Pastoral Leadership and Congregational Vitality
This research note presents unexpected findings on the role of pastoral leadership styles on congregational vitality. Drawn from a most-similar case study of two mainline congregations, one that has experience growth and vitality the other significant decline, the results indicate that leadership st...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Springer
[2018]
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Review of religious research
Year: 2018, Volume: 60, Issue: 4, Pages: 575-585 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
/ Church congregation
/ Vitality
/ Pastor
/ Leadership style
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RelBib Classification: | KBQ North America KDD Protestant Church RB Church office; congregation |
Further subjects: | B
Congregational Vitality
B Keywords B Congregational Studies B pastoral leadership B Clergy |
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Summary: | This research note presents unexpected findings on the role of pastoral leadership styles on congregational vitality. Drawn from a most-similar case study of two mainline congregations, one that has experience growth and vitality the other significant decline, the results indicate that leadership style is an under-studied contributing factor in congregational vitality. The findings demonstrate that pastoral style that is collaborative but decisive, as well as inspiring has a positive impact on congregational vitality; whereas a pastoral style that is more hands-off, seeking to empower lay decision making has a negative impact. |
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ISSN: | 2211-4866 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Review of religious research
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s13644-018-0352-7 |