Information Needs on Internet of the Pastors’ Seed Church under the Evangelical Fellowship of Thailand

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to 1) investigate the pastors’ information needs  and compare the  needs  of information on internet according to  information content, information format, language, and information resources and  2) study the development guidelines for the Phetchaburi Seed Church website of 46 the pastors in Seed  Church under  The Evangelical Fellowship of Thailand. A questionnaire was developed to collect data, which were further analyzed  by  percentage, mean, standard deviation. Test  assumptions with  F-test values. The LSD test is a statistical method used to compare group means and determine significant differences between them.

The results  revealed that  the pastors’ information needs on the Internet is overall at a high level. It was found that there were arranged in order as follows: Information content,  information  resources,  information format and information language. When considering by each aspect, it was found that 1) information content aspect, it was found items with the highest  average were at high level arranged  in order as follows 1.1) the Bible, how to study the Bible,  interpreting the Bible 1.2) pastoral care of members, discipleship, counseling and solving life problems and 1.3) doing a mission, such as setting up a church Evangelism, etc. 2) information format aspect, when considering each item, it was found that the highest average were at high level arranged  in order as follows 2.1) the full text content 2.2) sound  and 2.3) multimedia and 3) language aspect, when considering each item, it was found at high level was Thai language   4) information resources aspect, when considering each type,  it was found at the highest average was at high level,  arranged  in order as follows Christian organization and   government  agencies. The website development guidelines for the Phetchaburi Seed Church are that the website should contain content related to Bible verses, Bible lessons, pastoral care and counseling.  The sermon lessons are in the form of videos and links to websites of Christian organizations and government agencies. The website is primarily in Thai  language.