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An Analysis of Attitudes and Practices of Southern Baptist Pastors Toward Premarital Education

The purpose of this study was to analyze the attitudes and practices of Southern Baptist pastors in four Midwestern states toward premarital education. The researcher utilized a multi-stage sampling procedure to randomly select 1070 churches in Missouri, Tennessee, Illinois, and Kentucky. A research tool was created to record demographic information about the research participants and also to record the attitudes and practices of the sample toward premarital education.

A content analysis was conducted which identified the top 11 recommendations from the literature base for premarital education curricular content areas. The curricular content components reportedly present in the practices of the sample were compared against the curricular content areas in the literature base. Finally, the researcher investigated the relationship between the presence of certain curricular content components of present in the practices of the sample and certain demographic characteristics of the sample.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:SBTS/oai:digital.library.sbts.edu:10392/4123
Date14 December 2012
CreatorsCoffee, John Kevin
ContributorsPurcellStinson, LarryRandy J.L.
Source SetsSouthern Baptist Theological Seminary
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeElectronic dissertation, Text

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