Document Type

Applied Research

Publication Date

5-2012

Abstract

Scope and Method of Study: The purpose of this project was to increase the motivation of believers to pursue Christian growth by teaching them about the glory of Christ. It proposed two main research questions: (1) Is there a direct relationship between a person's understanding of the gospel of the glory of Christ and their motivation to pursue Christian growth? (2) Will teaching this subject cause a change in attitude in participants toward Christian growth? To explore these questions, a five­session teaching seminar was developed and presented. It utilized a pre-survey/ post-survey method to gather data concerning changes in participants' cognitive and affective domains as a result of the treatment. The surveys consisted of twenty questions designed to measure knowledge of content and five questions to explore how participants felt concerning their walk with God.

Findings and Conclusions: Pre-survey and post-survey comparisons indicate that the cognitive section pre-survey mean score of 71.17 increased to a post-survey mean score of 84.64 out of 100. Similarly, the affective section pre-survey mean score of 23.4 points increased to a post-survey score of 23.5 points out of a possible 25. This means that seminar treatment produced a cognitive score increase of 13 .4 7 percent and an affective score increase of 0.5 percent. The cumulative data seemed to confirm a correlation between the understanding people have of the gospel of the glory of Christ and their motivation to pursue Christian growth. The research indicated that a seminar designed to teach the gospel of the glory of Christ would indeed be an effective way to increase participants' motivation to pursue Christian growth.

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