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    An Examination of Factors that Influence Membership Retention in Deliverance Church Ongata Rongai
    (2014-05-15) Mukhwana, Reuben Sitati
    The purpose ofthis study was to investigate some of the factors that cause the high turn over in Deliverance Church Ongata Rongai. The membership turnover has been high in the recent past. The phenomenon that was studied is complex. After an extensive review of literature in the area of Church growth, the researcher chose investigate on three factors, the leadership, the church structures and the attitude of members towards the church. The literature review helped in questionnaire construction. The study revealed that one of the major causes of the high membership turn over is the leadership. Other causes included lack of spiritual nurture and luck of involvement of the laity in ministry. The study concludes by recommending a servant leadership model, a healthy theology of the church as a charismatic community and small group structure for discipleship.
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    Concepts of EffectiveLeadership in Evangelical Association of Malawi (EAM) :influence on Leadership Styles and Succession Plans
    (2014-05-14) Mtalimanja, Lloyd Kondwani
    This study sought to establish the concepts of effective leadership espoused by the seven top-most leaders in Evangelical Association of Malawi (EAM). The study aimed to find out the extent to which those concepts were practiced and how they were influencing the formulation of leadership development and succession plans of the organization. The study adopted a non-experimental cross-sectional study design with a combination of descriptive and explanatory research approaches. To facilitate the collection of quantitative and qualitative data, the questionnaire used contained both closed- and open-ended questions. The researcher used the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) to analyze the quantitative data. The study revealed that the concepts of effective leadership that the said leaders in EAM espoused could lead to effectiveness if allowed to influence practice. Further, the study found that these concepts were significantly influencing leadership practice. However, there appeared to be other forces and/or values either in the organization or in the leaders themselves that were hindering the formulation of leadership succession plans. In view of the findings, the researcher recommended that the leaders in EAM need to endeavor to account for the lack of clearly laid out leadership development and succession plans since these plans are not only a mark of effective leadership, but are essential to an organization's continued effectiveness. The leaders should establish the forces/values, either in themselves or in the organization, which account for lack of clearly laid out leadership succession plans.
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    The influence of the Media on the Developmental Life of the Adolescents in Nairobi Pentecostal church
    (2014-05-09) Emenike, Mathias Princewill
    The purpose of this study was to find out the level of exposure to media communication among the adolescents, particularly adolescents in Nairobi Pentecostal Church-Central. An attempt was also made to find out specific ways that the media are exerting influence on the social and moral development of the adolescents. The researcher also sought to see whether these specific ways of media influence on the social and moral development of the adolescents have any relationship to the age of the adolescents, sex differences of the adolescents and the adolescents' level of exposure to media communication. The study focused further on attempt to discover the extent of this media influence on the social and moral development of the adolescents either positively or negatively. Based on the gathered information, recommendations were made to parents and Churches on how to help the adolescents get the best from the media. The findings of this study revealed that the adolescents have a high degree of exposure to media communication. Findings also revealed two positive and five negative ways of media influence on the social development of the adolescents and also two positive and two negative ways of media influence on their moral development. Again, while age and media influence have no significant relationship, gender differences seem to have strong relationship with media influence on their social development but not on their moral development. Level of media exposure also seems to have strong relationship with media influence on their social development but not on their moral development. The negative influence of the media was also discovered to be greater than the positive influence on their social and moral development although, the difference is not significant.
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    Influence of socialization on conflict generation and breakdown of social order in Burundi
    (2014-04-11) Nzeyimana, Dismas
    Although there must be a number of factors that influenced Burundians in breaking down social order, the researcher concentrated on socialization as one major variable linked to conflicts. Basically, the researcher's focus was to find whether there could be relationships between socialization and conflict generation in Burundi. The purpose of the study was to equip the church by availing tools that would sensitize it to resume the noble task of reconciliation. Before the research went on, biases were exposed. Nevertheless, such claims were to be tested by using both the library and field research. The first step was to list research questions which led to formulate hypotheses. In total, seventeen hypotheses were enumerated as attempts to respond to research questions. After a brief definition of terms, the researcher visited literatures that are related to the major variables that comprise the topic. Firstly, the purpose was to check findings that would support the researcher's assumptions, and then secondly, library research aimed at helping the researcher formulate relevantly the questions and guide for data collection. Before the field research started, the methodological approach was put in place so that the researcher would know which research method to rely on. As far as the topic and the demand of data gathering are concerned, the qualitative research method leading to focus group discussions was adopted. Data collection took place in one province of Gitega in Burundi where the researcher spent two weeks interacting with young people, parents and church leaders; that was in December 2005. In consideration of the purpose of the study, the researcher managed to test his assumptions by integrating operational questions/responses to the three research questions. The findings showed that parents imparted to their children values and prejudices that led them into a breakdown of social order. Again, findings revealed that, socialization which is enhanced with biblical principles is a great tool that any community can hold and utilize for the sake of maintaining social order. Anthropologists say that the manner people think and act is relatively influenced by their original customs rather than what they are taught (Smalley and Nida 1967, 26 I). Therefore in order to let Burundian tribes be reconciled, young generations need to accumulate a lot of socialization in order to annihilate the previous teachings. Moreover, discussing the factors that led to conflicts generation ought to be the fi rst step in conflict resolution. Recommendations were made for the church of Burundi. The first focuses on equipping parents in ways of socialization; the second stresses the advocacy role of the church that needs to be preserved while the third suggests a holistic ministry towards victims of ethnic violence.