On 2018 FEB 25, Ron Sturgis, Captain (Retired), Chaplain, USN, Ph.D., discussed the Myers Briggs Type Indicator and how Personality Types influence personal growth and spirituality. In addition, he discussed the relationship between personality type and religious preference and how different personalities approach spiritual practice.

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Church Growth in the 21st Century

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Ron Sturgis, Ph.D

7 Statistics that Predict Church Growth

Most American churches have 80 or fewer worshippers each week and fewer than 45 percent of churches have grown more than 2 percent in the last five years, … read more.

PASTORAL CARE

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Ron Sturgis, Ph.D

What is pastoral care? Pastoral care is a term that can broadly apply to a ministry of compassion, encouragement, and transformation to a person or persons in need of support from a spiritual care-giver. While the breadth of pastoral … read more.