Research

The Center for Youth Ministry Studies is currently working on the following research projects, and invites your participation.

Urban Youth Workers Survey

Principle Investigator: Daniel White Hodge

Greetings Fellow Youth Workers!

I pray your summer plans, trips, and events are going off without too many hitches! I also pray that you get some rest in the midst of the summer madness!

I wanted to ask for your opinion and input. Here at North Park’s Center for Youth Ministry Studies, we hope to implement some great changes in the near future, but do not want to “move out” into a new era unless we have current information and data from you, the youth worker.

That said, I’d love to ask 30 minutes of your time to take a survey asking you, the youth worker, what your thoughts are on education, urban ministry, and North Park’s Center for Youth Ministry Studies’ plans to create new programs. The survey is mainly a “fill in the blank” type so that we can hear from you without imposing standardized answers. Please be as honest as possible and please feel free to email me, Daniel White Hodge, with any questions you might have.

Thank you in advance for your time, input, and the work you do with students! The information you provide us will be valuable as we move forward and begin to create, develop, and build a center you can access and use.

Peace,
Daniel White Hodge, PhD
Principle Investigator of Urban Youth Workers Survey
Director of Center for Youth Ministry Studies | Assistant Professor of Youth Ministry

Click here to take survey

 

Evangelical Covenant Church Youth Survey

Principle Investigator: Daniel White Hodge

Dear Youth Minister,

We are conducting a research project this year with ECC students. The survey is brief, yet gets at some core spiritual and theological issues. We are wanting to have this work ready by early 2013 to give you, the youth minister, stronger tools to engage today’s youth. The survey will only take about 10 minutes and the more students we get, the better! Also feel free to ask me any questions you might have. Thank you for your work and thank you for your time!

The purpose of this research is to examine the spiritual identity among Evangelical Covenant youth (ECY) in relation to belief, belonging, and behavior. The survey will follow the methodological design from the American Religious Identification Survey (ARIS) 2008 national survey.