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work_zgr5l5qshzhvtoe6ju7qxlvjay	Todd Ferguson	The Optimal Level of Strictness and Congregational Growth	2014	17	.pdf	application/pdf	7261	814	58	Keywords: strict church thesis; congregational growth; niches; religious organizations; if a congregation's level of strictness does not match the individuals' preferences within a given niche, potential members is most likely the congregation's very own religious niche. In order to examine strictness preferences within religious niches, I use the 2005 Baylor Religion individuals without religious affiliation and Protestants from Liberal, Moderate, and Conservative They are within religious niches that prefer strictness for premarital sex. Congregational strictness is measured by the level of discourse surrounding alcohol use and premarital congregation's strictness on an issue for religious traditions whose pool of potential members have distinct strictness preferences (e.g., the issue of alcohol for Conservative Protestants or premarital sex congregational growth and an issue of strictness when a religious tradition's potential members do not with its religious niche's preferred level of strictness, a congregation increases its chances for growth.	./cache/work_zgr5l5qshzhvtoe6ju7qxlvjay.pdf	./txt/work_zgr5l5qshzhvtoe6ju7qxlvjay.txt