Warren Bird’s Megachurch Dissertation
October 7th, 2008
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Those interested in what’s really happening inside megachurches will benefit from his dissertation which explores the stereotype of whether most people are only spectators at really big churches. This is particularly helpful as it explores “free rider theory.” –
EdStetzer.com comments
Bird concludes that people’s involvement is the same or better in
larger churches than in smaller churches. These findings were later
cited and expanded upon in the book Beyond Megachurch Myths (2007) by Scott Thumma and Dave Travis, and also validated in the megachurch chapter of What Americans Really Believe (2008) by Rodney Stark.
Download the dissertation here.