P 97 Personality and the Practice of Ministry

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1 P 97 Personality and the Practice of Ministry Statistical Tables Further Resources The accompanying Grove Pastoral booklet has been written as far as possible to make sense to readers who are unfamiliar with the technical vocabulary and statistical notations of a quantitative approach to personality psychology and empirical theology. At the same time, enough statistical detail has been given below to allow the argument to be properly assessed and evaluated by those with a professional interest in psychology. It may be helpful, therefore, to explain how to read the scientific notation. Two statistical tests of association are employed in this booklet. In chapter 3, analysis of variance (F) is used to test whether there is a significant difference between mean scores recorded by different groups. Elsewhere the Pearson correlation coefficient (r) is used to test the association between two variables. In understanding the meaning of both of these statistics the notion of probability is important. We are looking for relationships which are unlikely to have occurred by mere chance. The five percent level of probability (.05) says that the association could have occurred five times in a hundred by chance; the one present level of probability (.01) says that the association could have occurred only once in a hundred times by chance; the point one percent level of probability (.001) says that the association could have occurred only once in a thousand times by chance. The lower the chance probability, the more confidence we can place in the findings. When there is no significance in the reported statistics this is indicated by the convention NS (not significant). Table 3.1 Extraversion scores by denomination Anglican Baptist Free Evangelical Pentecostal New Church F = 3.78, P<.01 Table 3.2 Neuroticism scores by denomination Pentecostal Free Evangelical New Church Anglican Baptist F = 3.23, P<.01 Table 3.3 Psychoticism scores by denomination Free Evangelical

2 Baptist Pentecostal New Church Anglican F = 1.94, NS Table 3.4 Personality and frequency of glossolalia extraversion neuroticism psychoticism NS Table 4.1 Personality and size of membership extraversion neuroticism psychoticism NS Table 4.2 Personality and proportion of male members extraversion neuroticism NS Table 4.3 Induction strategies emphasised by high E pastors strategies r P< follow-up visit and telephone calls induction to church life link with another church member placed in home group introductory literature Table 5.1 Role priorities emphasised by high E pastors pioneer leader in the local community

3 evangelist apostle prophet spiritual director fund-raiser fellowship-builder social worker Table 5.2 Role priorities emphasised by high N pastors minister of sacraments theologian leader of public worship Table 5.3 Role priorities emphasised by high P pastors pioneer apostle evangelist Table 5.4 Role priorities emphasised by low P pastors pastor visitor fellowship-builder teacher Table 5.5 Proportion of pastoral care emphasised by high E pastors groups r P< elders counsellors house group leaders Table 5.6 Proportion of pastoral care emphasised by high N pastors groups r P<

4 elders house group leaders members of the congregation counsellors Table 6.1 Personality and physical health extraversion neuroticism psychoticism -.01 NS Table 6.2 Personality and mental health extraversion neuroticism psychoticism NS Table 6.3 Personality and spiritual health extraversion neuroticism psychoticism NS Table 6.4 Personality and thoughts of leaving ministry extraversion NS neuroticism Table 6.5 Personality and exhaustion extraversion NS neuroticism

5 Table 6.6 Personality and in-service training extraversion neuroticism psychoticism