Date
8-9-2024
Department
Rawlings School of Divinity
Degree
Doctor of Philosophy
Chair
Gary J. Bredfeldt
Keywords
worldview, biblical worldview, biblical worldview development, evangelical Christian parents, emerging adults, elementary-age children
Disciplines
Christianity
Recommended Citation
Griffin, Wendy Bernstein, "How Parents Established Foundations for Biblical Worldview Development in Elementary-Age Children Who Graduated from BW Leadership Institute" (2024). Doctoral Dissertations and Projects. 5829.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/doctoral/5829
Abstract
The purpose of this qualitative grounded theory study was to explore how evangelical Christian parents established foundations for biblical worldview development in their elementary-age children (5-10) so that a model of this process could be created. This study also examined the value of a parental organizational partnership. The participants in this study included evangelical Christian parents who possess a biblical worldview and their emerging adult children who are also evangelical Christians who maintain a biblical worldview and who graduated from Biblical Worldview Leadership Institute within the last 6 years. The theory guiding this study was Sire's (2015) three-dimensional concept of worldview. This study’s results reveal the significance of the parental role in establishing foundations for biblical worldview development in elementary-age children (5-10), highlighting the strategies, resources, and support systems that contributed to parents’ effectiveness. Additionally, this study’s results affirm the value of select parental organizational partnerships.
