The Optimal Level of Strictness and Congregational Growth

Beginning with Kelley’s and Iannaccone’s foundational studies, scholars have examined how strictness impacts congregational outcomes. This paper seeks to further develop the strict church thesis by examining Iannaccone’s concept of “optimal level of strictness”, an idea that there are limits to stri...

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Auteur principal: Ferguson, Todd W. (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: [2014]
Dans: Religions
Année: 2014, Volume: 5, Numéro: 3, Pages: 703-719
Sujets non-standardisés:B strict church thesis
B Protestant Christianity
B congregational growth
B niches
B quantitative methodology
B Religious Organizations
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