The Effect of the Members’ Religious Activity and the Church’s Clergy on Church Growth by the Example of Estonian Protestant Churches

IF 1.4 0 RELIGION Journal of Empirical Theology Pub Date : 2024-07-15 DOI:10.1163/15709256-20240008
Ago Lilleorg, Rein Murakas
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The article aims to examine religious activity in Christian churches. In order to achieve this goal, religious activity is defined through religious practices such as church attendance, prayer, and Bible reading. The data used in the article are taken from a survey of growing churches (hereafter referred to as KK2020, n=350), in which nine Estonian growing churches participated. The main comparative base is the sociological survey on religion “On Life, Faith and Religious Life” (EUU2020, n=1000), conducted in Estonia. As a result of the analysis, the article presents an overview of religious activity indicators for growing churches, ordinary churches, and the adult Estonian population and compares growing churches of different denominations. Based on the results, it can be hypothesized that religious activity of church members and minister has positive influence on church growth.

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以爱沙尼亚新教教会为例:成员的宗教活动和教会神职人员对教会发展的影响
本文旨在研究基督教会中的宗教活动。为了实现这一目标,宗教活动是通过参加教堂活动、祷告和阅读《圣经》等宗教实践来定义的。文章中使用的数据来自一项成长型教会调查(以下简称 KK2020,n=350),爱沙尼亚有九个成长型教会参与了这项调查。主要的比较基础是在爱沙尼亚进行的宗教社会学调查 "关于生活、信仰和宗教生活"(EUU2020,n=1000)。作为分析结果,文章概述了成长型教会、普通教会和爱沙尼亚成年人口的宗教活动指标,并比较了不同教派的成长型教会。根据分析结果,可以假设教会成员和牧师的宗教活动对教会的成长有积极影响。
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