| Abstract: | Evaluation of adult religious education as provided by faith communities is seldom discussed in the literature and even more rarely implemented in practice. The purpose of this article is to underscore the importance of evaluation for the improvement of adult religious education, to provide an overview of evaluation in this context, and to urge that more intentional efforts be directed to expanding the body of literature in this field and to implementing evaluation in the practice of adult religious education. Four components of evaluation are defined: evidence, criteria, judgment, and improvement. An overview is provided by answering the questions: what? who? when? and how? in relation to evaluation. Four barriers to evaluation in adult religious education are discussed along with suggestions for overcoming those barriers. |
