Thesiss

With the declining of church attendance in generations younger than baby boomers, churches must shift their focus from maintenance to mission in order to avoid an existential threat. Reaching the younger generations will require a more personal approach than new programs and eve…

The focus of this research was to examine the learning characteristics and perceptions of college freshmen and sophomores at a small liberal arts university who identify as Generation Z. Born between 1995 and 2012, research is inconclusive on how this cohort learns and whether t…

Lay Leadership Collaboration, Communication, and Succession Among the Baby Boomer, Generation X and Millennial Generational CohortsbyMatthew T. SeelEvery local church has lay people who continue to serve as the backbone of the mission of Jesus Christ. Many studies show the impor…

The issues that this research addressed were the changes related to engagement in religious education (RE) in the Unitarian Universalist (UU) church in the past several decades. To address this problem, the purpose of this research was to innovatively problem-solve with other re…