Table 4.
Correlations between hopeful intentions and fearful perceptions and hope for the return of Jesus and longing for God in different cohorts
| All participants (n = 1393 | Pastors (n = 73) | Leading role in the church (n = 280) | Other duties in the church (n = 648) | Without duty in the local church (n = 383) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hope for the return of Jesus | Deep longing for God | Hope for the return of Jesus | Deep longing for God | Hope for the return of Jesus | Deep longing for God | Hope for the return of Jesus | Deep longing for God | Hope for the return of Jesus | Deep longing for God | |
| Deep longing for God (SDS0) | .386** | 1.000 | .411** | 1.000 | .298** | 1.000 | .406** | 1.000 | .402** | 1.000 |
| c25 hope that we will pay more attention to each other and stick together | .108** | .116** | .345** | .215 | .104 | .047 | .090 | .107** | .097 | .151** |
| c26 work to ensure that the world becomes fairer in the future | .159** | .122** | .066 | .252 | .148* | .006 | .190** | .145** | .136** | .145** |
| c27 our society is falling apart more and more | − .186** | − .016 | − .143 | .022 | − .195** | − .052 | − .160** | − .017 | − .223** | .006 |
| c28 rather fear the future | .233** | .265** | .089 | .209 | .157** | .132 | .266** | .285** | .244** | .314** |
**p < 0.001 (Spearman rho); moderate to strong correlations are highlighted (bold)