Impact of Teaching Ministry of the Church on the Spiritual Transformation of Members in Selected Redeemed Gospel Churches in Kangundo District, Machakos County

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to determine the extent teaching ministry of the church influence the spiritual transformation of members in selected Redeemed Gospel Churches in Kangundo District, Machakos County. The researcher adopted the descriptive survey design. The Redeemed Gospel Church in Kangundo District has a total of about 70 churches with an estimated population of over 10,000 members. The researcher targeted a sample of 30% of the 70 churches in the District. This gave a sample size of 21 churches. Data was collected using questionnaires. The researcher administered the questionnaires to the participants from the selected churches with the help of research assistants who was also trained to translate the instrument to members who may be unable to comprehend what is required of them.  The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) was used to analyze data. Further, results revealed that majority of the respondents had a low score on items relating to grandiosity scale. This means that most of the respondents are spiritually mature and hence evidence of spiritual transformation. It was revealed that majority of the respondents had a low score on items relating to instability scale. This means that most of the respondents are spiritually mature and hence evidence of spiritual transformation. In addition, results revealed that majority of the respondents had a neutral score on most of the items relating to impression management scale. This implied that most of the respondents are moderately mature spiritually. Lastly, results found that majority of the respondents had a low score on most of the items relating to realistic acceptance scale. This implied that most of the respondents are spiritually mature and hence evidence of spiritual transformation. Based on the findings, the study concluded that teaching ministry of the church influences the spiritual transformation of Redeemed Gospel Church members. Further, the study concluded that mentoring relationship program, teacher role modeled Christlikeness, formal discipleship curriculum and small group fellowship enhances the spiritual transformation of Church members. From the findings, the study recommended the need for the churches to enhance their teaching ministries. This is because the teaching ministries were found to have a significant impact on the members’ spiritual transformation.