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March 29, 2017
Pastor and Parish as Co-learners in the Doctor of Ministry Program: An Experiment in Theological Education
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- Publisher
- Theological Education 16, no. 2, spec. issue (The Association of Theological Schools, Pittsburgh)
- Table of Contents
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I. Background, Goals, and Underlying Assumption of the Hartford Seminary D.Min. Program
A. Background
B. Purpose and Goals
C. Underlying Assumptions
II. Implementing the Assumption: Program Components and Design
A. Design of the Core Program
B. Design of the Parish Option
III. Research and Evaluation Design
IV. Who Came and Why: Clergy and Congregations in the Hartford D.Min. Class of 1977
A. Motivation for Pastors Entering the Program
B. Characteristics of Entering Clergy
C. Characteristics of the Parishes
D. Comparisons between Pastors and Parishes in the Two Options
V. A Lesson in Innovation: How the Program Components Worked
A. The Core Program in Operation
B. The Parish Option in Operation
C. More than Sugar Pills for the Control Group
D. Hidden Assumptions Jump Out
VI. Did It Make a Difference? Change in Clergy and Congregation
A. Parish Change
B. Factors Related to Parish Change
C. Factors Related to Pastor Change
VII. The Bottom Line: Program Changes, Cost/Benefits, and Implications for Theological Education
A. Doctoring and Redesigning
B. Costs and Benefits for the Seminary
C. Implications for Theological Education
D. Postscript
Commentary (Loren B. Mead, J. Randall Nichols, and Perry LeFevre)
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