scholarly journals Managing Conflict in Faith-Based Organizations in Zimbabwe

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norman Chivasa
Keyword(s):  
Growth And Development ◽  
Conventional View ◽  
Faith Based ◽  
Positive Growth ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Faith Based Organizations ◽  
Apostolic Faith Mission ◽  
Mission Church ◽  
The Church ◽  
Good Number

One of the basic theories commonly believed in the secular world today is that conflict is inevitable which means that individuals and groups have needs, interests, dislikes, likes, partnerships, values and preferences which are often not compatible. This is also true of faith-based organizations. Using the Apostolic Faith Mission in Zimbabwe church as a point of reference, this article argues that in Christian circles there is need to deliberately develop a perspective of conflict that reflects conflict as a positive force that generates both co-existence and growth in the church to counter the conventional view in the majority of churches that consider conflict as a destructive force. In the Apostolic Faith Mission church, intra-church disputes have a negative effect on the wellbeing of individuals and groups (the church) as conflict creates rivalry, hostility, divisions, hate, breakaways, among others. This is because a strongly adversarial attitude to conflict of all sorts is reflected in the approach of the church to conflict and in particular, some pastors have responded with legal action against the disciplinary activities of the church. Consequently, this article suggests that faith-based organizations should appreciate the importance of conflict for positive growth and development as a good number of Christians today are still pessimistic about conflict.

scholarly journals Assessment of Prosperity Gospel among Charismatic Churches in Kenya.

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 254-259
Author(s):  
Moses M. Kirimi; Joel Kiboss; Peter N. Mbogo
Keyword(s):  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Prosperity Gospel ◽  
Faith Based ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Social Wellbeing ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
Sampling Procedures ◽  
Soft Target ◽  
The Church ◽  
Good Number

The researcher sought to investigate the rise of prosperity gospel and its momentum in the midst of the learned society who can read the Bible and get its true meaning. The Equation Theory guided the study. The theory is anchored on the principle of reward and retribution, which states that the goodness of a person is confirmed by physical wellbeing and material prosperity while a sinful person is defined by the opposite. The study was carried out in Kawagware, Nairobi County that is habited by good number of people, becoming a soft target for the prosperity gospel. The study targeted congregants attending Christian charismatic churches in the area. Multi-stage sampling techniques comprising of cluster, purposive, convenient and simple random sampling procedures were used to select the churches and congregants. Data was gathered using drop and pick questionnaire for congregants. Data was analysed using SPSS (version 20) and results summarised using descriptive statistics comprising of frequencies, percentages presented using tables. Prosperity gospel was found to be appealing to congregants as it was considered to address their economic wellbeing, social wellbeing, spiritual wellbeing, guaranteeing them for holiness according, having the spiritual appeal as well as promissory prophesies. As a show of commitment, the congregants attend the churches unwaveringly, participate in the church services, and sacrifice their time, offerings, tithes, and gifts. The researcher recommends that different players, government, faith-based and private organisations should provide economic opportunities and create awareness to people living in poverty stricken areas like the Kawangware to enable them make informed decision and have economic independence.

Positive growth and development: From distress to coping across the life-span

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erica Frydenberg ◽  
Krys Kaniasty ◽  
Erica Frydenberg ◽  
Barbara Jones ◽  
Esther Greenglass ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Span ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Positive Growth

Assessing Organizational Factors in Faith-based Organizations Partnering in Health Promotion Interventions

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin K. Tagai ◽  
Cheryl L. Holt ◽  
Mary Ann Scheirer ◽  
Sherie Lou Z. Santos ◽  
Nancy Atkinson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Faith Based ◽  
Faith Based Organizations ◽  
Health Promotion Interventions

The quantitative and qualitative contributions of faith based organizations to healthcare: The Kenya case

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 60-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfredo Fort
Keyword(s):  
Health Facility ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Developing World ◽  
Weighted Average ◽  
Relative Strength ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Faith Based ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Faith Based Organizations ◽  
The Government

Though difficult to ascertain because faith based organizations (FBOs) might keep a low profile, be confused with other non-governmental organizations (NGOs), or survey respondents may not know the nature of facilities attended to, these organizations have a long presence in teaching health personnel and delivering health services in many rural and remote populations in the developing world. It is argued that their large networks, logistics agreements with governments, and mission-driven stance brings them closer to the communities they serve, and their services believed of higher quality than average. Kenya has a long history of established FBOs substantial recent health investment by the government. We aimed to find the quantitative and qualitative contributions of FBOs by analyzing two recent data sources: the live web-based nationwide Master Health Facility List, and the 2010 nationwide Service Provision Assessment (SPA) survey. Using this information, we found that FBOs contribute to 11% of all health facilities’ presence in the country, doubling to 23% of all available beds, indicating their relative strength in owning mid-level hospitals around the country. We also constructed an index of readiness as a weighted average from services offered, good management practices and availability of medicines and commodities for 17 items assessed during the SPA survey. We found that FBOs topped the list of managing authorities, with 70 percent of health facility readiness, followed closely by the government at 69 percent, NGOs at 61 percent and lastly a distant private for profit sector at 50 percent. These results seem to indicate that FBOs continue to contribute to an important proportion of health care coverage in Kenya, and that they do so with a relatively high quality of care among all actors. It would be of interest to replicate the analysis with similar databases for other countries in the developing world.

scholarly journals 'n Heilige, algemene kerk

2015 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wim Dreyer
Keyword(s):  
Early Development ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
16Th Century ◽  
Nicene Creed ◽  
The Church

A holy, universal church. The Nicene Creed and the  Apostolicum went through different processes of growth and development. In the early development of both creeds, it is noticeable that articles about ‘the church’ are absent. In this contribution the creeds are examined in terms of their development, the inclusion of the articles on the church, their reception during the 16th century Reformation as well as difficulties in the official Afrikaans translations. It concludes with a short exposition of the Apostolicum’s article on the church (sanctam Ecclesiam catholicam).

scholarly journals The challenges of donor engagement with faith-based organizations in Cameroon’s health sector: a qualitative study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sibylle Herzig van Wees ◽  
Michael Jennings
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
International Development ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Faith Based ◽  
The Past ◽  
Faith Based Organizations ◽  
The Government ◽  
Depth Interviews

Abstract Substantial global advocacy efforts have been made over the past decade to encourage partnerships and funding of faith-based organizations in international development programmes in efforts to improve social and health outcomes. Whilst there is a wealth of knowledge on religion and development, including its controversies, less attention has been payed to the role that donors might play. The aim of this study was to describe and analyse the engagement between donors and faith-based organizations in Cameroon’s health sector, following the implementation of the Cameroon Health Sector Partnership Strategy (2012). Forty-six in-depth interviews were conducted in selected regions in Cameroon. The findings show that global advocacy efforts to increase partnerships with faith-based organizations have created a space for increasing donor engagement of faith-based organizations following the implementation of the strategy. However, the policy was perceived as top down as it did not take into account some of the existing challenges. The policy arguably accentuated some of the existing tensions between the government and faith-based organizations, fed faith-controversies and complicated the health system landscape. Moreover, it provided donors with a framework for haphazard engagement with faith-based organizations. As such, putting the implications of donor engagement with FBOs on the research map acknowledges the limitations of efforts to collaborate with faith-based organizations and brings to the surface still-remaining blinkers and limited assumptions in donor definitions of faith-based organizations and in ways of collaborating with them.

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