Executive Summary

“Public Theology in the Service of the Church”

A Christian think-tank to shepherd shepherds who shepherd the flock.

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THE VISION AND MISSION STATEMENT

Introduction

The D James Kennedy Institute of Reformed Leadership is the major program initiative of Faith for Living, Inc. The D James Kennedy Institute of Reformed Leadership (“the Kennedy Institute”) is a ministry whose mission is to shepherd the shepherds who shepherd the flock.

The Kennedy Institute is a proprietary program of Faith for Living, Inc. The D. James Kennedy Institute of Reformed Leadership are proprietary programs granted by the Kennedy Family (October 2013) and owned by Faith for Living, Inc., a North Carolina 501(c)(3) nonprofit faith-based corporation, Dr. Michael A. Milton, President-CEO and Senior Fellow. The transfer of ministry and use of Dr. Kennedy’s name was granted through the Kennedy Family and Coral Ridge Ministries, Inc.

The Kennedy Institute is housed on the campus of Erskine College and Seminary in Due West, South Carolina. The corporate offices are located at 1167 Carolina Drive, Tryon, NC.

The ministry willingly operates under the auspices of the Presbyterian Church in America, Tennessee Valley Presbytery. The ministry has been adopted by the General Synod as a means of pastoral training by the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. The ministry has an ongoing partnership with Erskine Theological Seminary, South Carolina.

Preface to the Vision and Mission Statement

The Vision and Mission Statement for the Kennedy Institute originates in God’s burden for His Church and extends to the New Heaven and the New Earth. Our purpose within that larger divine enterprise is twofold: to support the Church with research, writing, and resources to live faithful lives in a secular age; and to support pastoral education (information) and training (formation) to help promote Scripturally faithful, spiritually healthy, and sustainable pastoral and parish (i.e., local church and denominational) ministries.

The Burden

Halt the cycle of pastoral pathologies and congregational disruption due to a lack of practical training.

The ministry’s mission is grounded in a burden to help reduce Pastor burnout which leads to family crises and congregational chaos. Mistakes made early in the ministry because of the lack of vocational training, despite educational credentials, can leave scars that extend through generations. The blight of pastoral burnout must be met head-on with a program of ministry that is focused on the Fulfillment of the Great Commission of Jesus Christ and the Education and Training for pastoral ministry across the stages of life and career.

Our Values

The catholic and Reformed creeds that express the teaching of Holy Scripture are the authoritative guides to assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of the Burden.

The following values guide the Kennedy Institute:

1. The inerrancy and infallibility of the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments;

2. The catholic creed of Christendom, viz., the Apostles Creed, the Nicene Creed, and the Athanasian Creed);

3. The faithful summary of doctrine taught in Scripture as contained in the Westminster Confession of Faith, and its Larger and Shorter Catechisms;

4. Education (information) must be wed to training (formation) to prepare one to serve the Church of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in Word and Sacrament;

5. Education and Training must employ multimodal means for both teaching and learning, and apprenticeship (internship, residency, fellowship, and lifelong learning)systems delivering needed courses of study and training to address clergy challenges through the pastoral lifecycle).

The Vision

Sustainable Spiritual Health for Ministers and Congregations

The vision of the Kennedy Institute is to reimagine pastoral education and training so that ministers, their families, and the congregations (and institutions) they serve are strengthened for sustainable spiritual health for generations of faithful gospel Ministry.

The Mission

Shepherding shepherds who shepherd the flock.

The mission of the Kennedy Institute is to shepherd shepherds who will shepherd the flock of Christ through research, writing, and resources.

PHILOSPHY OF MINISTRY

A Christian think-tank seeking to conduct public theology in the service of the Church ministry through research, writing, and resources.

The Philosophy of Ministry of the Kennedy Institute is summarized in this statement: Public theology in the Church’s service.

WRITING

Trusted academic and popular articles, monographs, and books in public theology, pastoral theology, discipleship, education and training.

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RESEARCH

Scholarly investigations to yield solutions for pastors and congregations, with thoughtful and educated answers solutions.

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RESOURCES

Shepherding the shepherds that shepherd the flock with ministry solutions for sustainable spiritual health in pastors and congregations.

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CURRENT PROJECTS

The following projects represent current work in the three areas of focus for the Kennedy Institute. Their status—research, planning, construction, completed, or ongoing—are indicated in brackets.

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Research

Pastoral Education and Training project
Peer Review
Grant writing
Leviticus as pastoral education and training
Faith for Living Biblical Guide to the Stages of Life
Multimodal course development on pastoral theology

Writing

Front Page Theology: Public Theology in the Secular Age—The D. James Kennedy Institute of Reformed Leadership Monograph Series (professional) [construction stage]
The Journal of Evangelical and Reformed Theology: An Academic Journal Published by the D. James Kennedy Institute of Reformed Leadership (scholarly) [planning]
Salem Communications (popular articles)
Moral Leadership (a hardcover, softcover book, ebook, and Audible)
Course design for Moral Leadership
Audible recordings of Institute books
Multimodal systems design for graduate-level education

Resources

“Reimagining Pastoral Education and Training,” A Lily Foundation and Bell Foundation-supported project [ongoing]

Graduate-level course development:

Ministry in Context [completed]

The mission of the Church in the Secular Age [completed]

Moral Leadership [See research area of focus]

Introduction to Public Administration [completed]

Introduction to Missions in the Local Church [completed]

Introduction to Chaplain Ministries [completed]

The Christian Shepherd [completed]

Introduction to Economics [completed]

Introduction to the Mission of the Church [completed]

Introduction to Leadership [completed]

Kennedy Institute books by Dr. Michael A. Milton

Kennedy Institute books by Dr. D. James Kennedy

Ministry Minutes podcasts [ongoing]

Faith for Living podcasts [ongoing]

LEADERSHIP & STAFF

“Excellence in all things and all things for Christ!”

Board of Trustees

Michael A. Milton, Ph.D. | Chairman and CEO
Mrs. Mae Milton, Board Member ex officio
Mrs. Christine Hartung | Recording Secretary
Dr. George Grant | Board Member | Clerk of the Board | Senior Pastor of Parish Presbyterian Church, Franklin, TN
Dr. James Carter | Board Member | Executive Director of the Presbyterian and Reformed Commission on Chaplains, Charleston, SC
Dr. R.J. Gore | Board Member | Dean of the Seminary Emeritus, Professor of Systematic Theology, Erskine Theological Seminary, Due West, SC
Mr. Kent Warner | Board Member | Director of Information Technology, Black and Veatch Engineers, Greenwood, MO
Mr. Jeff Johnson | Board Member | Owner-Agent, State Farm Insurance, Chattanooga, TN

Staff

Michael A. Milton, Ph.D., President, and Chief Executive Officer, Senior Fellow
Mrs. Christine Hartung, Executive Assistant to the President

MEDIA INFORMATION

Press I formation about the Institute and the President

About: https://kennedyinstitute.net/ExecSum
DJK Institute graphics: Dropbox Transfer link to files: https://www.dropbox.com/t/iw2THu7bauKX7RzR
M. Milton press kit with bios, high-resolution photographs: https://michaelmilton.org/about/press-kit/

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A Christian think-tank to shepherd shepherds who shepherd the flock.

THE VISION AND MISSION STATEMENT

PHILOSPHY OF MINISTRY

WRITING

RESEARCH

RESOURCES

CURRENT PROJECTS

Research

Writing

Resources

LEADERSHIP & STAFF

MEDIA INFORMATION

GRAPHICS

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