Gathering a crowd for a first service launch

Edwin D Locke

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Gathering a crowd for a first service launch

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Edwin D Locke. Gathering a Crowd for a First Service Launch. Asbury Theological Seminary. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/0336e100-555e-4a2f-8e24-dd8e78f44585.

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E. D. Locke. Gathering a crowd for a first service launch. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/0336e100-555e-4a2f-8e24-dd8e78f44585

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Edwin D Locke. Gathering a Crowd for a First Service Launch. Asbury Theological Seminary. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/0336e100-555e-4a2f-8e24-dd8e78f44585.

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Edwin D Locke

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Abstract

Currently, little information is available about what has been observed to be the 'critical moment' in the life history of a new church: the first service launch. Subsequent to my appointment to begin a new United Methodist church in Palm Beach county, Florida's fastest growing western edge, my discovery of this void prompted me to consider this as a research subject for my dissertation. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the ways a new United Methodist church planted in Palm Beach county, Florida, gathered people for its first service launch. Of particular interest was determining whether or not the development of open-style (join at any time) small groups would enhance attendance at the first service launch. The study primarily considered the quantitative components of crowd-gathering for the first service launch. A researcher designed questionnaire that doubled as an attendance registration form was used to gather the quantitative information needed for this study. The study identified direct mail and kindness-evangelism as the strongest factors enhancing the first service launch attendance. The findings also affirmed the importance of word of mouth communication to friends and family as integral in adding to the first service launch attendance. In this context, the findings also concluded that open small groups did not favorably influence first service launch attendance.

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