2005
John Michael De Beer
A Vocation Worthy of Our Calling: Gifts Discernment and Congregational Development
This thesis describes a gifts discernment program at St. Martin’s-in-the-Field Episcopal Church in Severna Park, Maryland. It examines the effects of the program on the individuals who participated and on the congregation as a whole. The strengths and weaknesses revealed by the study are interpreted through the lenses of missional theology and vocational development. The final chapter recommends locating gifts discernment within an overall program of adult faith formation and describes a pilot version of one such program, KLESIS: Called to full humanity.