Confirmation, Community, and Commitment: Evaluating Church Attendance at the Episcopal Church of St. Mary, Albuquerque, New Mexico

James W. Hunter

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Confirmation, Community, and Commitment: Evaluating Church Attendance at the Episcopal Church of St. Mary, Albuquerque, New Mexico

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MLA citation style (9th ed.)

James W. Hunter. Confirmation, Community, and Commitment: Evaluating Church Attendance At the Episcopal Church of St. Mary, Albuquerque, New Mexico. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/5f026546-877b-42d7-b1e0-ca63a7d80636?locale=es.

APA citation style (7th ed.)

J. W. Hunter. Confirmation, Community, and Commitment: Evaluating Church Attendance at the Episcopal Church of St. Mary, Albuquerque, New Mexico. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/5f026546-877b-42d7-b1e0-ca63a7d80636?locale=es

Chicago citation style (CMOS 17, author-date)

James W. Hunter. Confirmation, Community, and Commitment: Evaluating Church Attendance At the Episcopal Church of St. Mary, Albuquerque, New Mexico. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/5f026546-877b-42d7-b1e0-ca63a7d80636?locale=es.

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James W. Hunter

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Episcopalian Churches

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his work studies the phenomenon of individuals dropping out of active church membership after confirmation. The positive approach adopted to examine this issue is through Appreciative Inquiry. Rather than trying to 'fix' a problem, this paper studies what is good in the current confirmation preparation program, discovering how those good elements can be improved, and the importance of community in retaining members. The problem is analyzed through Holy Scripture, the Great Tradition of Christianity, and the experiences of eleven parishioners who have matriculated through the confirmation process and remained active in the life of the Episcopal Church of St. Mary, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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