A perceptual study of congregant rules for membership and their effect on church involvement in an allonomous and an autonomous setting

Roy R Schmid

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A perceptual study of congregant rules for membership and their effect on church involvement in an allonomous and an autonomous setting

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Roy R Schmid. A Perceptual Study of Congregant Rules for Membership and Their Effect On Church Involvement In an Allonomous and an Autonomous Setting. Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/30db9b8f-fd4c-45a7-b679-006cb07ecece.

APA citation style (7th ed.)

R. R. Schmid. A perceptual study of congregant rules for membership and their effect on church involvement in an allonomous and an autonomous setting. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/30db9b8f-fd4c-45a7-b679-006cb07ecece

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Roy R Schmid. A Perceptual Study of Congregant Rules for Membership and Their Effect On Church Involvement In an Allonomous and an Autonomous Setting. Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/30db9b8f-fd4c-45a7-b679-006cb07ecece.

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Roy R Schmid

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Abstract

The study focuses upon a church discipline question: How do church members' perceptions of rules for membership affect church involvement? Perception and involvement patterns are examined when 1) a biblical-historical and allonomous setting (rule by others - divine and corporate); 2) a sociological-autonomous setting (rules self-imposed - empirical and congregant); and 3) a 'strong to weak' perceptual scale are administered to participants from two mainline Protestant congregations with allonomous and autonomous polity structures respectively. Results include: 1) little causal relationship indicated between perceptions and involvement; 2) reluctance to impose 'outside' membership rules upon congregants; 3) significant perceptual shift indicated pertaining to rules for membership from an allonomous toward an autonomous stance.

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