This dissertation identifies communication competencies needed by Southern Baptist clergy. These competencies are compared with the status of speech education in Southern Baptist colleges and seminaries. This dissertation utilized a questionnaire created by a task force commissioned by the Speech Communication Association. The questionnaire was adapted for a survey of ministers in Georgia and a similar survey of teachers of communication in Southern Baptist higher education. The survey contained two major sections. One section listed seven communication activities. The second section listed fifty-three communication skills or competencies grouped into three areas: speaking skills, listening skills, and human relations skills. Ministers were asked to rate the importance of the skills on a Likert-type scale. Educators were asked to indicate whether each skill was required, recommended, or available at their respective institutions. / Three hundred and thirty ministers responded, constituting a return rate of over forty-two percent of the surveys mailed. Forty-six responses were received from Southern Baptist institutions representing a return rate of over eighty-eight percent of all fifty-two Southern Baptist institutions. / A majority of ministers considered all fifty-three skills at least "Necessary." Ministers ranked listening skills as the most important area, followed by human relations skills. The least important area was speaking skills. However, responses from educators indicated that at Southern Baptist institutions, speaking skills are emphasized the most, listening skills, second, and human relations skills least. According to these respondents, many listening and human relations skills that are considered necessary to ministers are not required, recommended or available at Southern Baptist institutions. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 52-10, Section: A, page: 3477. / Major Professor: Gregg Phifer. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1991.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76514 |
| Contributors | Wallace, Donald J., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 146 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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