The attitudes of church members towards people living with HIV/AIDS in the church

[摘要] ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of the research was to determine the attitudes of church members towards people livingwith HIV/AIDS at the Centre of Faith Bible Church in Limpopo Province at Ha-radali Village,Thohoyandou. A total of 15 participants from different church departments, age and educationalbackground were interviewed.The research results revealed that the majority of the participants had positive attitudes towardspeople living with HIV/AIDS. The church members who indicated to have negative attitudestowards people living with HIV/AIDS were those without or with low level of education.The church is very silent when coming to HIV/AIDS issues and there is not enough HIV/AIDSawareness in the church. The church is not disseminating sufficient information on HIV/AIDSand they are not comfortable to talk about HIV/AIDS in the church services. Church memberswill continue to judge those who are living with HIV/AIDS in the church unless the church startsto talk about HIV/AIDS regularly.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University