We’re continuing to share the data relating to the purpose of confirmation and equivalent practices. In case you missed it, here’s Part 4, shared last week on social media, about the primary purpose of confirmation and equivalent practices.
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The Primary Purpose of Confirmation and Equivalent Practices Is to Strengthen Personal Faith: Parents and leaders across all five denominations indicated that among the most important goals of confirmation and equivalent practices were strengthening faith and developing a personal point of view concerning faith. These goals align with some of the highest motivating factors for student involvement. Together, these data indicate that parents, leaders, and students view strengthening personal faith (which includes taking personal ownership) as the primary purpose of confirmation and equivalent practices.
A. Leaders: In terms of the highest level of importance placed on listed goals of confirmation and equivalent practices ministry, leaders assigned the greatest importance to “Be strengthened in their faith” (96% very or extremely important) and the third highest to “Develop a personal point of view of faith” (93% very or extremely important). The second highest was “experience the presence of God.” (94%)
B. Parents: In an identical list asking for level of importance, parents assigned the highest level of importance to “Be strengthened in faith” (95% very or extremely important) and the second highest to “Develop a personal point of view of faith” (93% very or extremely important).
C. Students: Students were asked their level of agreement with statements related to their motivations for being involved in confirmation and equivalent practices. They agreed most strongly with “To learn more about God and faith” (87% somewhat or strongly agree), next with “To be strengthened in faith” (85% somewhat or strongly agree), and fourth with “To come to my own decision about my faith in God” (81% somewhat or strongly agree). Lutheran students agree significantly less with the final statement than students in the other four denominations.
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