Selma Wilson
• Vice President of Organizational Development at Lifeway Christian Resources; 2015-Present
• Over 40 published articles
• Previously the Vice President of B&H Publishing Group; 1989-2015
• Selma led the launch of women’s ministry resourcing for Lifeway in 1993 and was the editor-in-chief of the first women’s product, Journey, a devotional magazine for women.
Dr. Terri Stovall
• Dean of Women’s Programs SWBTS
• Associate professor of Women’s Ministry in the Jack D. Terry School of Church and Family Ministry SWTBS
• Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Marketing from Texas A&M
• Master of Arts in Religious Education SWBTS
• Master of Divinity SWBTS
• PhD in Administration SWBTS
• Co-authored Women Leading Women
• Contributing author in Teaching Ministry of The Church and The Christian Homemaker’s Handbook.
Chris Adams
• Senior Lead Women's Ministry Specialist at LifeWay Christian Resources (Retired in 2017)
• Prior to 1994: Special Ministries Coordinator at Green Acres Baptist Church in Tyler, Texas, coordinating women's ministry and missions education.
• Guest teacher at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary's Women's Certificate Program
• Bachelor's degree in Christian Ministry from the New Orleans seminary's Leavell College.
• Contributor and guest editor of Journey,
• Compiling Editor (3 Books): Women Reaching Women: Beginning and Building a Growing Women's Ministry, Transformed Lives: Taking Women's Ministry to the Next Level, and Women Reaching Women in Crisis.
Dr. Denise O'Donoghue
• Bachelor of Arts, North Carolina Wesleyan College (1987)
• Master of Arts, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (2008)
• Doctor of Education, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (2013)
Pam Gibbs Speaker
• Senior Writer for Ramsey Solutions, May 2015-Present
• Worked at Lifeway Christian Resources; Editor in Chief 1999-2012, Girls’
Ministry Specialist 2009-2013
• Published Books: Esther: The Role of a Lifetime, James: Faith Under Pressure, Designed by God: Answers to Students Questions about Homosexuality
• Master of Divinity at SWBTS
• Numerous published articles
APPENDIX 5
EXPERT PANEL INSTRUCTIONS Greetings Expert Panel,
It is time for your expertise. Attached you will find a survey. Please view the information below and then reply to this email with appropriate critiques.
The aim of the research is to answer the following questions
1. Do Christian women involved in women’s ministry in the local church self- report practicing behaviors of biblical community in their personal interactions on Facebook?
2. What are the perceived best practices for connecting women in the church through Facebook according to current experience of women?
3. What are the habits of women as they operate on Facebook?
a. What is the average age range of women in churches that are regularly using Facebook?
b. How often do women report accessing Facebook within a given period of time?
c. What are the top five best practices, as perceived by women, for using Facebook in ministry?
d. What future training needs exist for women to practice biblical community behaviors when interacting on Facebook?
You will find two parts to the survey: Part 1: Quantitative Questionnaire is a series of multiple choice questions aimed at assessing the self-perceived biblical community behaviors of women when engaging with Facebook (looking at this from both positive and negative perspectives). Part 2: Qualitative Questionnaire is a set of 5 open-ended questions to determine the perceived best practices for connecting women in the church using Facebook.
Your role, as an expert, is to help assess if the wording of the questions in each section are useful for accomplishing the above. If you feel the a question needs revision or want to offer a wording suggestion please share them with me so this survey can be done with useful precision.
Once I have all the suggestions returned I will make edits and resend a finalized survey for you to review for agreement.
I ask that all the responses be returned to me by September 21, 2017. Thank you for your participation.
Blessings, Micah Nave
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EXPERT PANEL UPDATE Expert Panel,
Thank you for your time and participation in this process. A couple of items were identified as needing to be addressed:
1. It was felt that the quantitative questions needed to be more directed in nature.
The quantitative questions need to specify if they were in regards to public Facebook posting or posting within a private group on Facebook. This has been updated to reflect the focus on posting in a private Facebook group setting.
2. Secondly, concerns about the personal and negative nature of the wording of certain questions within the quantitative section. Due to the fact that the quantitative instrument was already created, tested, and now was simply being modified I could not alter the questions to all be positive. The instrument
depends on asking these questions multiple times from a positive and a negative perspective therefore it would not be true to the instrument if changed. In order to address this concern I first place the qualitative section at the beginning of the survey to help acclimate respondents so they will be open and honest.
Secondly, I reordered the quantitative questions to start with more general and positive questions with a progression towards more personal and negative questions.
3. A definition of "sin" is now included in the first question which references the word (question 7). The definition is straight from scripture to help bring clarity.
4. I added some clarity to the work "training" in the qualitative section.
Additionally, I broke that question into two separate questions to assist in the categorization during my compilation and analysis process.
5. The grammatical edits were made (thank you for seeing what my eyes missed in looking at this information for far too long).
With these changes the study is ready to move into the pilot phase unless you have any major concerns that have not been addressed. Thank you again for your help and support!
You have each brought so much knowledge and wisdom to this study as well as to me personally.
Blessings, Micah Nave
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