The purpose of this study was to determine variables which were associated with participation in continuing education by clergy in the Eleventh Episcopal District (Florida and the Bahamas) of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. The specific objectives of this study were (1) to determine the nature and scope of African Methodist Episcopal ministers participation in continuing education and (2) to determine the association between selected demographic, dispositional, situational, and institutional variables and participation in continuing education. One hundred twenty-four ministers were requested to respond to a fifty item mail questionnaire; from the sample seventy-five usable instruments were returned. / Data collected for objective one were descriptive. The data provided information relevant to the nature and scope of ministers participation in continuing education. Objective two was operationalized through a series of four research questions. The four research questions were analyzed using Spearman's Rho, Pearson Product Moment Correlation, and the Contingency Coefficient. / For research question one significant associations were found between income from ministerial sources and number of activities attended, providers used, and hours studied. For research question two significant associations were found between value of improved pastoring and the number of activities attended and providers used. For research question three significant associations were found between length of professional experience and hours studied, and between work obligations and size of church and the number of activities attended. In research question four significant associations were found between scheduling and number of providers; knowledge of educational offering from other ministers and number of hours studied; and fees--amount spent by ministers and number of activities attended, providers utilized and hours studied. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 51-12, Section: A, page: 3996. / Major Professor: Irwin Jahns. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1990.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_78363 |
| Contributors | Worthen, Helen Dreamal Ingram., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 186 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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