A Significant Shift in the Use of Resources in the 1960s and 1980s in the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Australia and the United States
| avondale-bepress.context-key | 14104266 | |
| avondale-bepress.submission-path | theo_chapters/145 | |
| avondale.affiliate | McIver, Robert; 0000-0002-1710-7790 | |
| avondale.department | Scripture, Spirituality and Society Research Centre | |
| avondale.faculty | Theology | |
| avondale.reporting.isPeerReviewed | Peer Reviewed | |
| avondale.reporting.version | Published Version | |
| dc.contributor.author | McIver, Robert K. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-01T00:28:28Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-01T00:28:28Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-01-01 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2019-03-25T14:43:11Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | <p>I examine possible reasons for a dramatic stall in the growth rate of the number of ordained Seventh-day Adventist Church pastors in the 1960s and 1980s, despite growth in church membership and tithing.</p> <p>Main outcomes: the number of pastors, teachers, churches, members, and other quantitative data from Australia, New Zealand, the United States, and the United Kingdom.</p> <p>I find that (1) growing disparity between potential and actual tithing (resulting in lower overall budget resources), and (2) internal church upheaval provide a ready explanation for the phenomena in the 1980s.</p> <p>It also appears likely that some financial resources were moved from supporting ordained pastors to school teachers in Adventist schools. If this is the case, then the current age- and education-demographics of churches with attached denominational schools demonstrate that this has proved to be a very wise investment in the future of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.</p> | |
| dc.identifier.citation | <p>McIver, R. K. (2018). A significant shift in the use of resources in the 1960s and 1980s in the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Australia and the United States. In Y. Terry-McElrath, C. VanderWaal, A. Baltazar, & D. Trim (Eds.), <em>Promoting the public good: Policy in the public square and the church</em> (pp. 105-129). Cooranbong, Australia: Avondale Academic Press.</p> | |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 9780987417251 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://research.avondale.edu.au/handle/1897/14104266 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_us | |
| dc.provenance | <p>This book chapter was originally published as:</p> <p>McIver, R. K. (2018). A significant shift in the use of resources in the 1960s and 1980s in the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Australia and the United States. In Y. Terry-McElrath, C. VanderWaal, A. Baltazar, & D. Trim (Eds.), <em>Promoting the public good: Policy in the public square and the church</em> (pp. 105-129). Cooranbong, Australia: Avondale Academic Press.</p> <p>ISBN: 978-0-9874172-5-1</p> | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Promoting the public good: Policy in the public square and the church pp. 105-129 | |
| dc.rights | <p>Used by permission: Avondale Academic Press.</p> <p>Staff and students of Avondale College may access <em>Promoting the Public Good: Policy in the Public Square and the Church</em> from Avondale College Library (362.1 T27).</p> | |
| dc.subject | Pastors | |
| dc.subject | Seventh-day Adventists | |
| dc.subject | Teachers | |
| dc.subject | Ministers | |
| dc.title | A Significant Shift in the Use of Resources in the 1960s and 1980s in the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Australia and the United States | |
| dc.type | Book Chapter |
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