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Barriers exist at a variety of levels that either impede or prohibit persons with disabilities from full participation within the worship, education, and mission of congregations. Placing the emerging body of literature on inclusion in congregations in conversation with a case study of one particular congregation, the author examines the sources and strategies of one church's efforts at becoming more inclusive. The role of the Director of Christian Education, Martha Bess DeWitt, is presented, with the focus on her participation, leadership, and reflection on hospitality as central to the church's move toward intentional inclusion of people with disabilities.

The article provides information on a study that investigated a specific case of the interaction between leaders' and followers' personalities in the determination of behavior in groups. It describes the results of a study of the behavior of authoritarian and equalitarian personalities in small groups. The California F scale was used to measure authoritarian personality. It reveals the results of the study. It discusses the implications of these results for an interaction theory of leadership, and for the prediction of behavior from personality measures of individuals.