The doors of the church are re-opened: identifying socio-theological clues for helping African American men 30-40 years old back to the church

Arthur R White

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The doors of the church are re-opened: identifying socio-theological clues for helping African American men 30-40 years old back to the church

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MLA citation style (9th ed.)

Arthur R White. The Doors of the Church Are Re-opened: Identifying Socio-theological Clues for Helping African American Men 30-40 Years Old Back to the Church. Biblical Seminary in New York. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/bcc59af2-ed38-4f22-8265-ff91d06eef77.

APA citation style (7th ed.)

A. R. White. The doors of the church are re-opened: identifying socio-theological clues for helping African American men 30-40 years old back to the church. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/bcc59af2-ed38-4f22-8265-ff91d06eef77

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Arthur R White. The Doors of the Church Are Re-Opened: Identifying Socio-Theological Clues for Helping African American Men 30-40 Years Old Back to the Church. Biblical Seminary in New York. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/bcc59af2-ed38-4f22-8265-ff91d06eef77.

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Arthur R White

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Religious surveys

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Doors of the church are re-opened: identifying socio-theological clues for helping African American men thirty to forty years-old back to the church

Abstract

African American men are in significant decline in the African American church. The researcher engaged the qualitative research design methods of descriptive survey questionnaires and group interviews in order to identify possible socio-theological reasons. The study included three groups of ten African American men: one group was African American men, 30-40 years old, who never attended church except for childhood exposures; another was a group of African American men, 30-40 years old, who attended church but stopped within the last ten years; and the third group was African American men who stayed in church over the last forty to fifty years. The results were analyzed by content and comparative content analysis as well as cross referenced with previous research results from church theologians and social science scholars. The socio-theological reasons identified are: a felt tension in his ontology related to stress on/from familial and ecclesiastical relationships and from the effect of urbanicity and region on his ontological, familial and ecclesiastical relationships. Additional church needs to be done on each of these socio-theological clues.

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