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- ItemAreas of ministry, ministry engagement and personality : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Psychology at Massey University(Massey University, 2007) MacKenzie, Peter JohnSix Areas of Ministry were developed from the Areas of Worklife Survey to investigate their relationship with levels of Ministry Engagement. Ministers from the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand responded to a ministry survey and demographic details, areas of ministry, ministry engagement, intentions to leave ministry, and personality were investigated as the variables of this study. The six areas of ministry: workload, control, reward, community, fairness and values were all found to be correlated to engagement. Low scores in the areas of ministry and ministry engagement were found to be correlated with an intention to leave ministry. There were only limited results for personality using the Keirsey Temperament Sorter related to the areas of ministry and ministry engagement. A self-appraisal form for ministers based on the six areas of ministry and ministry engagement has been formulated from this research.
- ItemRe-weaving threads of member identity following a church merger : a thesis presented in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Philosophy in Psychology at Massey University, Manawatu, New Zealand(Massey University, 2018) MacKenzie, Peter JohnA merger of churches has a large impact on the members and this research explores how member identity is impacted in the merging process. An explanatory metaphor – threads of member identity – was developed to explain how a merger challenges established attachments and to explore the process of re-weaving the threads. It is suggested that the six threads of identity that connect a member to the church are relational, locative, temporal, purposeful, procedural, and valuative. The research question was considered through exploratory case studies in two merging churches, at different stages of merging. A semi-structured interview format was adopted as a means of data collection. Overall 31 members and leaders of the churches were interviewed, along with observation, participation and written material. The participants were asked about various aspects of their church involvement in the merging process and their understanding of identity. The mergers were shown to disrupt member identity across the breadth of the six threads in affect, behaviour and cognition. The threads of member identity metaphor also provided an analytical tool for interpreting the identity work that was undertaken by church members in re-weaving their sense of belonging and identity into the merged churches.