HOOFSTUK 2: DESKRIPTIEF-EMPIRIESE PERSPEKTIEWE OP
2.8 Empiriese ondersoek na die kerk se rol in die plaaslike gemeenskap
2.8.5 Dataverwerking
Die vraelys is in Engels voltooi. Die onderstaande tabel toon die vraelys wat gebruik is en is ʼn samevatting van al die antwoorde in persentasies, soos verwerk en verkry van die SKD.
QUESTIONNAIRE ON CHURCHES AND THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY
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Where do you live? City 48,3% Town 51,7%
Gender: Male 79 Female 153
Age: 19-79
Religion: Christian 97,8% Non-Christian 2,2%
Church affiliation (if applicable) No comment 0,4%
Full time minister 15,9%
Church leader 11,6%
Church member 61,6%
Non-churched 9,9%
How many times have you attended a church service/activity during the past month?
0-2 32,3%
3-4 29,3%
5-6 16,8%
7-8 21,1%
How involved are you in your church?
Full-time 20,7%
Very involved 27,6%
Occasionally 32,8%
Not at all 17,7%
How involved are you in transforming your
community?
Very involved 41,8%
Occasionally 47,4%
Not at all 10,8%
Do you believe the church has a role to play in the positive transformation of the community? 0,4% no comment (One person gave no answer )
Yes 97,8%
No 1,7%
Are you aware of a church that is successfully addressing its community’s needs?
Yes 78,9%
No 21,1%
QUESTION 1
To what extent does “church” in your opinion mean the following:
Not at all
Small extent
Moderate extent
Large extent Sunday service attendance
Three did not complete the question (1,3%)
6,9% 19% 25,4% 47,4%
Judgemental hypocrites
Three did not complete the question (1,3%)
44% 31,9% 17,2% 5,6%
Place where I commune with Jesus
Three did not complete the question (1,3%)
4,3% 12,1% 25% 57,3%
Religious tradition and formality Four did not complete the question (1,7%)
24,1% 24,6% 26,7% 22,8%
Spiritual home and family
Three did not complete the question (1,3%)
3,4% 7,3% 25,9% 62,1%
Place for funerals, weddings and other religious ceremonies
Four did not complete the question (1,7%)
13,4% 30,6% 22,4% 31,9%
Waste of time and irrelevant
Five did not complete the question (2,2%)
87,5% 3,9% 4,7% 1,7%
Fellowship as body of Christ Two did not complete the question (0,9%)
2,2% 6% 22,8% 68%
Involved in community problems Four did not complete the question (1,7%)
41,8% 19,8% 22,4% 14,2%
QUESTION 2
How true is the following of the church today:
Not at all
Small extent
Moderate extent
Large extent Meets people’s needs
Three did not complete the question (1,3%)
1,7% 34,1% 43,5% 19%
Relevant with regard to approach (e.g. employs social media, etc.) Six did not complete the question (2,6%)
6,5% 40,1% 39,7% 11,2%
Prompts a personal relationship with God
Two did not complete the question (0,9%)
3% 13,8% 31% 51,3%
Genuine and transparent
Five did not complete the question (2,2%)
6% 22,4% 41,4% 28%
Reaches out to the marginalised and poor
Two did not complete the question (0,9%)
4,7% 40,5% 28,4% 25,4%
Transforms societies
Four did not complete the question (1,7%)
7,3% 41,8% 31,9% 17,2%
Cares, shares, and loves unconditionally
Three did not complete the question (1,3%)
5,2% 25,9% 42,2% 25,4%
Gives hope
Five did not complete the question (2,2%)
1,7 % 17,7 % 36,6% 41,8%
Treats all as equals regardless of race, social status, etc.
Five did not complete the question
7,3% 22,8% 36,2% 31,5%
(2,2%)
QUESTION 3
To what extent should the local church focus on the following:
Not at all
Small extent
Moderate extent
Large extent Identifying and addressing the
specific social needs of the community
One did not complete the question (0,4%)
2,6% 9,1% 25,9% 62,1%
Partnering with community leaders
Three did not complete the question (1,3%)
3,9% 8,6% 30,2% 56%
Caring for its own members
Three did not complete the question (1,3%)
1,7% 5,6% 21,1% 70,3%
Spiritual needs of all people
Three did not complete the question (1,3%)
1,3% 5,2% 19,4% 72,8%
Community upliftment
Two did not complete the question (0,9%)
2,6% 9,5% 26,3% 60,8%
Making all people followers of Jesus
Two did not complete the question (0,9%)
4,7% 7,8% 18,1% 68,5%
QUESTION 4
To what extent will the following enhance the effectiveness of the church in its community:
Not at all
Small extent
Moderate extent
Large extent
Leaders who are community driven
Two did not complete the question
2,2% 8,6% 27,6% 60,8%
(0,9%)
Church leaders having knowledge about the relevant structures, policies, laws
Four did not complete the question (1,7%)
2,2% 14,2% 39,2% 42,7%
Church community having the right motives
Three did not complete the question (1,3%)
0,4% 8,2% 25,4% 64,7%
Partnerships between church and community role players in community social challenges One did not complete the question (0,4%)
3,4% 6,9% 30,2% 59,1%
Church having sufficient finances Three did not complete the question (1,3%)
3,4% 16,8% 29,3% 49,1%
Church extending a helping hand to the community
Three did not complete the question (1,3%)
1,7% 6,5% 23,3% 67,2%
QUESTION 5
What does the church have to offer the community:
Not at all
Small extent
Moderate extent
Large extent Support
Two did not complete the question (0,9%)
2,2% 10,3% 28,4% 58,2%
Hope
Two did not complete the question (0,9%)
1,3% 7,8% 19% 71,1%
People willing to serve
Two did not complete the question
1,7% 13,4% 29,3% 54,7%
(0,9%)
Biblical norms and standards Two did not complete the question (0,9%)
0,4% 8,6% 25,9% 64,2%
Facilities and buildings
Two did not complete the question (0,9%)
3,9% 22,4% 35,3% 37,5%
QUESTION 6
How can the pastor or church leader play a significant role in the community:
Not at all Small extent
Moderate extent
Large extent
Initiate and encourage church involvement
Four did not complete the question (1,7%)
0,9% 4,7% 28,9% 63,8%
He/she is actively involved
Two did not complete the question (0,9%)
1,7% 3% 30,6% 63,8%
Live a life of integrity
Two did not complete the question (0,9%)
0,4% 3% 19,4% 76,3%
Practice what they preach
Two did not complete the question (0,9%)
2,2% 2,2% 13,8% 81,1%
Promote team participation in community transformation
Three did not complete the question (1,3%)
2,2% 3,4% 25,9% 67,2%
Provide vision and give involvement guidance
Three did not complete the question (1,3%)
0,9% 3,4% 25% 69,4%
Provide finances and resources 4,3% 17,2% 37,5% 39,2%
from church’s side
Four did not complete the question (1,7%)
Build the bridge between community role players and church leaders
Two did not complete the question (0,9%)
3% 7,8% 26,3% 62,1%
Tabel 2.5: Vraelys rakende die kerk se rol in die gemeenskap
Die volgende data het uit die response na vore gekom, naamlik:
Die mate van deelname aan die vraelys van respondente uit die stad en diegene uit die platteland is bykans dieselfde.
Die ouderdom van respondente wissel vanaf 19 tot 79 jaar.
By die meeste vrae het ʼn sekere persentasie respondente (aangedui op die samevattende vraelys) niks ingevul nie.
61,6% respondente is lidmate van die kerk en nie in enige leierskapsposisie in die kerk nie.
2,2% respondente is nie-Christene.
Die onderstaande tabel dui die respondente se betrokkenheid in die kerk en by die gemeenskap aan:
Full- time
Very involved
Occasionally Not at all
How involved are you in
your church? 20,7% 27,6% 32,8% 17,7%
How involved are you in transforming your
community?
N/A 41,8% 47,4% 10,8%
Tabel 2.6: Statistiese inligting rakende respondente se kerk- en gemeenskapsbetrokkenheid
97,8% respondente is van oordeel dat die kerk in die gemeenskap betrokke moet wees by wyse van positiewe transformasie. (Vier persone het niks ingevul nie.)
78,9% respondente weet dat die kerk in die gemeenskap betrokke is.
Die volgende tabel gee ʼn opsomming van die inligting wat verkry is uit die ses vrae van die vraelys:
Vraag 1: “Kerk” beteken vir 62,1% respondente ʼn geestelike huis en vir 41,8% respondente beteken dit gemeenskapsbetrokkenheid.
Vraag 2: Die kerk gee, volgens 41,8% respondente, vandag HOOP en volgens 51,3% respondente beklemtoon die kerk ʼn verhouding met God.
Vraag 3: 72,8% respondente meen die kerk moet fokus op die geestelike versorging van ALLE mense en 70,3% respondente meen die kerk moet net fokus op die versorging van haar EIE lede.
Vraag 4: Volgens 67,2% respondente kan die kerk haar effektiwiteit verbeter deur ʼn helpende hand in die gemeenskap te gee;
60,8% respondente meen die kerk se effektiwiteit sal verbeter as die kerkleier gemeenskapsgefokus is.
Vraag 5: Die kerk bied die gemeenskap, volgens 71,2% respondente, HOOP en volgens 64,2% respondente, Bybelse norme en waardes.
Vraag 6: 81,1% respondente meen kerkleiers kan ʼn effektiewe rol speel deur te doen wat hulle sê.
Tabel 2.7: Opsommende inligting rakende vraelys
Die navorser het bogenoemde antwoorde wat spesifiek die kerk se rol en die kerkleier se rol in die plaaslike gemeenskap beantwoord in vetgedrukte letters geplaas. ʼn Verdere twee statistiese toetse is deur die SKD gedoen.