TY - JOUR
T1 - The Payne Index of Ministry Styles
T2 - a lens on clergy activity from the perspective of psychological type theory
AU - Payne, V. John
AU - Lewis, Christopher Alan
PY - 2020/7/30
Y1 - 2020/7/30
N2 - The present study examines the data collected from two clergy surveys conducted within the Church in Wales a decade apart (mid-1990s and mid-2000s). In both surveys the Payne Index of Ministry Styles was found to be reliable. Although the data appear to be consistent over the 10 years, there are exceptions to this, suggesting two changes in the ways in which clergy serving in the Church in Wales were conceptualising their ministry. The first change was reflected in both greater priority being ascribed to ministry characteristics associated with introversion and lower priority being ascribed to ministry characteristics associated with extraversion. The second change was reflected in both greater priority being ascribed to ministry characteristics associated with intuition and lower priority being ascribed to ministry characteristics associated with sensing. The question raised by these findings is this: Do the differences found in the two surveys reflect the changing role of clergy in a declining Church?.
AB - The present study examines the data collected from two clergy surveys conducted within the Church in Wales a decade apart (mid-1990s and mid-2000s). In both surveys the Payne Index of Ministry Styles was found to be reliable. Although the data appear to be consistent over the 10 years, there are exceptions to this, suggesting two changes in the ways in which clergy serving in the Church in Wales were conceptualising their ministry. The first change was reflected in both greater priority being ascribed to ministry characteristics associated with introversion and lower priority being ascribed to ministry characteristics associated with extraversion. The second change was reflected in both greater priority being ascribed to ministry characteristics associated with intuition and lower priority being ascribed to ministry characteristics associated with sensing. The question raised by these findings is this: Do the differences found in the two surveys reflect the changing role of clergy in a declining Church?.
KW - Church in Wales
KW - Clergy roles
KW - ministry studies
KW - psychological type
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85088952197&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/13674676.2020.1784861
DO - 10.1080/13674676.2020.1784861
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85088952197
SN - 1367-4676
VL - 24
JO - Mental Health, Religion and Culture
JF - Mental Health, Religion and Culture
IS - 4
ER -