Keywords
Meta-ethnography, church health, ecclesial leadership, organizational structure, developing community, church characteristics
Abstract
After a brief literature review, eight of the primary contemporary church health resources are subjected to a meta-ethnographic study. The resources’ combined twenty-six health indicators are translated through the meta-themes of organizational structure, developing community, church characteristics, and personal characteristics. A discussion and visual synthesis of the translations point to the church literature developing community through organizational structure which in turn cultivates church and personal characteristics. Future research recommendations include expanding the study of church metaphors beyond “body” and identifying metaphor-specific characteristics through exegetical study
Recommended Citation
Huizing, R. L. (2012). In Search of the Healthy Church: A Meta-Ethnographic Study. Great Commission Research Journal, 4(1), 43-59. Retrieved from https://place.asburyseminary.edu/gcrj/vol4/iss1/5
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