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The purpose of my doctoral project is to produce a curriculum that teaches lay pastor candidates the most essential competencies for both initial acceptance and longterm success. It is my observation that curricula designed for ministerial training in general are based on the subjective criteria of tradition and conventional thinking. I also observe that ordination-track ministerial training is comprehensive to a level that is impractical, and thus prohibitive, for most lay pastor candidates. My project attempts to identify the competencies most essential to pastoral acceptance and success by studying the opinions and practices of pastors in the field and biblical instruction, thus producing a curriculum that is both streamlined and practical.
The top five pastoral competencies identified through the processes described above are as follows:
- People skills
- Biblical preaching
- Spiritual vitality
- Spiritual leadership
- Team building
These skills were taught to a select group of lay pastor candidates through ten two-hour presentations and corresponding field assignments in 2008. The schedule for field-testing the curriculum was as follows: ( CLICK HERE FOR INTERNET CORRESPONDENCE CLASS)
For the course outline, click here. For the registration form, click here. For the post-session survey, click here. |
Doctoral Project 
