What is a Flourishing Congregation? Leader Perceptions, Definitions, and Experiences

How do Canadian congregational and denominational leaders in Catholic, mainline, and conservative Protestant settings perceive and define what constitutes a flourishing congregation? Drawing on interview and focus group data with over one hundred leaders across Canada, we bring to description the pe...

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Authors: Thiessen, Joel 1981- (Author) ; McAlpine, William R. (Author) ; Walker, Keith (Author) ; Wong, Arch Chee Keen (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer [2019]
In: Review of religious research
Year: 2019, Volume: 61, Issue: 1, Pages: 13-37
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Canada / Church congregation / Vitality / Clergyperson
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
KBQ North America
RB Church office; congregation
Further subjects:B Canada
B Practical Theology
B Congregations
B Positive organizational studies
B Parishes
B sociology of religion
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)