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Mission Fields Across The Street: Sending And Supporting Simple Church Planters As Local Missionaries, Rick Shrout

Doctor of Ministry

Churches in North America are ineffective in reaching their surrounding neighborhoods when those neighborhoods are populated predominately by people who embrace a postmodem lifestyle and worldview. One of the reasons for this ineffectiveness stems from an ecclesiology that leans heavily upon institutional structures and methods that fly in the face of postmodem sensibilities. This problem is addressed by proposing partnerships of established churches and denominational agencies with simple church planters as a way for traditional churches to play an active role in supporting a missional presence in an emerging culture through planting simple churches.

Section 2 introduces the problems and …

Pastoral Premarital Counseling For Bi-Cultural Traditional Chinese And Chinese American Couples, Joseph Yeung

Doctor of Ministry

This ministry focus paper provides a premarital counseling manual based on partnership in marriage for pastors who counsel bicultural couples. Bicultural is defined as couples that include a traditional Chinese Christian and Chinese American Christian. The paper's thesis is that a pastoral premarital counseling manual can be developed for couples that include a traditional Chinese Christian and a Chinese American Christian in a bi-cultural relationship. Traditional Chinese Christians are influenced deeply by traditional Chinese culture, and their behavior and cultural patterns are relatively unaffected by American culture. Chinese American Christians are raised in America and embrace American culture, behavior, and …

Mercy, Mercy, Mercy: An Ethic Of Reconciliation, David Hutchinson

Doctor of Ministry

The author of this dissertation contends that reconciliation is the goal of divine and human action. The problem addressed is that human attempts at reconciliation are incomplete. Reconciliation can be defined with careful attention to the use of the words "mercy," "justice," and "truth." The disse1iation's thesis is that the South African expe1ience of mercy provides a reconciliation model for relationship, conversation, and ministry in Portland, Oregon. Chapter 1 introduces the challenge of addressing the problem through an account of a Restorative Listening Project on Gentrification meeting. The challenge is to move from words to action. Chapter 1 then describes …

In Search Of New Believers: How The Guatemalan Religious Panorama Has Changed In Recent Decades, Hugo Leonel Ruano

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.

Are You Called To Be An Alligator Tamer?, Syd Hielema

Pro Rege

Dr. Sydney Hielema presented this paper on September 7, 2009, as part of the Dordt College First Monday Series.

Christian People Across The Centuries (Book Reviews), Keith C. Sewell

Pro Rege

Reviewed Titles: Christian People Across the Centuries. Richard A. Horsley (editor), Christian Origins; Virginia Burrus (editor), Late Ancient Christianity; and Derek Krueger (editor), Byzantine Christianity, Volumes 1, 2 and 3 of A People’s History of Christianity, Denis R. Janz (General Editor). Minneapolis MN: Fortress Press, 2005, 2005 and 2006, respectively. ISBN: 0-8006-3411-X, -3412-8, and -3413-6.

Swinging Bridge - February 25, 2010, Michelle Canales

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

The Faithful Flyer, 02-17-2010 To 02-21-2010, University Of Dayton. Campus Ministry

Chapel Bulletins

No abstract provided.

The Faithful Flyer, 02-14-2010, University Of Dayton. Campus Ministry

Chapel Bulletins

No abstract provided.

Blessings That Cure Human Woes, Lawrence E. Frizzell D.Phil.

Reverend Lawrence E. Frizzell, S.T.L., S.S.L., D.Phil.

Cycle C liturgical readings for the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 14, 2010: Jer 17:5-8, Ps 1, 1 Cor 15, a2, 16-20, Lk 6:17, 20-26.
This article was previously published in The Catholic Advocate.

Blessings That Cure Human Woes, Lawrence Frizzell

Department of Religion Publications

Cycle C liturgical readings for the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 14, 2010: Jer 17:5-8, Ps 1, 1 Cor 15, a2, 16-20, Lk 6:17, 20-26. This article was previously published in The Catholic Advocate.

Swinging Bridge - February 11, 2010, Michelle Canales

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Business As A Calling Of God (Seattle), C. William Pollard

C. William Pollard Papers

In his keynote address at Seattle Pacific University's 2010 Day of Common Learning, Pollard considers the issues surrounding the 2008-2009 financial crisis and calls for a transformation of business leaders and business education.

The Faithful Flyer, 02-07-2010, University Of Dayton. Campus Ministry

Chapel Bulletins

No abstract provided.

2010: Living In Captivity: God's People In A Time Of Crisis, Daniel Petty, Paul A. Ayers, Charles (Colly) Grover Caldwell Iii, Melvin D. Curry, Albert R. Dickson, Monte Harrell Hampton, Robert (Bob) David Hutto, Frank Jamerson, Kevin Scott Kay, Jason Scott Longstreth, Ramón (Ray) Anthony Madrigal, Leon Mauldin, Tommy Peeler, Mark David Roberts, Allan Turner, Charles Keith Ward

Florida College Annual Lecture Books

Table of Contents:

The Sovereign Lord of History, Curry

Our God is a Consuming Fire, Peeler

The God of Hope: Can These Bones Live?, Madrigal

The Incurable Wound, Caldwell

Trusting in Gods That Cannot Save, Mauldin

Who is to Blame for This Mess?, Hampton

The Wages of Sin: Your House is Left Desolate, Kay

Wrong Responses to Captivity, Roberts

Purity in an Unclean World, Dickson

Submit to the King of Babylon, Turner

Seek the Welfare of the City, Ward

Will Good Come Out of This Evil?, Longstreth

How Will We Live in a Foreign Land?, Ayers

Where Will We Worship?, …

The Romanian Orthodox Church: Post Communist Transformation, Theodor Damian

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

Codevilla's "Lo Zar E Il Patriarca: I Rapporti Tra Trono E Altare In Russia Dalle Origini Ai Giorni Nostri. [The Tsar And The Patriarch: The Relations Between Throne And Altar In Russia From The Origins To The Present Day]" - Book Review, Francesco La Rocca

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

Characteristics Of Development Of Inter-Confessional Relations In Ukraine, Maksym Vasin

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

To research the dynamics of inter-confessional relations in Ukraine observers increasingly scrutinize the situation with the help of certain classifications. Since this sphere is too delicate and sensitive it does not allow for equivalent deductions, but only to trace tendencies. In this material we glance at the development of the inter-confessional dialogue in the format of consultative advisory organs at the Ukrainian level, collaboration with the churches and religious organizations in the limits of civil councils and commissions at the central organs of executive government, and separate significant events at the central and regional levels.

An Analysis Of The Publishing Activity Of Keston Institute In The Context Of Its Last Three Years Of Operation In Oxford (2003-2006), Davorin Peterlin

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

By way of introduction, the study will give an outline of the history of Keston Institute (KI). It will then identify the period of three years (2003-2006) as the period during which KI attempted to integrate in the academic life of the Oxford University under the new director. The period ended with the effective closing down of the institution in its historical shape and with regard to many of its previous activities. On the surface this decision had to do with increasing financial difficulties, but it is the author's contention that on another level it was an outcome of a …

The John, Jesus, And History Project—New Glimpses Of Jesus And A Bi-Optic Hypothesis, Paul N. Anderson

Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology

No abstract provided.