Assessing Ministry Against Objective Performance Criteria

• In Event: Roundtable Session 110
  In Roundtable Session: Ministry and Spirituality in Christian Education

Abstract

This research examines the extent to which tools to assess ministerial performance can be created by adapting best practice methods used to analyze secular professions. The study involves constructing common, objective criteria for measuring ministry and determines the extent to which ministers find such tools a benefit in creating plans for professional development.

Authors

• Joe Ippolito, Education Development Center, Inc.

• Joyce Malyn-Smith, Education Development Center, Inc.