Haskell, David Millard, Stephanie Burgoyne, and Kevin N. Flatt. “Factors Influencing Church Choice: An Exploration of Responses from New Attendees at Growing Canadian Mainline Churches.” Canadian Review of Sociology 53 no. 4 (2016): 409-436.
Seventy new attendees of growing Mainline Protestant churches in Canada agreed to be interviewed regarding what attracted them to, and kept them at, their current congregation. A variety of responses revealed that, in part, the new attendees were drawn to their Mainline Protestant church by aspects of Conservative Protestant theology. Contemporary theories of group membership are used to explore the links between Conservative Protestant theology, group cohesion, and, to a lesser extent, church growth.