New Clergy Display Moderately Strong Sense of Self-Efficacy
“How strongly do you believe that you are able to achieve the goals and aims of your work?”
This may seem like an odd question for pastors and priests. First, isn’t God really the one in charge? Second, isn’t the job of an ordained minister to be flexible and move with the needs and wishes of a congregation? Third, isn’t this question inviting arrogance and dominance?
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Is There a “Clergy Personality”?
One powerful force that clergy bring to their ministry and leadership is personality. Qualities of personality shape how the work of ministry and leadership gets done (or doesn't get done!).
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Introverted or Extraverted? Does it Matter?
The Clergy Into Action Study found that recently ordained pastors and priests see themselves across the entire range of introversion-to-extraversion.
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How Do Clergy Engage Emotions?
Are you more emotionally controlled or more wide-ranging and variable in your emotional responses? Newer clergy vary widely in emotional control-to-responsiveness—but lean toward emotional control.
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Is Self-Reliance a Dirty Word for Clergy and the Church?
Clergy stand out markedly from workers and leaders in other fields in their gravitation toward dependency and away from self-reliance. Newer pastors and priests scored even lower.
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The Touchy Subject of Wellness
We asked clergy who participated in Transition into Ministry programs about their physical, emotional, spiritual, financial, and relational wellness.
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Exploring the Relationship Between Self-Efficacy and Leadership Effectiveness
Does a disposition of confidence and clarity have anything to do with leadership and balanced living? We looked for correlations in our survey data from Transition into Ministry alumni.
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Decision Leadership: Clergy Strengths
We asked recently ordained pastors and priests how strong they believe their skills are in different components of leading people through decisions.
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Which Conflict Do You Have? New Clergy’s Stories from the Field
This article looks at types of conflict that new clergy frequently encounter, with examples drawn from stories told by Transition into Ministry program alumni.
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Decision Leadership: Clergy Weaknesses
Most clergy surveyed identified progress assessment, social network analysis, and course corrections as weak spots in their decision leadership skills.
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