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ecommended by the Pastor. When they were told that the Pastor suggested they agreed tothe interview, they appeared pleased to be asked and were delighted to co-operate. Havingagreed to the interview, the respondents were allowed to have some autonomy in setting upthe interview and during the interview. The venue, time and conduct of the interview werelargely the choice of the respondent and the researcher fitted into their program and theirschedule. They were also autonomous in their choice of when to stop the tape or not tohave the interview taped. The autonomous and equitable position shifted for the interviewand to some extent reverted to the pre-interview relationship. I became acutely aware that Ihad moved away from being just a church attendee to that of being a researcher as well as achurch attendee. The roles were different and also overlapped. I began to view the churchand the church members from a different perspective. As the data collection phaseprogressed, my relationship with some church members changed. As the researcher, I wasmore aware of the change than the church members that were affected. I felt moredistanced from them as I began to view them in a different light.3.8 Archive of dataThe data is kept as transcripts of interviews, notes and observation. Examples are given inAppendix 1. There are records of twelve interviews, six in COGIC and six in URC, 16observations and several notes from conversations with church attendees who were notformally interviewed.Details of respondents are shown in Table One below.88