Personal resiliency: A training module for fostering personal wholeness for newly-credentialed ministers of the Northern Pacific Latin American District

The Church of Jesus Christ in the twenty-first century consists of local assemblies of believers led by biblical, denominational overseers; many begin pastoral ministry with human brokenness and dark side issues. The process to credential these pastors involves the completion of educational requirements, applications, and personal interviews. Most, including Assemblies of God ministers, do not go through training to learn how to foster personal wholeness.;Research in this project led to the establishment of a one-year personal resiliency-training module to foster personal wholeness for all newly-credentialed ministers of the Northern Pacific Latin American District of the Assemblies of God. Training sought to help leaders identify their dark side issues and the personal character maladies they bring with them. Pastors discovered their personality types, weaknesses, and strengths and developed strategies to cope with and overcome their dark side issues. Training equipped the ministers with resources to help them continue to foster personal wholeness and match them with accountability teams. Training was offered once a month for three consecutive months on Saturdays.;Evaluations of workshop participants corroborated the need for a personal resiliency-training module. Entry and exit evaluations quantified the effectiveness of this training for newly-credentialed ministers to help them foster personal wholeness at the beginning of their ministries.