CHAPTER
ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background
to the Study
This research study is on Christian lifestyle and its effects on the society. Christians holding positions of influence in society is a good thing. In fact, it’s an essential thing, if the good news of Jesus is going to spread and the church is going to grow. What’s the purpose of living a Christian lifestyle? Choosing to make Jesus Christ the Lord of ones life changes our lifestyle dramatically. While formulate reasons for the way Christian lives, God’s purpose for lives never changes. The Christian life is a life of faith. It is by faith that they enter into the Christian life, and it is by faith that they live it out. Christian life begins by coming to Christ for forgiveness of sin, they understand that what they seek cannot be obtained by any other means than by faith. Christian cannot work their way to heaven, because nothing they could ever do would be sufficient. According to Cook, Michael, those who believe can attain eternal life by keeping rules and regulations—a list of do’s and don’ts—deny what the Bible clearly teaches. “But that no one is justified by the Law in the sight of God. ‘The just shall live by faith’" (Galatians 3:11).
The Christian life is death to self
in order to live a life that pleases God. The society today , is characterised with lots of civil unrest, lack of
peace and harmony, social vices, bad habit or criminal behavior, which include
gambling, violence and thuggery, exam malpractice, pre-marital sex,
pornography, masturbation, lesbianism/homosexuality, drugs/substance in-take
and abuse and other forms of immoral behavior among other. The ways Christians live
their life can positively influence the society to reduce these vices and
abnormality...
1.2 Statement
of the Problem
The society today is characterized
with lots of civil unrest, lack of peace and harmony, social vices, bad habit
or criminal behavior, which include gambling, violence and thuggery, exam
malpractice, pre-marital sex, pornography, masturbation,
lesbianism/homosexuality, drugs/substance in-take and abuse and other forms of
immoral behavior among other. The study is to look at the ways Christians are
to live their lives to impact these negative influence. The study also seeks to
suggest and recommend to Christian on how to control these negative influence
on their lifestyles.
The research problem will also be to
investigate on how well the Christians has contributed to the societal values
and norms and how the Christian lifestyle can influence the societal values and
norms.
1.3 Purpose
of the Study
The purpose of this study is to examine Christian
lifestyle and its effects on the society: using Assemblies of God church
Ora-section as a case study.
Other specific purpose are to ascertain
and explores the concept of Christian living, the impact Christian lifestyle
have on the society, the challenges Christians faces in living the lifestyle of
a Christian, and to know how well has the society feel the lifestyle of Christians
and proffering solutions to some challenge Christians face in trying to impact
the society positively, and making recommendations on how Christian lifestyle
can make positive impact on the society.
1.4 Significance
of the study
This study is intended to benefit
Ora-section of the Assemblies of God church Owan District, Nigeria in
particular and other Christian bodies beside the Assemblies of God Nigeria. The
research will also assist other researchers conducting research in similar area
of study.
1.5 Research
Questions
These research questions intended to
guide the researcher in the course of the study are
1. What
is the Christian lifestyle all about?
2. What
impact does the Christian lifestyle have on the society?
3. What
challenges does Christians faces in living the lifestyle of a Christian?
4. How
well has the society feel the lifestyle of Christians?
5. How
has worldliness materialism and excessively love for money affected Christians lifestyle
negatively?
1.6 Scope
of the Study
The
focus of this study is on Christian lifestyle and its effects on the society:
using Assemblies of God church Ora-section as a case study. This research will
do an in-depth study on the pastors and members of the six (6) churches spread
across the six (6) villages in Ora, Owan west Local Government Area of Edo
State.
1.7 Research procedure
The
population of this study consist of pastors, Deacons and Deaconesses,
Departmental leaders, Sunday school workers and baptized members. These people
are considered suitable respondents because these are the ones considered to be
Christians in the Assemblies of God church for they have gone through the tenet
of faith which contains the doctrines of the Church and as such they are born
again Christians. It’s across Ora section of the Assemblies of God, church
Nigeria.
This
research was conducted to achieve the goals and objective of the research.
Sampling method in the six (6) churches in Ora-section. Data were gathered and
examined for true representation. The research is predominantly library internet
and filed investigations. Libraries to be visited include Nigerian Advanced
School of Theology (NAST) Library Ewu, Edo State and private library in Owan West
Local Government Area of Edo State.
1.8 Definition of Terms
Christian: A person who has received
and confess Jesus Christ as His Lord and personal saviour. It can also be seen
as a follower of Jesus Christ.
Christian
lifestyle: A Christian
demonstrating his or her belief by living the way Christ lived, doing what
Christ did, and avoiding what Christ avoided. A way of life that reflect the
life of Christ, or patterning out lives after the life of Christ.
Effect:
A change which is as a result or consequence of an action or other cause.
Society:
The aggregate of people living together in a community.
CHAPTER TWO
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
This chapter review literature that are related to the research study...........CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This
chapter captures the methodology and procedure applied to gather
relevant information for this research study. It comprises of research
design, population and sampling, research instrument, validity of the
Instrument, administration of instrument and method of data collection
and analysis......CHAPTER FOUR
PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA AND DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS
The
focus of this chapter is to present the findings obtained from the data
collected and to discuss the analysis made out of the research
questions.......CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION, RECOMMENDATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER STUDIES
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