Recent Research by Christopher M. The
Enrollment and Demographics
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The ministry label: who claims it, who doesn't?, Colloquy, August 2026
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Beyond congregations: new study reveals the
value of theological education for diverse contexts, Colloquy, May 2026
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New students favoring full-time, on-campus engagement: what we’re learning from the fall
2025 ESQ, Colloquy, December 2025
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Average age of students rising: emerging opportunities for theological schools, Colloquy,
November 2024
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Graduating Student Questionnaire reveals more about ATS graduates in third year of COVID-19,
Colloquy, Summer 2022
Student Life
Formation and Well-Being
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Assessing student formation: a new platform for gathering
and sharing resources, with David C. Wang, Kevin O'Coin, and Sarah Turnblom, Colloquy, May 2026
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Student Spiritual Formation Assessment in Theological Education: An Overview of Approaches, with Steven J. Sandage,
Sarah A. Crabtree, Peter J. Jankowski, Starla Gooch, Laura B. Stein, David C. Wang, and Jo Ann Deasy, Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care, 19 no. 1
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Assessing student formation: a new overview of approaches and challenges,
Colloquy, February 2026
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Examining the Health-Related Needs among a Multi-National Sample of Theological School Students, with Nathan West and
Benjamin L. Webb, Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 59 (suppl), S1–S724, 2025
ATS Student Data Services
Theological Education
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Review of Qualitative Research in Theological Education: Pedagogy in Practice, edited by Mary Clark
Moschella and Susan Willhauck, in Religious Education 114, no. 4 (2019): 546–47
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Forum: Transformational Learning in Theological Schools, with Allan Harkness and John Falcone, in “Adult
Theological Education,” special issue, Practical Theology 11, no. 4 (2018): 315–19
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First Impressions of a Lasting Legacy: The Aleshire Effect in Abbreviated
Retrospective, Theological Education 52, no. 1 (2018): 27–32
