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  A Program development for training chaplains of Korean Adventist Schools in integration of faith and learning to enhance their classroom ministry

  (Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, 2007-02) Shin Yang Hee

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  One of the most critical issues of the Korean Seventh-day Adventist Church is that the majority of the baptized at Adventist schools leave the church after graduation. There could be several reasons. Many studies verify that one of the major reasons is the lack of classroom ministry in the schools. The question is then raised: how can the Korean Seventh-day Adventist Church enhance classroom ministry in the schools? The purpose of this study is to design, conduct and evaluate a seminar program to equip Korean Adventist school chaplains to help teachers for the enhancement of their classroom ministry. A 3-day training program on integration of faith and learning (IFL) was designed; then this was implemented for the chaplains from July 5 to 1, 2005 at Madalpy Sahmyook Training Center. The evaluation of the program was done mainly with questionnaires, interviews, and by the researcher's own observations. Findings of this study show that IFL is a Bible-based concept of Christian education, and the training in IFL must be continued in an assertive and on-going manner. A cooperative effort by the Korean Union Conference (KUC), local conferences, and school leadership is needed for the enhancement of classroom ministry. Based on the findings, several practical suggestions have been proposed to KUC, local conferences, and school administrators for the effective enhancement of classroom ministry. The following are the core of those suggestions: 1. KUC needs to play a main role for the enhancement of teachers' classroom ministry through designing, conducting, and evaluating the IFL training programs. 2. The local conference needs to select qualified pastors as chaplains. The conference also needs to provide chaplains the opportunity to be trained in IFL. 3. School administrators need to encourage teachers to perform classroom ministry consistently and effectively.

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  Leadership style of information technology administrators in selected Adventist Educational Institutions in the Southern Asia-Pacific Region

  (Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, 2007-12) Schmidt, Adrian A.

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  This study was conducted with the purpose to investigate the rerationship between the leadership style of Information Technology (IT) administrators in selected Adventist colleges/universltles in the Philippines, and the perception of the consumers about IT services in the mentioned instltutions. The population included in the study was the 8 IT leaders in the eight Adventist colleges/universities in the Philippines, and the consumers in the institutions, consisting of the faculty, staff and students. The total number of questionnaires was 676, from whlch 641 (94.8%) were the usable. There were two sets of questionnaires, one for IT leaders which measured selected demographic variables of the leaders, the self-perceptlon of the leadership styre, and some variabres about the instltution. The second set of questionnaires was for the consumers of the IT (faculty, staff and students) and measured selected demographic variables of the consumers, and their attitude toward the IT services. The demographic profile showed that the respondents were mostly women (51.3%), in the population for faculty, staff and students. This was the reverse in the case of the IT leaders, where 75% were found to be males. Slgnificant differences were found in the perception of the IT services among the consumers, when consumers were grouped by age, number of years in the institution, and revel of completed education. Significant differences were found between the faculty, staff and students, with the students indicating worse perceptjion of the IT services. For measuring the leadership style of the leaders, a model developed by the US Army was used. It measured three components of the leadership style: authoritatlve, democratic, and laissez-faire. Significant relationship was observed between the leadership style and the perception of IT services by the consumers. Negative correlations were found between the attitude of consumers toward the IT department and the authoritative and democratic components of leadership, and a positive correlation was found between the laissez-faire style and attitude of the consumers toward the IT department.

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