Personality Traits of Church Planters and Other Church Leaders in Europe (II)

In search of a renewal of their mission in the secularized West, an increasing number of (Protestant) churches have embarked on the creation of new faith communities with a strong missionary purpose. This entrepreneurial approach of mission raises a number of questions, among which the issue of lead...

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Auteurs: Foppen, Annemarie (Auteur) ; Saane, Joke van 1968- (Auteur) ; Paas, Stefan 1969- (Auteur)
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Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Brill [2018]
Dans: Journal of empirical theology
Année: 2018, Volume: 31, Numéro: 2, Pages: 288-308
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Protestantisme / Paroisse / Fondateur / Curé <catholicisme> / Personnalité / Modèle des Big Five (psychologie)
RelBib Classification:AE Psychologie de la religion
KDD Église protestante
RB Ministère ecclésiastique
RJ Mission
ZD Psychologie
Sujets non-standardisés:B Big Five
B church planters
B pastors; mission
B BFI
B psychological profiling
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Résumé:In search of a renewal of their mission in the secularized West, an increasing number of (Protestant) churches have embarked on the creation of new faith communities with a strong missionary purpose. This entrepreneurial approach of mission raises a number of questions, among which the issue of leadership is paramount. Currently, however, very little reliable empirical research has been done among faith entrepreneurs, or ‘church planters', in Europe. In this article the personality dimensions of 215 church planters are compared with 307 ‘regular' church leaders (pastors), based on the so-called ‘Big Five' personality test. Independent samples t-tests showed that church planters are significantly more extravert, open to new experiences, and conscientious than ‘regular' pastors, and significantly less neurotic, while scores on agreeableness are more or less similar. These results are discussed with a view to existing literature on church planting and entrepreneurship in the West.
ISSN:1570-9256
Contient:Enthalten in: Journal of empirical theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15709256-12341377