'But Where's My Class?' Implementing the Adult Christian Education (ACE) Tool for Assessment of Sunday Morning Adult Education at First Baptist Church of Augusta, Georgia
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| Title: | 'But Where's My Class?' Implementing the Adult Christian Education (ACE) Tool for Assessment of Sunday Morning Adult Education at First Baptist Church of Augusta, Georgia |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Martha Kate Hall |
| Source: | ProQuest LLC. 2024D.Min. Dissertation, Mercer University. |
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| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 143 |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Document Type: | Dissertations/Theses - Doctoral Dissertations |
| Education Level: | Adult Education |
| Descriptors: | Adult Education, Religious Education, Church Programs, Christianity, Churches, Measurement Techniques, Educational Assessment, Community Surveys, Community Attitudes, Feedback (Response) |
| Geographic Terms: | Georgia |
| ISBN: | 979-83-8224-023-7 |
| Abstract: | Within the past ten to fifteen years, there has been a trend among churches to downsize staff and eliminate the role of "Minister of Education." With these changes in staff structure, a need has emerged for assistance in evaluating adult educational programming within the church. For this project, a process was developed called the Adult Christian Education (ACE) Tool to be used to evaluate adult Sunday school. This Tool consists of a participant survey, a leader survey, and a series of committee meetings that will guide a committee through the evaluation process. After developing the tool, a committee was established at First Baptist Church of Augusta, Georgia, to test the tool. The survey was distributed among adults in the congregation, and the committee met to evaluate the results and make recommendations to church leadership. Once the process was complete, interviews were held with each member of the committee to gain feedback on the ACE Tool itself. This feedback was then used to determine if the process was successful and what changes needed to be made to the tool. The overall results were that the ACE Tool was a useful tool that could be used in a variety of church settings to evaluate Adult Christian Education. Along with these results, it was determined that some changes needed to be made to improve the tool. These changes included changes to both the surveys used as well as the committee meeting process. The surveys need to be adapted and shortened somewhat for use in other contexts. It was also determined that the committee needs additional meeting time in order to discuss the results and recommendations to church leadership. Moving forward, the tool will be adapted and then tested again in two churches with different demographics in order to compare the process. Once these changes have been made, the ACE Tool, including surveys, committee meeting structure, and process guidelines, will be put in a workbook format that can be purchased and used by other churches. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] |
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| Entry Date: | 2024 |
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| Accession Number: | ED651463 |
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