Community competence in religious congregations

Johnson, Martin; Mullins, Phil

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“…Sporting groups and service organizations, in contrast, are more instrumental and task-oriented, although a significant difference in moral community is also apparent between these types of groups. Johnson and Mullins (1990) have also outlined the intensity of moral community feelings within church groups. In a study comparing moral community feelings among church, professional, and social/fraternal groups, church groups experienced significantly stronger feelings of moral community than the other groups outlined.…”

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“…In order to determine an individual's participation within the community, survey items were developed which measured the percentage of time allocated to community participation, the number and type of community groups to which individuals belong, and the degree of participation in these community groups. Furthermore, respondents were required to answer items comprising the Moral Community Scale proposed by Johnson and Mullins (1990) for the community group in which they were most involved.…”

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“…Although both Opotow's (1990) and Johnson and Mullins' (1990) definitions of moral community are quite similar, both have developed from quite distinct literatures. Opotow's moral community, with an emphasis on social justice, has emerged from the social psychology literature.…”

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“…In examining the extent to which community organizations constitute moral communities, Johnson and Mullins (1990) found that for many individuals, community groups did serve a moral community function, differing in their intensity and frequency of moral community feelings. In comparing church, professional, social/fraternal, and miscellaneous groups, it was concluded that church groups were most likely to inspire feelings of moral community.…”

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The experience of moral community in a rural community context

Coakes

Bishop

1996

J. Community Psychol.

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The experience of moral community in a rural community context

Coakes

Bishop

1996

J. Community Psychol.

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“…the perspective of community and organization development, religious congregations can serve as a naturally occurring resource for a sense of belongingness and purpose in members' lives as individuals and as a community of believers (Johnson & Mullins, 1990;Pargament & Maton, in press). The principle of participatory leadership or selfhelp, which is central to the democratic process of community development, calls congregations to redistribute decision-making power so that, collectively, people become self-determined, that is, empowered to control their own lives (Cary, 1970;Cawley, 1984;Rappaport, 1981).…”

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Promoting the development of a religious congregation through a needs and resources assessment

Hair

Walsh‐Bowers

1992

J. Community Psychol.

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The context and processes of an intervention intended to revitalize a church congregation's aspirations and practices as an empowered community during a period of rapid growth are described. Incorporating the principles of process‐oriented community and organization development with standard group techniques and interviewing, the first author, as an internal consultant, cooperated with the church members, board, and pastors in identifying both their needs and resources. The process and content results of the assessment demonstrated that spiritual, social, personal, and material needs and indigenous resources were successfully identified. The multiple methods of data collection enabled divergent groups in the congregation to participate and offered church members the opportunity to develop skills in assessment, problem solving, and decision making. With systematic feedback from the assessment the congregation subsequently specified courses of remedial action to promote a renewed sense of commitment to its core values; follow‐up over a year later showed that congregational development continued but with some retrenchment. The authors discuss the transferability of the findings, the role of an internal consultant, and the value of community and organization development for religious congregations.

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The role of community psychology in Christian community development

Eccleston

Perkins

2018

Journal Community Psychology

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This project examines the connections between community psychology and faith-based community development. We investigate whether and how 4 major principles of community psychology-neighboring, sense of community, empowerment, and citizen participation-are found in the theory and philosophy of practice of the Christian Community Development Association (CCDA), a national faith-based community development network. We employ content analysis of four official CCDA publications to identify whether and how these four principles are embedded in the organization's espoused principles of practice. Our findings are as follows: (a) All four principles are found within CCDA theory and philosophy of practice, with the greatest emphasis on neighboring and sense of community and a less robust application of empowerment and citizen participation; (b) CCDA primarily focuses on the individual-level impact of these principles; and (c) CCDA Bases their application of these principles in Christian scripture and tradition. Our results indicate that the field could be strengthened by examining religious approaches to these principles and considering how organizations engage these concepts in both the theory and the practice. Additionally, faith-based organizations may foster a more effective application of these concepts in their social change efforts by partnering with community researchers and practitioners.

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Community competence in religious congregations

Cited by 8 publications

References 10 publications

The experience of moral community in a rural community context

The experience of moral community in a rural community context

Promoting the development of a religious congregation through a needs and resources assessment

The role of community psychology in Christian community development

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