Date of Award
2017
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Doctor of Ministry (DMin)
Abstract
This sequential explanatory mixed methods comparative case study research project explores personal financial generosity in pastors and Congregational Council members of five suburban mainline congregations to discover what influence their generosity has on the congregations they lead. This research involved a survey of all the leaders, interviews with each pastor, focus groups with Congregational Council members, and financial statistics for each congregation. Although there are many insights in this research project regarding financial generosity in leaders and congregations, the results do not show a direct influence of the personal financial generosity of the leaders on the financial generosity of the congregations they lead.
Recommended Citation
Brodin, Ryan D., "Generous Leaders, Generous Congregations: A Study of the Relationship between the Financial Generosity of Congregational Leaders and the Financial Generosity of Their Congregations" (2017). Doctor of Ministry Theses. 17.
https://digitalcommons.luthersem.edu/dmin_theses/17