This study explores the calling of Canadian Baptist youth to vocational Christian ministry through the lens of psychological type theory.
The first four chapters set the study in context. Chapter one reviews the historical context of the Canadian Baptist youth mission.tour movement. Chapter two examines trends in North American graduate theological education. Chapter three defines a Canadian Baptist cleric through an overview of Canadian Baptist clergy credentialing and ministerial standards. Chapter four reviews psychological type 'theory.
The following four chapters present data describing potential and actual Canadian Baptist clergy. Chapter five explores the typological identity of Canadian Baptist clergy in the context of other clergy samples. Chapter six probes the demographic identity of the youth who participated in the 2002 youth mission tour known as Tidal Impact. Chapter seven considers the typological identity of the Tidal Impact youth and explores similarities and
differences between the youth and the Canadian Baptist clergy. Chapter eight examines the youth's perception of vocational ministry as determined by the Payne Index of Ministry Styles 2.
Chapter nine presents recommendations for the Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches and Acadia Divinity College concerning the recruitment of Canadian Baptist youth for vocational ministry in light of the previous discussion.
Chapter ten, the conclusion, offers a summary of the argument of this study and
recommendations for further research.