Olatunji, Isaac, Jr.

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Andrews University

Journal of Applied Christian LeadershipVolume 8 | Number 2 Article 202014The Inward Disciplines of Spiritual FormationAmong Seventh-Day Adventist MinisterialLeadership [Dissertation Notice]Isaac Olatunji Jr.Follow 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 CitationOlatunji, Isaac Jr. (2014) "The Inward Disciplines of Spiritual Formation Among Seventh-Day Adventist Ministerial Leadership[Dissertation Notice]," Journal of Applied Christian Leadership: Vol. 8: No. 2, 112-112.Available at: https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/jacl/vol8/iss2/20O’Dell, Jeremy Blake (2014). Therelationship between the leader-ship practices of presidents andthe organizational culture ofChristian colleges and universi-ties. Ph.D., Biola University.the purpose of this study was toexamine the relationship between theleadership practices of presidents andthe organizational culture of christiancolleges and universities. the leader-ship practices of presidents weremeasured utilizing the LeadershipPractices inventory-Self (LPi-S) andthe Leadership Practices inventory-Observer (LPi-O). the spiritual leader-ship practices (a combination of spiri-tual gifts and leadership behaviors) ofpresidents were measured utilizingthe Spiritual Leadership Practices-President (SLP-P) and the SpiritualLeadership Practices-Employee (SLP-E) scales. Organizational culture typeswere assessed utilizing theOrganizational culture Assessmentinstrument (OcAi). Participants inthis study consisted of the presidentsand a random sample of administra-tors, faculty members, and adminis-trative staff members from among the115 member institutions of the councilfor christian colleges and Universities(cccU) in the United States. Analysis of the data and hypothesesrevealed statistically significant posi-tive relationships between a variety ofleadership practices and several orga-nizational culture types as defined bythe instruments used, indicating thatthere is a relationship between theleadership practices of presidents andthe organizational culture of christiancolleges and universities. Olatunji, Isaac, Jr. (2012). Theinward disciplines of spiritualformation among Seventh-dayAdventist ministerial leadership.Ph.D., Walden University.Spiritual atrophy and burnoutamong ministerial leaders can resultin lowered leadership effectiveness,potentially hindering organizationalgrowth and negatively affecting theleaders’ impact on the communitiesthey serve. recognizing these reali-ties, this study addressed decliningspirituality among Seventh-dayAdventist ministerial leadership andsought possible solutions. this phe-nomenological study sought to under-stand the strategies, challenges, dif-ferences, and similarities of theinward disciplines of spiritual forma-tion as preventive measures minimiz-ing spiritual atrophy and burnout.the research questions were designedto investigate the importance andimpact of this phenomenon in thelived experiences of the study partici-pants. Data were collected from open-ended interview questions utilizingcreswell’s framework of data analysisto determine the effects, experiences,and personal strategies of the partici-pants, through which significantthemes were developed. results revealed that ministerialleaders receive spiritual benefits thatminimize the risk of spiritual atrophyand burnout by consistently practic-ing the inward disciplines of spiritualformation, making them the first pri-ority in their lives. A spiritually strongministerial leadership has a chance toimpact social change by providing aparadigm for other ministerial leadersto spiritually facilitate positive spiritu-al growth in their respective organiza-tions thereby impacting the commu-nities they serve.D I S S E R T A T I O N  N O T I C E SPAGE  112 Vol. 8, No. 2 FALL 20141Olatunji: The Inward Disciplines of Spiritual Formation Among Seventh-Day APublished by Digital Commons @ Andrews University, 2014

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