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Salon B – David Odom – New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary/Sara
Robinson: PhD Student, Somerset, KY
The Youth Ministry Arenas Survey: Leader Perceptions of Effectiveness in Three Arenas of Youth
Ministry
The Youth Ministry Institute of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary launched the Youth Ministry Arenas
(YMA) project with a primary goal of researching leader perceptions of effectiveness in three arenas of youth
ministry: teenagers in the youth group, teenagers in families, and teenagers in the congregation. The study
consisted of quantitative research via online surveys of 314 youth ministry leaders and follow-up interviews with
respondents who scored high in each arena. Researchers refined the YMA instrument for use as an online
assessment tool. This session focuses on an overview of the research study and insights gained for ministry
application.

Salon C – Kevin Lawson – Talbot School of Theology; Former Editor of the
Christian Education Journal
Writing and Reviewing for Academic Journals: Investing and Growing as a Scholar
Academic journals are critical to the development of any field of study and teaching. This is how we learn from
current research, evaluate new ideas, and consider changes in our field. Learn about the task of writing for
academic journal publication and the work of serving as a peer-reviewer of research article submissions to a
journal. Both aspects are critical to the quality of what a journal publishes. A veteran journal editor discusses key
elements that can help get your research article published and how serving as a peer-reviewer can sharpen your
own work and contribute to your field.

Salon D – Megan Brown – Cedarville University
Gracious Speech: Guiding Students to Analyze Complicated Language from a Biblical Worldview
Higher education classrooms can be important places for students to analyze the conversations in their future
careers to consider the effect of the language and the biblical choices they would make in that setting. This
presentation will provide a tool for use within any higher education classroom to help students to unpack
complicated language moments though analysis of the context, language, and biblical worldview response in a
verbal interaction. Participants will learn the importance of language analysis in any profession, practice using the
tool, and engage in small group discussion of classroom implications.
Salon G – Seth Nelson – Erskine Theological Seminary
Hosting a Theologically-Transformative Feast: Theological Educators as Facilitators of Whole-Person,
Redemptive Transformation
This qualitative study explores how seminary professors perceive their role as facilitators of whole-person,
redemptive transformation. Unlike most studies relying upon Mezirow’s theory, this study offers a redemptive
transformational learning approach based on a biblical theology of transformation and Loder’s meta-theology of
redemptive transformation. The researcher conducted interviews with twenty-four professors to explore their
convictions about holistic student formation, their relational engagement with students, and their educative
practices. The researcher proposes a new conceptual framework and suggests practice implications for theological
educators including reliance upon the Holy Spirit, cultivating transforming moments, and the integration of
experiential and spiritual learning through dialogue.

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