The Twenty-One Core Values of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in the Ministries of Graduates
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Copyright © 2006 Homer Clayton Anthony All rights reserved. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary has permission to reproduce and disseminate this document in any form by any means for purposes chosen by the Seminary, including, limitation without preservation or instruction. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. THE TWENTY-ONE CORE VALUES OF THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY IN THE MINISTRIES OF GRADUATES A Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Education by Homer Clayton Anthony May 1,2006 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. APPROVAL SHEET THE TWENTY-ONE CORE VALUES OF THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY IN THE MINISTRIES OF GRADUATES Homer Clayton Anthony Read and Approved by: Dennis E. Williams (Chairperson) Mark E. Simpson Date /9 ~ 2IJD{, THESES Ed.D ..An86t 0199702002098 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. To LaNell, my love. To AsIan and Haddon Anthony, my inspiration. To Harold and Beth Anthony, my parents. To Warren Benson, my encouragement. To Charlie Davis, my pastor. To Richmond Baptist Church, my labor. To Boyce, Broadus, Williams and Whitsitt and to the soldiers of Christ in truth arrayed these four men envisioned that are now scattered throughout the earth and time. They comprise a number of which I am proud to be counted. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. TABLE OF CONTENTS Page LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS........................................... Vlll LIST OF TABLES.. .. .. .............................................. IX LIST OF FIGURES. X PREFACE.......................................................... Xl Chapter 1. RESEARCH CONCERN. 1 Role of Core Values in Higher Education ......................... 1 Core Values as Aids in Assessment. 3 Core Values Aid in Focus. 5 Core Values and Southern Seminary . 7 Research Purpose ............................................ 8 Delimitations of Purposed Study. 8 Research Questions . 9 Terminology. .. .. .... 9 Procedural Overview. 15 Research Assumptions. 16 2. PRECEDENT LITERATURE. 17 Theological Concerns . 19 IV Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Chapter Page View of Truth ... 19 View of Sin. 20 View of Scripture . 21 Educational Leadership Concerns. 24 Higher Education Concerns .. 24 View of Human Learning. 24 View of Theological Education prior to 1859 . 26 View of the Setting of Learning and Curriculum. 28 View of Theological Education post-1859 ................. .. 31 Assessment in Higher Education. 33 Assessment Defmed . 34 Assessment Examined ............................... 35 Assessment Leadership. 39 Applied Academic Leadership . 44 Leadership Style . 46 Focused Educational Leadership. 47 Role of Core Values. 50 Biblical Mandate for the Core Values. 51 Literature Response to the Core Values . 96 Profile of Current Study. .. 130 v Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Chapter Page 3. METHODOLOGICAL DESIGN. .. 134 Design Overview. .. 134 Population. .. 135 Samples and Delimitations. .. 135 Limitations of Generalizations . .. 136 Instrumentation. .. 136 Procedures. .. 138 4. ANALYSIS OF FINDINGS...................................... 141 . Compilation Protocols. .. 142 Research Question Synopsis. .. 143 Demographic and Sample Data. .. 144 Findings and Analysis. .. 152 Findings and Displays per Research Question. .. 155 Research Question 1 . .. 155 Research Question 2 . .. 156 Research Question 3 . .. 158 Research Question 4 . .. 160 Evaluation of the Research Design. .. 163 5. CONCLUSIONS.............................................. 165 Research Purpose ............................................ 165 Research Implications . .. 165 Lack of Knowledge. .. 168 VI Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Chapter Page Most Prevalent Core Values. .. 169 Least Prevalent Core Values. .. 171 Core Values Across the Four Schools ........................ 174 Research Applications. .. 175 Recommendation 1 . .. 176 Recommendation 2 . .. 178 Recommendation 3 . .. 179 Recommendation 4 . .. 180 Recommendation 5 . .. 181 Research Limitations. .. 182 Further Research . .. 184 Appendix RESEARCHER DESIGNED SURVEY. .. 188 REFERENCE LIST ................................................... 198 Vll Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. LISTS OF ABBREVIATIONS Graham Billy Graham School of Missions, Evangelism and Church Growth Leadership School of Leadership and Church Ministry Music and Worship School of Church Music and Worship Theology School of Theology V111 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. LIST OF TABLES Table Page 1. Corresponding Survey Questions to Core Values. .. 138 2. Present Employment Position of the Graduates . .. 149 3. Twenty-one Core Values ofSBTS ................................ 153 4. Ranking of the Core Values in Order of Positive Responses from Recent Graduates . .. 154 5. Findings for Research Question 1 ................................. 156 6. Most Prevalent Core Value. .. 158 7. Least Prevalent Core Value. .. 159 8. Frequency and Most Prevalence among the Four Schools ........................................ 161 9. Frequency and Least Prevalence among the Four Schools ........................................ 163 IX Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. LIST OF FIGURES Table Page 1. Schools of the Graduates . .. 145 2. Degrees Obtained by Respondents ................................ 147 3 . Year of Graduation ............................................ 148 4. Gender of the Graduates ........................................ 148 5. Length of Service in Present Position . .. 151 6. Age Ranges of the Graduates .................................... 152 x Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. PREFACE This dissertation bears the name of the writer but is in truth a compilation of the work of many hands. Numerous people and offices have been so kind as to aid in many ways to the development of this work. First, I must thank my dissertation committee comprised of Mark Simpson and my supervisor Dennis Williams. Both of these men have provided much more than insight to this dissertation. They have acted as friends and cheerleaders. All students should be so lucky as to have teachers as these two men. Marsha Omanson gave legitimacy to the final presentation of the paper. Her ability to find errors where others missed errors is second to none. Susan Martin of Saltillo High School in Saltillo, Mississippi, proved to be as much as an asset to checking for grammatical errors as she is as a Sunday school teacher. If any amount of error remains in this finished product it is the fault of the author alone. Michael Lindsey, Vice-President of BanCorpSouth, Tupelo, Mississippi, gave invaluable assistance in the calculations of the statistical sections of this work. Michael has proven over and over himself to be a wizard with Excel and PowerPoint. This work would not have been completed without his help. Susan Wilder of the MIS Office at Southern Seminary went beyond the call of duty to enable this dissertation to be completed. From the survey design to tabulating numbers, the work Susan performed made this project a lighter load to carry. Jacob Lee, Xl Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Director oflnstitutional Assessment at Southern Seminary, gave helpful insights into that area whenever the need arose. A word must be written concerning the hospitality of Cornelia Williams. She is a life long educator and hostess beyond measure. The hospitality she has shared with my family over the past several years has deepened my personal.