Dissertations / Theses: 'Training of clergy'

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Jenks-Greene, Patricia Anne. "Clergy Academic Management Training in Non-Denominational Faith-Based Organizations." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4453.

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There is little research about how clerics manage and lead small to midsized non-denominational nonprofit organizations. The rate of clergy failures in non-denominational organizations has left many questions about what is needed to create organizational success. The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to explore the lived experiences and perceptions of clergy manager-leaders' management training in non-denominational organizations. Fourteen full-time clerics from Bloomingdale, Georgia, Rincon, Georgia, and Savannah, Georgia participated in face-to-face semi-structured interviews. The data analysis process involved the use of Edward and Welch's extension of Colaizzi's data analysis procedures, which resulted in the emergence of 4 themes. The themes included: (1) management education and training, (2) experiencing the call of God, and (3) servant leadership. There was common experiences and perceptions among clerics that there was a need for management training to improve workforce productivity, soft skills, and improve the performance of the organization to match the changes in their communities. The findings provide indications from clerics responses that organizational success is dependent upon clergy manager-leaders' effectiveness in their role as full-time clerics as perceived by the expectations of their members, followers, and community stakeholders. This study is significant in that its findings could promote awareness for the need of management training in non-denominational organizations. The potential implications for social change is an innovative work environment, organizational success, community and social responsibility.

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Kivunzi, Titus Musili. "A pastoral training manual for use by the Africa inland church Kenya." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 1987. http://www.tren.com.

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Gray, Phillip Anthony. "Training preachers in Christian apologetics for the 21st century." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 1999. http://www.tren.com.

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Stalnaker, A. Michael. "A training manual for assistant pastors." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2006. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p003-0141.

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Heer, Kenneth. "The characteristics of beginning students in the ministerial training programs of the Wesleyan Church." Virtual Press, 1991. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/762978.

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Knowledge of the characteristics of beginning students in ministerial training programs is important if those programs are to adequately prepare persons intellectually, emotionally, socially, and spiritually to be effective ministers. The purpose of this study was to answer the question: What are the important characteristics of the 1990 student population entering into the ministerial training programs of The Wesleyan Church?Sixty students who enrolled during the 1990 fall semester in programs leading to ordination in The Wesleyan Church were studied. These programs existed on the campuses of five colleges governed by the Church and six seminaries approved to provide graduate theological education for the Church's ministers.A survey instrument collected data on the students' backgrounds, attitudes, values, educational motivations, beliefs, and perspectives regarding the future. The responses of the Wesleyan ministerial students were analyzed to define the differences between students involved in different ministerial education programs of the Church and to compare their responses with national norms established by the 1989 Cooperative Institutional Research Program study which is administered annually to freshmen in American colleges and universities.Wesleyan freshmen ministerial students were older, had lower average grades in high school, and were less motivated to pursue graduate studies than students in the national study. The ability to finance their education was a major concern and they were very dependent upon government aid and borrowed money to pay for their education.The ministerial students studied had a wide variety of experiences which have had traumatic effect upon them. The students were highly motivated in their desire to help people. On most issues, they held traditional values and life style expectations which are promoted by the church. There were points at which their belief as to appropriate behavior for Christians did not characterize their own behavior. A high percentage of the students indicated they did not fully understand theological terms which are basic in church doctrine.The results from the study of Wesleyan ministerial students indicated the need for developing greater cooperation between the formal academic programs offered at the church's colleges and seminaries, and the non-formal learning opportunities which should occur through all levels of church organization.
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Sallee, Lawrence R. "Training Russian lay pastors important issues as identified by Russian church planters /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2002. http://www.tren.com.

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Mayes, Andrew Dennis. "What should be the role of spirituality in ministerial formation?" Thesis, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.683011.

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Yeşilkağıt, Arif Kutsal. "Policy change under military rule : the politics of clergy training-colleges in Turkey /." [Leiden] : [s. n.], 2001. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb39190990x.

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Peterson, Willie O. "A post-graduate core urban curriculum to fill the gap between seminary training and urban American ministry." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1994. http://www.tren.com.

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Yi, Yong Kol. "Training pastors for ministerial integrity in an immigrant Korean context." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1997. http://www.tren.com.

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Vinton, William R. "A new training model for servant leadership in African theological education." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2004. http://www.tren.com.

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Bernard, John G. "Training church planters of Vietnam Christian Mission." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2005. http://www.tren.com.

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Dyck, Ernest M. "Principles for the development of appropriate church planting training modalities in Venezuela." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2001. http://www.tren.com.

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Shields, Stephen N. "The training and appointment of pastors in the New Testament and its application for today." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1986. http://www.tren.com.

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Cochran, Danny Ray. "An evaluation of the Moody Bible Institute ministry based partnership as a ministry training tool a thesis project /." Lynchburg, Va. : Liberty University, 2004. http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu.

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Barrington, Carl (Carl Don). "A comparison of the Avowed Beliefs and Reported Practices of Two Groups of Southern Baptist Pastors Based upon Background in Higher Education." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1993. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc278098/.

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The purpose of this study was to compare the avowed beliefs and reported practices of Southern Baptist pastors based upon their level of attainment in higher education and their choice of theological seminary.

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Garrington, Jim. "Practicum, apprenticeship a training proposal for the European School for Officers Training, Basel, Switzerland /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1988. http://www.tren.com.

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Bourgond, Gregory W. "Selection, recruitment and training of local church governance leaders a study of functional responsibilities, personal qualities and core competencies required of governance leaders in the local church and implications for development of governance leaders /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1997. http://www.tren.com.

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Flores, F. Humberto. "Foundations for the training of Bolivian Quechua evangelical leadership." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1997. http://www.tren.com.

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Lehn, John. "Elements in a strategy for the training of national evangelical church leaders." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1988. http://www.tren.com.

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Kendrick, Bob. "Advanced leadership development contextual pastoral training in eastern El Salvador, Central America /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2003. http://www.tren.com.

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Patterson, Francis O. "The complexities of training national leaders during the twentieth century that led to a vast world-wide shortage of trained leaders for the twenty-first century church a thesis project /." Lynchburg, Va. : Liberty University, 2005. http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu.

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Balmer, John M. "Nonformal pastoral ministry training in the majority world four case studies /." Columbia, SC : Columbia Theological Seminary, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.2986/tren.023-0215.

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Adedokun, Joseph. "Criteria for developing innovative and contextual ministerial training with implications for indigenous churches in Nigeria." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1990. http://www.tren.com.

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Joseph, Litermin. "Evaluating Leadership Training Conference Designed to Improve Interpersonal Communication for Pastors in Haiti during Conflict." Thesis, Nyack College, Alliance Theological Seminary, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10829986.

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The author presents conflict resolution as a problem in ministry for the 10 churches within the G. R.A.C.E. INC. organization that are scattered in various parts of the country. He created an intervention, which consists of pre and post evaluation after Leadership Building Blocks Seminar has been taught and implemented. The author recruited 20 participants from the churches. He used qualitative method to measure the pre and post interviews. He interviewed the 20 participants and searched for indicators of effective conflict resolution based on the Leadership Building Blocks Seminar criteria of Quality A, B, and C. The author discovered that after the training, the participants were more equipped to resolve conflict peacefully.

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McGeever, Mark. "Effective Equipping of Sent Network Church Planters and Leaders Using Blended Learning with Active Training." Thesis, Lancaster Bible College, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10979336.

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Literature has argued that starting new churches is biblical and strategic, requiring the effective equipping of church planters and leaders through adult learning methods (Acts 13:1–4 and 14:20–23; Keller, 2003, p. 1; Reimer, 2016, p. 74). The sobering reality is that about one-third of church plants do not survive (Stetzer & Bird, 2007, p. 5). In partnering with churches and leaders to plant more churches, SENT Network (SENT) has identified a need to provide more effective and timely training, so its church leaders improve the skills required to start and lead thriving churches. With the unique challenge of being geographically dispersed, leaders in SENT need blended learning with active training during the face-to-face component, according to existing literature (Mark 3:13–19; Luke 5:1–11; Acts 2:14, 41–47; Hyun, Ediger, & Lee, 2017; Lee, 2010; Silberman, 2006). For this research, nine leaders from eight local churches were divided into two six-week cohorts to learn to lead others to center on Jesus and the gospel through blended learning with active training. The hypotheses were that blended learning is a viable method for SENT to use and that active training during the face-to-face component results in improved skills in church leaders. Data were collected through these instruments: Artifacts Submission Tracking, Online Engagement Survey (OSE), Training Evaluation Survey, Observation Checklist, and the Community of Inquiry Survey (CoI). After the data were collected, disaggregated, and analyzed, the hypothesis was confirmed that blended learning with active training is an effective strategy to equip church planters and leaders within SENT. The implication for SENT includes offering additional training topics, which also has implications for other organizations seeking to advance God’s kingdom through starting new churches.

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Cella, John Henry. "A study of the concept of a clerical institute from the 1917 Code to the 1983 Code." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2005. http://www.tren.com.

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Hartman, Wilmer J. "A covenant model for pastoral care of pastoral couples." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1986. http://www.tren.com.

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Keidel, Paul R. "Pedagogical principles for training pastors in West Africa." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1994. http://www.tren.com.

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Bortner, Douglas S. "Evaluating the Effectiveness of Leader Life (SDI) Training as a Tool to Develop Christian Leaders in the Metropolitan District and the Christian and Missionary Alliance." Thesis, Nyack College, Alliance Theological Seminary, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10822822.

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The author presents the problem of a lack of emotional and spiritual well-being in pastors and Christian leaders who minister in the Metropolitan District and The Christian and Missionary Alliance. In this study, he evaluated the intervention: Leader Life (SDI) Training, first recruiting 100 participants who completed the training, then using the Leader Life Evaluation Survey to measure whether Leader Life increased the self-understanding, strengthened the soul identity, and improved the relational management of participants. He interviewed nine participants and searched for indicators of emotional and spiritual development. The author discovered Leader Life (SDI) Training is an effective tool to develop Christian leaders, and offered ministry recommendations.

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Biberstein, David D. "The rationale for and development of a roleplaying model for use in the training of pastoral ministries students." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1990. http://www.tren.com.

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Arnett, Randy. "The development of a TEE manual for pastoral training on the care of souls in Francophone West Africa." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1995. http://www.tren.com.

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Kim, Ki Je. "A leadership training/development program for effective ministry in Korean-American churches." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1998. http://www.tren.com.

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Farnden, Rosan. "Knowledge of marriage and family concepts and perceived competence of marriage educators conducting marriage preparation in two Protestant denominations in British Columbia." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/29683.

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Marriage is perhaps the most popular voluntary institution in Canadian society. Fifty-six percent of British Columbians choose to be married in a Christian church. Most of these couples will find that they are required to participate in a marriage preparation program. Little is known about these marriage preparation opportunites, or about the individuals who provide these opportunites. Recent studies (Bader, Riddle & Sinclair, 1981; Ridley, Avery, Harrell, Leslie & Dent, 1982) have begun to demonstrate the effectiveness of the field of marriage preparation, but no studies examine the qualifications of educators. This study had two objectives: 1) to measure the knowledge of marriage and family concepts of marriage educators providing marriage preparation and 2) to re-test Wright's (1976) finding that clergy do not perceive themselves to be competent providers of marriage preparation. A random sample of 25% of Anglican Church in Canada and United Church of Canada congregations in British Columbia (n=117) resulted in 62 marriage educators responding to this study. This represents a response rate of 57.7%. The respondents were asked to complete a self-administered questionnaire which allowed for the collection of demographic information about the congregations and respondents as well as the measurement of the dependent variable perceived competence, six independent variables and four control variables. As no instruments to measure knowledge of marriage and family concepts were available, a measure was developed for this study and is known as the Knowledge of Marriage and Family Concepts Instrument (KMFC). Respondents were found to have moderate scores on KMFC and perceived themselves to be reasonably competent providers of marriage preparation. No significant results were found for the relationships between either of the dependent variables and the independent variables. Post hoc analysis determined significant relationships between knowledge of marriage and family concepts and gender, and between perceived competence and total number of hours spent in marriage preparation. This study implies that clergy need increased training in content areas relevant to marriage preparation. Further research studies are suggested.
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Nguapa, Ahpu. "Alternative training models for developing empowered Lisu Christian leaders." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2006. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p028-0236.

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Gibson, Martha Catherine Alexander. "The development of a training programme which prepares people to cope with traumatic stress in the workplace." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.343056.

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au, blennard@westnet com, and Julie Barrett-Lennard. "Responding Pastorally to the Ageing Population: With a Proposed Training Programme for Clergy and Lay Pastoral Workers." Murdoch University, 2006. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20060920.200853.

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The increased longevity in contemporary western society is impacting on many service and caring organisations in that they are needing to find ways of responding to the increasing number of older persons who need support. The Church is not immune from this as statistics demonstrate that the age demographic within the Church is rapidly changing to include many more older persons. However, evidence is strong that the Church to date has not been as alert as it could have been to the implications of the ageing population, nor has it been awake to the potential available within adult ministry. Therefore scholars and gerontologists are strident in their attempts to wake the Church from its slumber with respect to responding to the ageing population. The impetus of this research was to determine how alert the Anglican Diocese of Perth is to this rapidly increasing age demographic, and how well equipped its clergy and lay pastoral workers are to respond to the increasing number of older persons both within the Church and within society. To achieve this, a survey was conducted amongst a selection of clergy and lay pastoral workers in the Diocese of Perth. As part of the survey, comments were sought from participants on how important they believed training in ministry to older persons was for them, and what factors would enable and encourage them to attend training in this area. The literature reviewed for this research, the survey results, and the ensuing discussion combine to underline the need for ministry to older persons to be taken seriously by the Church. As a way of stimulating interest, and equipping clergy and lay pastoral workers, in the area of pastoral care of older persons, this thesis provides the structure of a training programme that it is envisaged will be offered to the Anglican Diocese of Perth.

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Barrett-Lennard, Julie. "Responding pastorally to the ageing population: with a proposed training programme for clergy and lay pastoral workers." Thesis, Barrett-Lennard, Julie (2006) Responding pastorally to the ageing population: with a proposed training programme for clergy and lay pastoral workers. Masters by Research thesis, Murdoch University, 2006. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/204/.

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The increased longevity in contemporary western society is impacting on many service and caring organisations in that they are needing to find ways of responding to the increasing number of older persons who need support. The Church is not immune from this as statistics demonstrate that the age demographic within the Church is rapidly changing to include many more older persons. However, evidence is strong that the Church to date has not been as alert as it could have been to the implications of the ageing population, nor has it been awake to the potential available within adult ministry. Therefore scholars and gerontologists are strident in their attempts to wake the Church from its slumber with respect to responding to the ageing population. The impetus of this research was to determine how alert the Anglican Diocese of Perth is to this rapidly increasing age demographic, and how well equipped its clergy and lay pastoral workers are to respond to the increasing number of older persons both within the Church and within society. To achieve this, a survey was conducted amongst a selection of clergy and lay pastoral workers in the Diocese of Perth. As part of the survey, comments were sought from participants on how important they believed training in ministry to older persons was for them, and what factors would enable and encourage them to attend training in this area. The literature reviewed for this research, the survey results, and the ensuing discussion combine to underline the need for ministry to older persons to be taken seriously by the Church. As a way of stimulating interest, and equipping clergy and lay pastoral workers, in the area of pastoral care of older persons, this thesis provides the structure of a training programme that it is envisaged will be offered to the Anglican Diocese of Perth.

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Barrett-Lennard, Julie. "Responding pastorally to the ageing population : with a proposed training programme for clergy and lay pastoral workers /." Barrett-Lennard, Julie (2006) Responding pastorally to the ageing population: with a proposed training programme for clergy and lay pastoral workers. Masters by Research thesis, Murdoch University, 2006. http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/204/.

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The increased longevity in contemporary western society is impacting on many service and caring organisations in that they are needing to find ways of responding to the increasing number of older persons who need support. The Church is not immune from this as statistics demonstrate that the age demographic within the Church is rapidly changing to include many more older persons. However, evidence is strong that the Church to date has not been as alert as it could have been to the implications of the ageing population, nor has it been awake to the potential available within adult ministry. Therefore scholars and gerontologists are strident in their attempts to wake the Church from its slumber with respect to responding to the ageing population. The impetus of this research was to determine how alert the Anglican Diocese of Perth is to this rapidly increasing age demographic, and how well equipped its clergy and lay pastoral workers are to respond to the increasing number of older persons both within the Church and within society. To achieve this, a survey was conducted amongst a selection of clergy and lay pastoral workers in the Diocese of Perth. As part of the survey, comments were sought from participants on how important they believed training in ministry to older persons was for them, and what factors would enable and encourage them to attend training in this area. The literature reviewed for this research, the survey results, and the ensuing discussion combine to underline the need for ministry to older persons to be taken seriously by the Church. As a way of stimulating interest, and equipping clergy and lay pastoral workers, in the area of pastoral care of older persons, this thesis provides the structure of a training programme that it is envisaged will be offered to the Anglican Diocese of Perth.

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Fellows, Timothy Steven. "The training of semiliterate rural pastors in the northwest region Ethiopian Kale Heywet Church." Thesis, Biola University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3618958.

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A common plea in missions is the need to train pastors and church leaders for the rapidly multiplying churches in the Majority World, resulting in numerous formal and nonformal theological education training programs. In spite of these efforts, many rural churches remain without pastors.

Using appreciative inquiry and participatory action-reflection research methods, together with 49 participants consisting of church elders and representatives of women, youth, illiterate members, and church ministers from 6 churches in the Northwest Region of the Ethiopian Kale Heywet Church, this study examines the factors limiting rural churches from having their desired pastor, describes the ideal minister desired by rural churches, and initiates a training program to train the type of pastors the stakeholders desire.

The study reveals that rural churches struggle to have pastors because their most desired individuals migrate to urban centers, high numbers of non-wage-earning youth as members limit the economic capabilities of rural churches, and inflexible theological education programs do not take into account or seek to address economic constraints, community education standards, or the size of rural churches.

The study reveals that rural churches situated in communities that place a high value upon Western-styled education and high levels of certification desire an educated pastor trained through formal theological education using literate communication techniques. This emphasis upon certification frequently results in rural churches selecting individuals to become pastors who do not embody the rural churches' ideal personality or spirituality character traits, commitment to ministry, or age. After receiving theological training, these educated young ministers frequently seek salaries considered inappropriate or not available in rural communities, resulting in their migration out of the rural community to seek higher wages or better educational opportunities, leaving rural churches without trained pastors.

To fulfill their desire for pastors who embody the characteristics honored in rural communities and who will remain in the rural communities, rural churches must train bivocational semiliterate pastors using nonformal theological education training approaches that combine oral and literate communication techniques.

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Reiss, Robert Paul. "The testing of vocation : the twentieth century history of the Central Advisory Council for the Training of the Ministry and its successors." Thesis, Lambeth Palace Library, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.734176.

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Morris, Robert E. "Training mid-career missionaries for team ministries evaluation of an international mission board program in Southern Africa /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2004. http://www.tren.com.

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Carr, Robert L. "Training Kenyan church planters for the harvest a formative evaluation of a training program for the Africa Evangelical Presbyterian Church /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2005. http://www.tren.com.

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Law, Peter W. "Preparing pastors a task for the local church : (a study into the thesis that it is both feasible and appropriate for the local church to take responsibility for the training of its pastors) /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1985. http://www.tren.com.

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Hobson, Steven. "Church based leadership training factors contributing to the development of spiritual authority in Filipino male leaders." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2001. http://www.tren.com.

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Christine, David Wayne. "Baptist Pastoral Leadership: An Analysis for Curriculum Development." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2010. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30446/.

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Through a qualitative study utilizing in-depth interviews, practitioner opinion was gathered regarding how Christian institutions of higher education, primarily Baptist seminaries, may better utilize formal and continuing education to prepare clergy for pastoral leadership. The sample of ten subjects for this study, drawn from the 550 active senior pastors in the Dallas Baptist Association and the Kauf-Van Baptist Association, was selected based on a maximum variation sampling method. The intention was to provide a better understanding of the leadership skills required by senior pastors, to help develop pastoral ministries curriculum and to assess the potential effectiveness of continuing education for pastoral leadership. The subjects indicated that the formal degree program of their seminary did equip them with the basic knowledge needed for pastoral leadership but it did not provide them in sufficiency with the necessary, practical skills for pastoral leadership. The pattern that emerged from the data indicates that, overall, seminaries are providing a quality education in preparing pastors for the ministry in their formal degree plans. However, seminaries may have opportunities to be of further service and to gain a competitive advantage vis a vis other seminaries by enhancing and expanding their continuing education programs.

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Shirley, Philip E. (Philip Elwood). "A Study of the Outcomes of Stress Management Training in Ministerial Programs of Higher Education." Thesis, North Texas State University, 1986. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc330677/.

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This dissertation studies the outcomes that higher education courses and seminars in stress management have on the stress levels of pastors. It identifies stress level differences between a sample of pastors who have and who have not been trained in stress management. The instrument that was used to assess the levels of stress was the Maslach Burnout Inventory. The Inventory is a twenty-two item dual-rating instrument that measures the frequency and intensity of three aspects of the burnout syndrome: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and a lack of personal accomplishment. Demographic questions were used to determine the respondents' sex, age, education, and experience in the clergy. These questions were asked for descriptive purposes only. In addition, questions were asked that would determine whether or not the pastors had had stress management training.

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Walker, J. Ward. "The Relationship of Continuing Professional Education and Pastoral Tenure Among Southern Baptist Pastors." Thesis, North Texas State University, 1986. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc330599/.

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This study examined the relationship between the continuing professional education practices of Southern Baptist pastors and their tenure in their pastoral positions. A survey questionnaire was designed to collect data about the pastors' continuing education and pastoral tenure. A stratified sample of 500 pastors was selected from the 36,235 Southern Baptist churches according to church membership. A total of 217 (43 percent) of the questionnaires was returned and used in the data analysis. Thirty percent of the pastors reported spending no days in continuing education during the past year. Sixty-two percent spent five days or more in continuing professional education. Tenure was not significantly linked to continuing education among the pastors. A personal perception of ministerial competency was positively related to continuing education. The majority of pastors felt accountable to God and themselves in terms of their competency. They strongly resisted any move toward certification or accreditation. The majority of the pastors did not view mobility as an alternative to becoming involved in continuing education. However, the reasons reported for mobility could be interpreted as needs assessment addressed by professional growth. A majority of the pastors strongly agreed that a basic seminary education did not alone prepare a minister for the pastorate. In addition, they were personally committed to being lifelong learners. However, only a small minority had developed a personal strategy for continuing education for the coming year. Neither part-time nor full-time work status nor past formal education influenced the amount of days spent in continuing education. The level of formal education did increase the pastors' commitment to being "lifelong learners." However, there seemed to be missing links between the following: 1) formal ministerial preparation and continuing professional development, 2) mobility and needs assessment, 3) competency and accountability, and 4) a commitment to lifelong learning and a practical strategy for continuing education.

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Bland, Anthony Lynn. "Training Korean ministers' wives and Korean female ministers to counsel other women effectively." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1997. http://www.tren.com.

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Hodge, Kent G. "A formal and biblical statement on the philosophy of Christian education for teacher training /." Free full text is available to ORU patrons only; click to view:, 2005. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1184155971&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=456&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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