Research Survey

Over the course of the first three years of our grant project, we have developed an ecumenically scoped, theoretically robust, and psychometrically sound seminarian formation assessment instrument that has been pilot tested on a sample of Evangelical, Mainline Protestant, and Roman Catholic seminary students.  Our assessment instrument, which measures over 50 distinct constructs relevant to human and spiritual formation, can be administered entirely online and can be completed in 50-60 minutes. 

Some of the constructs measured include:

  • Intellectual Humility

  • Compassion

  • Patience

  • Kindness

  • Self-Control

  • Honesty

  • Commitment to Justice (within both individual & social contexts)

  • Self-awareness, Self-knowledge

  • Knowledge of God

  • Relational Dispositions with God
    and Others

  • Spiritual Practices

  • Calling/Vocation

  • Community & Social Connectedness

**We’ll have some results available to be shared here later this year

Additionally, we have developed an app to help seminaries track and receive results on their student's surveys to help them improve their programs for future students.