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Accepted by the Faculty of the Dallas Theological Seminary in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Ministry Examining Committee ___________________________________ ____________________________________
ABSTRACT AN IDENTIFICATION AND ANALYSIS OF THE PERSONAL NEEDS AND ISSUES OF THE DALLAS THEOLOGICAL SEMINJARY TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY FEMALE STUDENTS Lynn Etta Manning Readers: Joye B. Baker, Linda Marten This study sought to identify the personal needs and issues of the female students at Dallas Theological Seminary (DTS) and to analyze those needs and issues. The results will guide in the development of a mentoring ministry and help to design and implement programming to better prepare and nurture the female seminarians for a life of Christian service. This D.Min. project is the first study of its kind at DTS to ask the female students to reveal their personal needs and issues. The research focuses on the identification of those needs and issues, and analyzes the frequency with which the female students experience specific needs and issues. The study also investigates the value of mentoring by an older Christian woman or a peer mentor which could contribute towards helping the women students address their personal needs and issues while attending Dallas Seminary. The biblical basis and foundation of this dissertation examined the Titus 2: 3-5 passage for the support of the importance of mentoring. A descriptive survey designed by the researcher generated a 52% response rate from the 296 women students who completed and returned the survey and were currently enrolled in DTS in 2008. The survey gathered both quantitative and qualitative responses by using both closed and open-ended questions. The survey included a limited amount of demographic information to protect the confidentiality and anonymity of the respondents. The survey was designed to collect demographic information, to assess iii
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Page 11 and 12: LIST OF TABLES Table Page 1. Age of
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Page 47 and 48: 30 • letters, articles, books, o
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36 Susan Hunt calls mentoring ‘s
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38 experienced person with a lesse
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40 the subject; whereas between 19
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42 Clinton draws attention to the
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44 of it focuses on men mentoring
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46 women can truly empathize with
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48 …The quintessential mentoring
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50 leading relationally, and of fu
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52 opportunity to remain in close
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54 interchange that occurred.” 1
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56 younger woman and help her to s
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58 and nurture needs to be respons
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60 experiences and offer encourage
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62 struggle with many issues and n
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64 challenges and opportunities pr
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66 directors, faculty advisors, th
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68 emphasizes the importance of fe
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70 significant relationships is sh
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72 last and can lead to greater pr
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74 process….Millennial collegian
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76 seminaries address these issues
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78 shows that no person’s gender
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80 extracurricular activities and
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82 This literature review examined
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CHAPTER 3 PROCEDURE AND RESEARCH ME
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86 December 2007. These women repr
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90 to be rated according to a scal
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92 One week before the date reques
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CHAPTER 4 RESEARCH RESULTS The prim
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96 are 20 to 29 years of age (47.3
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98 survey revealed that 213 women
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100 Table 6. Dallas Campus Attenda
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102 Participation in Spiritual For
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104 Issues of Personal Struggle Th
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106 “never” or “rarely” re
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108 Table 16. Experience Panic Att
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110 Table 18. Struggle with an Unh
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112 Low Self-confidence The data r
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114 Only thirty-one married women
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116 Table 25. Struggle with Faithf
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118 Just four women (1%) state tha
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120 Doubts About Personal Faith an
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122 Table 33. Struggle with Compar
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124 Table 35. Difficulty Developin
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126 Table 37. Difficulty Developin
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128 Sexual Abuse Table 40 indicate
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130 Current Personal Needs While A
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132 Peer Spiritual Mentor Question
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134 Close Friendship(s) Question C
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136 Figure 1. Degree of Need Relat
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138 Desire for Marriage Of the 141
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140 Close friend (89%) A meaningfu
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142 Figure 2. Size of Non-academic
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144 Recommended Program or Speaker
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146 Figure 4. Struggle with Depres
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148 Figure 7. Struggle with Loneli
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150 Figure 9. Struggle with Low Se
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154 Figure 13. Struggle with Perso
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156 Figure 15. Struggle with Self-
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158 Figure 17. Struggle with Insec
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160 Table 58. DTS Degree and Disco
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Total 8 86 112 45 22 17 6 296 162
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164 Figure 22. Struggle with Compa
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170 Figure 28. Desire for a Female
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172 experience, Prayer groups, Res
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174 Related to demographics accord
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CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMEND
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178 those who are married (51%). T
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180 having a peer mentor (63%). On
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182 See page 143-144 for a complet
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184 Perfectionism The struggle wit
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186 and the married status (80%) i
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188 whom they could regularly talk
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190 6. Continue to require all inc
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196 Christmas holidays, I would gr
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198 B. PERSONAL ISSUES WITH WHICH
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200 27. It is difficult to develop
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202 c. a meaningful relationship w
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204 APPENDIX C SURVEY COVER LETTER
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206 APPENDIX E E-MAIL REMINDER LET
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208 B1. Struggle with Depression 0
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210 B14. Discontent in my marriage
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212 B28. Current satisfaction with
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214 C12. New student - needed some
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216 D2. Would like to have speaker
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218 Booher, Dianna. Well-Connected
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220 Goodman, Ellen and Patricia O
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222 Myers, David G. The American P
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