Barriers to Clergy Leadership in Church-Public School Partnerships

This dissertation in practice as submitted to Creighton University explores the barriers pastors face in developing partnerships with local public schools. The researcher identifies barriers, determines their relative weight, and identifies the procedures pastors have followed to successfully launch and maintain church-public school partnerships. The findings are used to develop a scope and sequence for clergy continuing education on the topic of leading a congregation into a partnering relationship with a public school.