Assessing the Impact of a Paid Children, Youth, or Family Worker on Anglican Congregations in England. Issue 1 (2nd January 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Francis, Leslie J.; Howell, David; Hill, Phoebe; McKenna, Ursula
• Is Part Of: Journal of research on christian education. Volume 28:Issue 1(2019)
• Page Start: 43
• Page End: 50
• Publication Date: 2019-01-02
• Subjects: children's workers -- church attendance -- Church of England -- family workers -- youth workers; Christian education -- Periodicals; Christian education -- Research -- Periodicals; 268.05
• DOI: 10.1080/10656219.2019.1593267
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1065-6219

Abstract

Abstract: Drawing on the survey conducted by Christian Research and commissioned by the Youthscape Centre for Research and One Hope, this study examined the impact of a paid children, youth, or family worker on the weekly attendance of 5- to 18-year-old children within 786 Church of England churches with adult attendance ranging from 20 to 250 people. Nearly one-third of these churches had a paid children, youth, or family worker ( N = 259). The data demonstrated that on average the presence of a paid children, youth, or family worker added seven young people between the ages of 5 and 18 years to the total weekly Sunday attendance, after controlling for the weekly adult attendance figures.