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Profiling Methodist leadership

Volume 4 (2018): Issue 1 (January 2018)

By: Leslie Francis and Adam Stevenson

Open Access

|Jun 2020

Figures & Tables

Type distribution for male local preachers compared with male Methodist circuit ministers reported by Burton, Francis and Robbins (2010)

The sixteen complete types				Dichotomous preferences
ISTJ	ISFJ	INFJ	INTJ	E	n = 35	(43.8%)	I = 1.11
n = 15	n = 16	n = 2	n = 7	I	n = 45	(56.3%)	I = 0.93
(18.8%)	(20.0%)	(2.5%)	(8.8%)
I = 1.64	I = 1.09	I = 0.31	I = 1.08	S	n = 58	(72.5%)	I = 1.34^**
+++++	+++++	+++	+++++	N	n = 22	(27.5%)	I = 0.60^**
+++++	+++++		++++
+++++	+++++			T	n = 41	(51.3%)	I = 1.44^**
++++	+++++			F	n = 39	(48.8%)	I = 0.76^**
				J	n = 68	(85.0%)	I = 1.21^**
				P	n = 12	(15.0%)	I = 0.50^**
ISTP	ISFP	INFP	INTP
n = 0	n = 0	n = 1	n = 4	Pairs and temperaments
(0.0%)	(0.0%)	(1.3%)	(5.0%)	IJ	n = 40	(50.0%)	I = 1.09
I = 0.00	I = 0.00	I = 0.17^*	I = 1.58	IP	n = 5	(6.3%)	I = 0.43^*
		+	+++++	EP	n = 7	(8.8%)	I = 0.57
				EJ	n = 28	(35.0%)	I = 1.45^*
				ST	n = 27	(33.8%)	I = 1.86^***
				SF	n = 31	(38.8%)	I = 1.07
				NF	n = 8	(10.0%)	I = 0.35^***
ESTP	ESFP	ENFP	ENTP	NT	n = 14	(17.5%)	I = 1.00
n = 1	n = 2	n = 2	n = 2
(1.3%)	(2.5%)	(2.5%)	(2.5%)	SJ	n = 55	(68.8%)	I = 1.55^***
I = 1.24	I = 0.51	I = 0.35	I = 1.08	SP	n = 3	(3.8%)	I = 0.38
+	+++	+++	+++	NP	n = 9	(11.3%)	I = 0.56
				NJ	n = 13	(16.3%)	I = 0.64
				TJ	n = 34	(42.5%)	I = 1.50^**
				TP	n = 7	(8.8%)	I = 1.21
				FP	n = 5	(6.3%)	I = 0.27^***
				FJ	n = 34	(42.5%)	I = 1.02
ESTJ	ESFJ	ENFJ	ENTJ
n = 11	n = 13	n = 3	n = 1	IN	n = 14	(17.5%)	I = 0.65
(13.8%)	(16.3%)	(3.8%)	(1.3%)	EN	n = 8	(10.0%)	I = 0.53^*
I = 2.72^**	I = 1.68	I = 0.68	I = 0.32	IS	n = 31	(38.8%)	I = 1.15
+++++	+++++	++++	+	ES	n = 27	(33.8%)	I = 1.64^**
+++++	+++++
++++	+++++			ET	n = 15	(18.8%)	I = 1.53
	+			EF	n = 20	(25.0%)	I = 0.92
				IF	n = 19	(23.8%)	I = 0.64^*
				IT	n = 26	(32.5%)	I = 1.39

Type distribution for female local preachers compared with female Methodist circuit ministers reported by Burton, Francis and Robbins (2010)

The sixteen complete types				Dichotomous preferences
ISTJ	ISFJ	INFJ	INTJ	E	n = 31	(50.0%)	I = 1.07
n = 6	n = 16	n = 7	n = 2	I	n = 31	(50.0%)	I = 0.94
(9.7%)	(25.8%)	(11.3%)	(3.2%)
I = 2.01	I = 1.34	I = 1.21	I = 0.84	S	n = 43	(69.4%)	I = 1.33^**
+++++	+++++	+++++	+++	N	n = 19	(30.6%)	I = 0.64^**
+++++	+++++	+++++
	+++++	+		T	n = 17	(27.4%)	I = 1.20
	+++++			F	n = 45	(72.6%)	I = 0.94
	+++++
	+			J	n = 56	(90.3%)	I = 1.30^***
				P	n = 6	(9.7%)	I = 0.32^***
ISTP	ISFP	INFP	INTP
n = 0	n = 0	n = 0	n = 0	Pairs and temperaments
(0.0%)	(0.0%)	(0.0%)	(0.0%)	IJ	n = 31	(50.0%)	I = 1.34
I = 0.00	I = 0.00	I = 0.00^**	I = 0.00	IP	n = 0	(0.0%)	I = 0.00^***
				EP	n = 6	(9.7%)	I = 0.65
				EJ	n = 25	(40.3%)	I = 1.25
				ST	n = 12	(19.4%)	I = 1.72
				SF	n = 31	(50.0%)	I = 1.22
				NF	n = 14	(22.6%)	I = 0.62^*
ESTP	ESFP	ENFP	ENTP	NT	n = 5	(8.1%)	I = 0.70
n =	n = 2	n = 3	n = 1
(0.0%)	(3.2%)	(4.8%)	(1.6%)	SJ	n = 41	(66.1%)	I = 1.52^***
I = 0.00	I = 0.72	I = 0.65	I = 0.84	SP	n = 2	(3.2%)	I = 0.37
	+++	+++++	++	NP	n = 4	(6.5%)	I = 0.30^**
				NJ	n = 15	(24.2%)	I = 0.93
				TJ	n = 16	(25.8%)	I = 1.61
				TP	n = 1	(1.6%)	I = 0.24
				FP	n = 5	(8.1%)	I = 0.34^**
				FJ	n = 40	(64.5%)	I = 1.21
ESTJ	ESFJ	ENFJ	ENTJ
n = 6	n = 13	n = 4	n = 2	IN	n = 9	(14.5%)	I = 0.56
(9.7%)	(21.0%)	(6.5%)	(3.2%)	EN	n = 10	(16.1%)	I = 0.73
I = 2.01	I = 1.45	I = 0.63	I = 1.25	IS	n = 22	(35.5%)	I = 1.30
+++++	+++++	+++++	+++	ES	n = 21	(33.9%)	I = 1.37
+++++	+++++	++
	+++++			ET	n = 9	(14.5%)	I = 1.41
	+++++			EF	n = 22	(35.5%)	I = 0.97
	+			IF	n = 23	(37.1%)	I = 0.92
				IT	n = 8	(12.9%)	I = 1.03

Psychological type and temperament profiles of Methodist ministers and Church of England clergy

	Clergymen		Clergywomen
	C of E¹%	Methodist²%	C of E³%	Methodist⁴%
Psychological type
Introversion (I)	57	61	54	53
Intuition (N)	62	46^**	65	48^***
Feeling (F)	54	64^***	74	77
Judging (J)	68	70	65	70
Psychological temperament
Epimethean (SJ)	31	44^***	29	43^***
Dionysian (SP)	7	10	6	9
Promethean (NT)	27	18^***	15	12
Apollonian (NF)	35	28^**	50	36^**

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/holiness-2018-0001 | Journal eISSN: 2058-5969

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Language: English

Page range: 7 - 26

Published on: Jun 16, 2020

Published by: Wesley House, Cambridge

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

Keywords:

PSYCHOLOGICAL TYPE THEORY,

KEIRSEY TEMPERAMENT THEORY,

CLERGY STUDIES,

METHODIST LOCAL PREACHERS

Related subjects:

Theology and religion,

General topics and biblical reception,

Practical theology,

Christian life,

History and theory of practical theology,

Denominational studies, ecumenism, world Christianity

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