Factors Leading to Lowering of Dignity of Pastoral Ministry in Kenya: A Case of Chuka and Magumoni Presbyterian Churches
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences - Year 2015, Vol 3, Issue 5
Abstract
Ministers of religion are important for the success of any pastoral development system. A variety of factors contribute to poor performance among pastors/ministers of Religion in Kenya. They include heavy workload, large congregations, extensive areas of jurisdiction, rising cost of living, demise of religious dogma and emergence of spiritual competition. As a result pastors who feel dissatisfied with their work do not do their best in congregations to an extent of lowering the dignity of the pastoral ministry in Kenya. This study sought to establish the factors that influence job satisfaction/dissatisfaction of ministers of religion in Chuka and Magumoni Presbyterian Churches. The objective of the study was to estimate independent contributors of the factors to variation in pastors’ job satisfaction. The study employed descriptive survey research design. Purposive sampling was used to select 20 pastors and 8 elders out of 33 elders who formed the respondents of the study. Questionnaires and an interview schedule were used to collect data. The study established that although a majority of the pastors were satisfied with the working environment, they were highly dissatisfied with the remuneration which includes salary, allowances and career advancement. The study recommends that the church comes up with strategies such as performance appraisal and merit rewarding to boost pastors job satisfaction.
Authors and Affiliations
Dr. David Nyaga Bururia
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP380656
- DOI -
- Views 65
- Downloads 0
Factors Affecting Vocational – Technical Skills Development of College Students in Cotabato City
This study had for its main objectives to determine the effects of selected variables on the vocational – technical skills development of the college students in selected colleges and universities in Cotabato City. This...
Performance of MGNREGA: A Comparative Study of Gujarat and Bihar
Abstract: Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is preliminary right based approach to provide legal right of employment opportunity for rural labour. It integrates the different earlier employ...
Home-Work Interface and Perceived Stress among Working Women in Nigeria
Abstract:This article examined the relationship between home-work interface and perceived stress. The major objective of the study was to assess the work-home interface and experience of stress among working women in Bor...
Semiotic Analysis of Persuasive Strategies in Advertising Targeted For Children
This study was designed to analyze the persuasion strategies used in the advertising targeted for children from a semiotic perspective. To persuade a consumer to buy a product, an advertiser must produce persuasive messa...
Roles and Functions of Ebibindwom (Akan Sacred Lyrics)
Ebibindwom (Akan sacred lyrics) is a traditional musical genre which has been adopted by the Methodist Church in 1835 to allow the participation of illiterate older women in the singing of songs in the church. This paper...