Fletcher, Margaret A.

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Journal of Applied Christian LeadershipVolume 8 | Number 2 Article 172014Empowering and Equipping Women ThroughBiblically Based, Gender-Specific LeadershipAwareness Teaching and Training in a LocalChurch Setting [Dissertation Notice]Margaret A. FletcherFollow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/jaclThis Leadership Resource is brought to you for free and open access by Digital Commons @ Andrews University. It has been accepted for inclusion inJournal of Applied Christian Leadership by an authorized editor of Digital Commons @ Andrews University. For more information, please contactrepository@andrews.edu.Recommended CitationFletcher, Margaret A. (2014) "Empowering and Equipping Women Through Biblically Based, Gender-Specific Leadership AwarenessTeaching and Training in a Local Church Setting [Dissertation Notice]," Journal of Applied Christian Leadership: Vol. 8: No. 2, 111-111.Available at: https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/jacl/vol8/iss2/17Fletcher, Margaret A. (2013).Empowering and equippingwomen through biblically based,gender-specific leadershipawareness teaching and trainingin a local church setting. D.Min.,Regent University.the purpose of this ministry projectwas to develop a biblically based,gender-specific leadership awarenessteaching that is unique to femalechristian leaders within the localchurch. this study implemented surveys of women not presently inchurch leadership to determine ifpotential female leaders possess anawareness and understanding ofempowerment and equipping ofwomen to lead within the localchurch in partnership with men.interviews were conducted with 14women presently in leadership at theNew Life Providence church to deter-mine further pertinent leadershipneeds of women in leadership. theresults of the surveys and interviewsidentified two general areas of con-cern: the gender-specific leadershipequipping needs and gender-specificmale/female leadership needs. toaddress these needs, the authordeveloped a seven-week, biblicallybased, gender-specific leadershipawareness training program to betaught in a small group setting at NewLife Providence church. this criticalteaching addresses five areas of lead-ership awareness in the lives of thefemale respondents: scriptural con-cepts about leadership roles forwomen, spiritual gifts and calling,gender-specific communication, alifestyle of spiritual growth, and therole of integrity and character inchristian leadership.Kwon, Sung Kun (2013). An evaluation of performance as it relates to the AdventistCommunity Services NonprofitLeadership Certification Programin the United States. Ph.D.,Andrews University.the purpose of this study was tounderstand the effectiveness of theNonprofit Leadership certificationProgram (NLcP) by examining therelationship between an individual’scompletion of the program and indi-vidual performance growth in atti-tude, knowledge, and skills. Since theprogram represents a major financialinvestment on the part of theAdventist community Services (AcS)organization, AcS leaders need toknow if the time, resources, and effortthat have been poured into this lead-ership program are actually improv-ing the participants’ performance inskills and knowledge, and if theyhave effectively contributed tochanges in leadership attitude.the study assessed the relationshipbetween the stated learning outcomesof the NLcP and the actual learningoutcomes as perceived by the partici-pants. two designs were used tostructure the research: a pre-experi-mental research design and an expost facto research design. resultsconfirmed that there were significantchanges in the participants’ leader-ship attitudes, knowledge, and skillsas a result of participating in theNLcP. AcS leaders at local, regional andnational levels who participate in theNLcP indicate that their leadershipbenefits in significant ways from thetraining provided. the ever-increasingcomplexity of the services providedthrough AcS at the local community,regional and national levels will continue to drive the demand for theNLcP. THE JOURNAL OF APPLIED CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP PAGE  111D I S S E R T A T I O N  N O T I C E S1Fletcher: Empowering and Equipping Women Through Biblically Based, Gender-SPublished by Digital Commons @ Andrews University, 2014

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