perceived faith development and perceived church growth. Rural Theology, 21 (2). pp. 84-94. ISSN 1470-4994
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Abstract
Building on recent interest to assess and encourage a relational culture within the Church of England and drawing on the Signs of Growth survey conducted within the Diocese of Southwark, this study examines the association between congregational bonding social capital and both perceived faith development and perceived church growth among 7,924 weekly churchgoers between the ages of 20 and 69 who had been established in their church for at least three years. The data confirmed that a relational culture goes hand-in-hand with personal faith development and with potential for church growth.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Published by Taylor and Francis in 2023. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of a Creative Commons BY-NC-ND licence. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0). |
| Keywords: | Empirical theology Congregation survey church growth faith development social capital |
| Divisions: | School of Humanities |
| Depositing User: | Ursula Mckenna |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Nov 2023 16:24 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Nov 2023 16:24 |
| URI: | https://bgro.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/1077 |
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