Reconciling the god and gender gaps: the influence of women in church politics

The politics of church shopping

“…In addition to a political effect, his may also serve as a latent measure of general interest in societal issues. Furthermore, we find that women are 7% more likely to church shop than men, consistent with findings that women tend to be more religiously committed (Trzebiatowska and Bruce, 2012;Audette et al, 2018) and that divorced individuals are 14% more likely to have church shopped than those who are married, likely reflecting the religious decision making following the dissolution of a relationship. Next, we turn to predictors of leaving or considering leaving a church specifically due to politics, as shown in Table 3.…”

Differences between Founder-Led and Non-Founder-Led Congregations: A Research Note

“…Then we turn to multivariate analyses to specify the relationship between leadership by founding clergy and some major cultural characteristics of congregations. Specifically, we will examine differences among congregations in three key areas that have been explored in other research using the National Congregations Survey: informal worship practices (Chaves and Anderson 2008; Edwards 2009; Baker 2010), provision of social services (Tsitsos 2003; Brown 2006a, b; Stewart-Thomas 2010), and attitudes towards female leadership (Adams 2007; Audette et al 2018; Hoegeman 2017). 2 We conclude with a discussion of the need to consider foundings and founder-led leadership in future research on congregational demographics, cultures, and economics.…”