Psychological type and psychological temperament of non-stipendiary Anglican clergy: appropriate to meet the needs of the twenty-first century?

Psychological Type Profile of Methodist Ministers in Britain: Contributing to the Atlas of Clergy Type Tables

“…Following in the footsteps of Macdaid, McCaulley, and Kainz (1986), a growing body of research has begun to create an atlas of type tables mapping the psychological type profile of clergy (and lay church leaders) serving churches within the UK. Currently these studies comprise: Apostolic network leaders, with 164 male participants (Kay, Francis, & Robbins, 2011); Baptist ministers, with 232 male and 51 female participants (Garland & Village, 2021); Church in Wales clergy, with 427 clergymen (Francis, Payne, & Jones, 2001); with 213 clergymen (Francis, Littler, & Robbins, 2010); and with 268 clergymen (Payne & Lewis, 2015); Church of England clergy, with 626 clergymen and 237 clergywomen (Francis, Craig, Whinney, Tilley, & Slater, 2007); with 622 clergymen (Francis, Robbins, Duncan, & Whinney, 2010), with 83 clergywomen , with 97 training incumbents and 98 curates (Tilley, Francis, Robbins, & Jones, 2011), with 529 clergymen and 518 clergywomen (Village, 2011), with 90 curates under the age of forty (Francis & Smith, 2018), with 1,164 clergymen and 307 clergywomen (Francis, Village, & Voas, 2021), and with 77 stipendiary and 53 non-stipendiary clergy (Rutledge, 2021); Church of England Local Ordained Ministers, with 39 participants (Francis & Holmes, 2011), with 144 clergywomen (Francis, Robbins, & Jones, 2012), and with 56 clergymen and 79 clergywomen (Francis & Village, 2012); Church of England full-time hospital chaplains, with 101 participants (Francis, Hancocks, Smith, & Robbins, 2009); Church of England bishops, with 168 bishops, serving or retired (Francis, Whinney, & Robbins, 2013); Church of England archdeacons, with 186 archdeacons serving or retired (Francis & Whinney, 2019); Church of England readers, with 108 male and 128 female participants (Francis, Jones, & Robbins, 2014), and with 59 male and 96 female participants (Francis, Jones, & Village, 2021); Free Church Ministers, with 148 male and 41 female participants (Francis, Whinney, Burton, & Robbins, 2011); Methodist ministers, with 693 male and 311 female participants (Burton, Francis, & Robbins, 2010); Methodist local pre...…”