Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1973. / Typescript. Vita. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (D. Min.)--Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, 1996. / Abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 274-285).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, South Hamilton, MA, 2003. / Abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 140-143).

Thesis (J.C.L.)--Catholic University of America, 1986. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 99-105).

Thesis (M.A.)--Lincoln Christian Seminary, 1987. / Bibliography: leaves 116-130.

Thesis (Th. M.)--Western Conservative Baptist Seminary, 1976. / Typescript.

<p> This study examined the authentic leadership of pastors in the Southwest Educational Region of the USA/Canada Church of the Nazarene to determine whether there is a positive correlation between authentic leadership and ministerial effectiveness. While authentic leadership is a theory with clear definition measured by multiple validated instruments, ministerial effectiveness is a concept that involves more ambiguity. For the purposes of this study, ministerial effectiveness was measured using the Ministerial Effectiveness Inventory. While this study was built on previous research that found a significant relationship between authentic leadership and ministerial effectiveness in pastors in the Indiana District of the Lutheran Church&mdash;Missouri Synod (Puls, 2012), the study avoided the controversy created by retracted articles and limits to use caused by the proprietary nature of the Authentic Leadership Questionnaire by using the Authentic Leadership Inventory (ALI). The ALI has been shown reliably to measure the same construct as the Authentic Leadership Questionnaire without these limitations. The study found significant positive relationships in all three clusters of respondents&mdash;pastoral selfraters, follower other-raters, and sets with at least one follower other-rater&mdash;between ministerial effectiveness as measured by the Ministerial Effectiveness Inventory and authentic leadership as measured by the ALI. Additionally, the study found a significant positive relationship between ministerial effectiveness and all four components of authentic leadership as measured by the ALI: self-awareness, internalized moral perspective, balanced processing, and transparency. As expected, female pastoral participation was low and thus limited the ability to find significant results specific to female pastors. The results of this study could contribute to church health by providing a resource to improve the ability of the Church of the Nazarene to prepare effective ministers, inform the personal development of active ministers, and guide the pastoral search process for churches seeking to call ministers who will effectively lead the ministries of a church to congregation and community.</p><p>

The 1969 General Chapter of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur mandated that each Province (government unit) design a plan of governance peculiar to the Province. Although there were several attempts to fulfill this mandate, the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur of the Ipswich Province did not have a plan of governance as of 1985. In 1985, the Province Administration submitted a proposal to the Province Assembly (policy making body) that an Ad Hoc Committee be formed to write a plan of governance for the Province. When the Ad Hoc Committee was in place, it presented a schema quite different from that which was proposed. It entailed a three-year, on-going process in which 'process' was to be determined by the membership. An incentive to action was the challenge of the General Moderator of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur to renewal. The Ad Hoc Process, as the plan of action was known, was a grassroots endeavor which revitalized the Sisters of the Ipswich Province. It provided for maximum participation and exchange via small cluster meetings and total Province sharing. The process led the Sisters to develop a Focus Statement which became the basis for the Province Mission Statement. The Mission Statement gave rise to the Province setting goals for itself. These goals necessitated a re-searching of the style and the structure of leadership. These goals also became the criteria by which qualities for leadership were determined. The intent of the Ad Hoc Process was to model a process such that the plan of governance would emerge from the experience of the process as the issues of governance were resolved. The results of the Ad Hoc Process were new leadership selected by a discernment process and a new plan of governance written and accepted by the Sisters. The plan imaged the lived experience of the Sisters and projected into the future. The process enabled the Sisters to identify key questions and issues and to work these questions and issues to some resolution. The Ad Hoc Process gave the Sisters a sense of ownership of the Province and an understanding of authority, that each Sister authors her own life.

Thesis (D. Min.)--Bethel Theological Seminary, St. Paul, MN, 2000. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 180-188).

Thesis (M.A.B.C.)--The Master's College, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 217-219).