#influencing_faith_study
The #influencing_faith_study (IFS) is a collaborative research partnership investigating how social media engagement affects the faith of Canadian youth participating in Canadian evangelical youth ministries and how Canadian evangelical youth ministry workers working with Canadian youth use social media in their ministries. Youth for this study are those aged 12 to 18 and in grades 7 to 12.
Click here to read updates on the report and study on EFC’s website.
The IFS is a research partnership between the following EFC affiliate organizations:
- 787 Collective
- Alberta and Northwest Territories District of the PAOC
- Alpha Canada
- Briercrest College and Seminary
- Canadian Baptists of Ontario and Quebec
- Canadian Institute for Empirical Church Research
- InterVarsity Canada
- One Hope Canada
- Power to Change – Students
- The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada
- Youth for Christ Canada
- Youth Worker Community
- Sid Koop, Youth Worker Community
Centre for Research on Church and Faith (CRCF) Research Team Members
- Rick Hiemstra, Director of the EFC’s Centre for Research on Church and Faith
- Christie Chan, Research Assistant with the EFC’s Centre for Research on Church and Faith
- Lindsay Callaway, Researcher with EFC’s Centre for Research on Church and Faith
Other Contractors and Consultants
- Elise Bigley, English-language transcription assistant
- Susan Bramer, English-language transcription assistant
- Caitlin Crozier, English-language transcription assistant
- Chiante Duncan, English-language transcription assistant
- Marie-Josée Fortin, French-language transcription assistant, French-language interviewer, and French translator
- François Godbout, French translator
- Stéphane Couture, French-language interviewer
- Jon Mark Forsyth, contract Research Assistant
- Thomas Chapman, EFC Research Assistant
- Dr. Yau Man Siew, Consultant
This research is being conducted in compliance with TCPS2 policy standards for ethical conduct for research involving humans and has been approved by Briercrest College and Seminary’s Research Ethics Board.
