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Increasing Church Revenue and Worship Attendance : An empirical study of Canadian Baptists
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Date Issued
2010
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Working paper series
ISBN
9789881844361
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Working Paper
Abstract
This paper explores how Christian churches can increase their donation revenue and worship attendance. Using data collected annually (2001-2006) from among Canadian Baptist churches in Eastern Canada, this study estimates the interacting simultaneous equations using two-stage least square. A descriptive statistics summary is also provided. The major findings of this study are that (1) Sunday worship attendance is the only significant variable that affects the level of local church giving in our dataset; (2) Midweek youth Bible study attendance and Sunday School attendance are the significant and direct variables that affect the level of Sunday worship attendance; and (3) The equilibrium level of worship attendance and giving predicted by our proposed model is yet to be achieved. The paper concludes with a discussion on effective ways church leaders can allocate scarce resources to promote growth within churches.
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