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An Analysis and Evaluation of Church Administration in the Evangelical Churches of West Africa, Nigeria

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The purposes of this study were to discover the current status of church administration of the Evangelical Churches of West Africa (ECWA) and to offer recommendations. In order to achieve these purposes, an extensive review of the professional literature dealing with church administration and management was conducted, and a questionnaire was constructed and categorized into the following broad areas of church administration: (1) church government, (2) educational leadership (3) evangelism and missions, (4) financial management, and (5) general administration. The following conclusions were drawn: 1. Management of church affaris under the four administrative church councils appears to be less than … continued below

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The purposes of this study were to discover the current status of church administration of the Evangelical Churches of West Africa (ECWA) and to offer recommendations. In order to achieve these purposes, an extensive review of the professional literature dealing with church administration and management was conducted, and a questionnaire was constructed and categorized into the following broad areas of church administration: (1) church government, (2) educational leadership (3) evangelism and missions, (4) financial management, and (5) general administration. The following conclusions were drawn: 1. Management of church affaris under the four administrative church councils appears to be less than effective. 2. Professional local church leadership appears to be weak. 3. Strategies regarding recruitment of missionaries and mission finances appear weak. 4. The ECWA appears to lack both an acceptable criteria and specified groups for evaluation of theological programs. 5. Better financial management is one of ECWA's major areas of need. 6. Written personel guidelines and job descriptions are a critical need in ECWA church administration. 7. The need for effective communication may be one of the major problems facing ECWA.

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Page, Robert O. "Church administration for growth past one thousand." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2004. http://www.tren.com.

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Liao, Samuel. "A system approach to church administration in Chinese culture." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1996. http://www.tren.com.

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Mah, Peter Y. K. "Church administration and growth of small and medium size Canadian Chinese churches case study of the Logos Baptist Church of Toronto in Canada /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1999. http://www.tren.com.

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Steiner, Richard L. "A program to help the Mennonite Church in Zaire become self-supporting." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1994. http://www.tren.com.

Bang, Dong-Sub. "A historical study of the role of pioneer Korean Christians in beginning the indigenous Presbyterian Church and in Bible translation 1876-1912." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1996. http://www.tren.com.

Jones, David M. "Foreign subsidy and the indigenous church a study of the subsidy of church building in Kenya /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2002. http://www.tren.com.

McMillan, Julia Curruth. "Christian School Administration: exercising Biblical competence A consecrated heart and an educated mind /." Lynchburg, Va. : Liberty University, 2007. http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu.

Allen, Debra Harding. "Pastoral Transformational Leadership and Church Human Service Provision." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4032.

Felder, Charmaine. "The Potential Role of Business Intelligence in Church Organizations." Walden University, 2013.

Akogyeram, Humphrey Jehu-Appiah M. Moses. "A study of the Old Testament the authority of the African Independent Churches in Ghana, case study : Muzama Disco Christo Church /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2000. http://www.tren.com.

Johnson, Eric W. "A Qualitative Study of Seminary Principals for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints." DigitalCommons@USU, 2008. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/195.

Schiller, Manfred. "Einheimische Teams als wirksames Modell für Evangelisation und Gemeindegründung eine Untersuchung, Darstellung und Förderung kulturell relevanter und biblisch bedeutsamer Faktoren für einen effektiven Einsatz einheimischer Evangelisations- und Gemeindegründungsteams innerhalb der Afrika Inland Kirche in Kisii (Kenia) = Indigenous teams as an effective model for evangelism and church planting /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1997. http://www.tren.com.

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Jones, Graham Roderick. "Church dedications and landed units of lordship and administration in the pre-Reformation diocese of Worcester." Thesis, University of Leicester, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/35561.

Williams, Cecil. "Church Leaders' Financial Coping Strategies During a Recession." ScholarWorks, 2011. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1049.

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Litzenberger, Caroline J. "The role of episcopal theology and administration in the implementation of the settlement of religion, 1559-c. 1575." PDXScholar, 1989. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/3983.

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Ndukwe, Paul C. "The struggle for a dynamic leadership among the evangelicals in Nigeria." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1986. http://www.tren.com.

Sapp, Jon L. "The design and implementation of a leadership development workshop for mission administrators in the Eastern Africa context." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1995. http://www.tren.com.

Wolfe, Richard M. "Missionary motivation among Filipinos identifying critical factors /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2001. http://www.tren.com.

Felder, Charmaine. "The Potential Role of Business Intelligence in Church Organizations." ScholarWorks, 2011. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1030.

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Etzold, Herman A. "The use of needs analysis as a basic tool in the development and administration of the church's ministry with the older person." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 1985. http://www.tren.com.

Smith, Sharon L. "Bridging the gap| Equipping the church to envision and empower workplace believers as Kingdom catalysts of transformation in their communities." Thesis, Assemblies of God Theological Seminary, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3558545.

A tremendous opportunity exists for church and business leaders to work together to bridge an ever-widening gap in both dialogue and understanding of the needs of believers on the front-lines of workplace service. Church leaders are anointed and responsible for equipping believers for ministry in all spheres of life, including service in the marketplace (Eph. 4:13). Church and business professionals need each other; however, due to realities such as the sacred-secular divide and unbiblical working definitions of "ministry" and "vocation," countless numbers of believers have a bifurcated, compartmentalized view of life and vocation. Research reveals that the vast majority of believers do not view their work as an expression of worship to God and service to others.

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Marriott, Charles. "Episcopal careers and administration in late twelfth-century England : the bishops of Bath 1174-1205." Thesis, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.683175.

Fee, Craig. "Causes of Burnout Among Church Leaders: A Qualitative Phenomenological Study of Pastors." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5077.

Sammon, Henry Matthew. "Temporal administration in the American province of the Institute of the Marist Brothers of the Schools." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2005. http://www.tren.com.

Allen, Larry J. "Internship in missionary experience a recommendation for Bangladesh /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1995. http://www.tren.com.

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Mungiriria, Patrick Kabubu. "What is needed to foster change in the Presbyterian Church of East Africa in terms of leadership and personnel appointments (Kenya)." DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 1996. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/AAIDP14653.

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