Assessment Information:

Since there is no single profile of a faithful servant of the Lord Jesus Christ, and since leaders emerge from all walks of life, there is no one collection of attributes that reveal future successful political leaders. However, each candidate for Leadership Fellow at the Kennedy Center for Christian Leadership undergoes an assessment prior to being invited to participate. This assessment is not designed to identify the “best” candidates, nor is it designed to disqualify anyone, but rather to reveal strengths, weaknesses, and opportunity areas for improvement. The assessment comprises: 1) your personal faith commitment; 2) your level of theological understanding; 3) your communication skills (written and oral); 4) your personality type; 5) your sense of calling to leadership service in the public policy arena; and 6) the breadth of your understanding of a Biblical worldview.

Among the questions this assessment seeks to answer are: 1) Do you have an externally-affirmed sense of calling to public service leadership? 2) Is your Biblical theology well-grounded and are you able to apply it to the great moral, ethical, and cultural questions of our day? 3) Can you articulate a well-reasoned political philosophy of government? 4) Do you have a consistent Biblical worldview that systematically encompasses these ideas?

Your responses below are the first step in the assessment. The second step is a personal interview. Please respond to each question in 250 words or less.