信仰型非營利組織之制度運作效果之研究－以基督教會為例

基督教在台灣屬於外來教會，因台灣憲法的規定，保障人民有宗教信仰的自由，使得基督教可以在台灣深耕。基督教是許多教徒的心靈慰藉與寄託，其以耶穌為中心，以愛為出發點，教導教徒行善，強調認罪、悔改、饒恕、謙卑，追求有意義、有目標的生活，進而以帶給世人幸福為目標。基督教藉由禮拜、聚會、唱聖詩、牧師講道、領聖餐、團契、查經班、主日學等活動來強化教徒與教會的連結。然而，在基督教會嚴謹的教義與緊密的活動上，是否可以帶給教徒生活上或主觀上的幸福感？本研究就台灣基督教會的信仰效果進行因果推論，研究中採用Diener（1984）所提出的主觀幸福感量表（Subjective Well-being, SWB）來衡量個體的主觀幸福感指數，及以Rubin的「反事實因果模型」為理論基礎，探討信仰對幸福感的處理效果。研究結果發現基督教徒的信仰與幸福感之間有因果關係，也就是說，基督教會的教義與活動能增加信徒個人的主觀幸福感。相信在台灣基督教會宗教組織的支持功能，可以給予基督教徒在生活上或主觀的幸福感。

關鍵字

非營利組織；基督教；幸福感

並列摘要

Christian is a kind of foreign religion in Taiwan. People are guaranteed to have freedom of religious belief by “The Constitution of the Republic of China”, so that Christian can be cultivated all over Taiwan. Christian is the spiritual consolation and sustenance for many believers. It takes Jesus as the center and it starts with love and teaches believers to do good things, emphasizes confession, repentance, forgiveness, and humility. In addition, it pursues a meaningful and purposeful life, and then aims to bring happiness to the world. Christian strengthens the connection between believers and churches through various activities such as worship, gatherings, singing hymns, pastor preaching, sacrament, fellowship, Bible study, Sunday school and other activities. However, can Christian give the believers happiness in life or subjectivity? This study makes a causal inference about the belief effect of Christian. We use subjective well-being scale (Subjective Well-being, SWB) proposed by Diener (1984) to measure the individual’s subjective well-being index, and we take "The counterfactual causal model" presented by Rubin as the theoretical basis to explore the effect of faith on happiness. The results of the study show that there is causal relationship between Christian faith and well-being, that is to say, the doctrine and activities of the Christian can increase the individual subjective well-being to believers. In the future, Christian in Taiwan can increase the support function of religious organizations to provide Christians the happiness in life or subjectivity.