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Maximizing The Missional Value Of Short-Term Mission, Gorden R. Doss

Gorden Doss

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Living Out The Principles Of The Ten Commandments, Trevor O'Reggio

Trevor O'Reggio

No abstract provided.

Book Review Of Seventh-Day Adventists And The Civil Rights Movement, By Samuel G. London, Jr., Trevor O'Reggio

Trevor O'Reggio

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The Transformational Effects Of Forgiveness In The Lives Of Members Of The Kingsboro Temple Congregation, Joseph E. Ainsworth

Professional Dissertations DMin

Problem

Forgiveness is a crucial need within the congregation, and the lack of a greater practice of forgiveness is severely impacting the emotional, relational, and spiritual wellbeing of members. This present study investigated causes of hurt within the congregation, and designed a process to assist members in achieving forgiveness to empower them to live a forgiven life.

Method

The Pearson Correlations of Values measured 17 variables of spirituality and forgiveness against variables of avoidance, revenge, distancing, and feeling close. The ] 7 variables were reviewed and validated by Dr. Joan Atwood as a check and balance to personal biases. Forty-eight …

Development Of An Action Plan To Transform The Erwin Hills Seventh-Day Adventist Church Into A Family-Friendly Church For The Purpose Of Winning Families With Youth And Children, Eli Rojas

Professional Dissertations DMin

Problem

Through a period of a few years the Erwin Hills Seventh-day Adventist Church went from a thriving congregation with members of all ages to a small group of faithful members who desired to see the return of the days when their church was thriving. As the new pastor took office a desire to change came upon the leadership, one that led them to think of ways to attract and retain families to their ranks. There was a lack in ministry that was inclusive of all the members of a household and thus unattractive to new members with young adults …

Transforming West Zambia Field Of Seventh-Day Adventists To Conference Status: A Case Study, Passmore Hachalinga

Professional Dissertations DMin

Problem

The Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Southern Africa-lndian Ocean Division (SID) experiences annua] baptized membership growth of 5-7 percent. This membership growth rate however has not resulted in church organizational self- support. Efforts implemented by the SID administration to bring local fields to the required level of self-support, or conference status, in a timely manner failed to yield expected results during the 2005-2010 periods. This study project seeks to address this challenge by conducting a case study of West Zambia Field of Seventh-day Adventists.

Method

An assessment was conducted in the West Zambia Field of Sev enth-day Adventists using …

Development And Empowerment Of Women For Ministry In The Seventh-Day Adventist Church In Francistown, Botswana, Leabaneng Providence Simankane

Professional Dissertations DMin

Problem. The proclamation of the Gospel message in the community of Francistown, located on the northeastern part of Botswana, requires church members (both men and women) who are dedicated and trained for evangelism. However, women are not given opportunity to participate fully in the Gospel ministry. The leadership of the church continues to rest upon men leaving out the God-given potentials of women.

Method. This study used the qualitative descriptive research method and intended to find out the extent to which members are favorable to the development and empowerment of women for ministry in Francistown churches in Botswana. The questionnaire …

Implementation And Evaluation Of The Jesus Loves Jeans Initiative To Evangelize And Retain Youth For The Houston International Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Kendall Turcios

Professional Dissertations DMin

The Topic

The Houston International Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church has had significant challenges baptizing and retaining its youth. In the last five years, only a few youth have been baptized and nearly 50% no longer attend church. A primary contributing factor seems to be the lack of training to develop genuine biblical discipleship in the youth and young adults. Eims (1978) describes the process of discipleship as ―[taking a] person from the time of his conversion and helping him become a solid, dedicated, committed, fruitful, mature disciple who could in time repeat that process in the life of another‖ (p. …

C. S. Lewis And 'The Nygren Debate', Jason Lepojärvi

Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology

No abstract provided.

Journal Of Mormon History Vol. 36, No. 4, Fall 2010

Journal of Mormon History

ARTICLES

--Protecting the Family in the West: James Henry Martineau’s Response to Interfaith Marriage Dixie Dillon Lane, 1

--Hasty Baptisms in Japan: The Early 1980s in the LDS Church Jiro Numano, 18

--“Standing Where Your Heroes Stood”: Using Historical Tourism to Create American and Religious Identities Sarah Bill Schott, 41

--Community of Christ Principles of Church History: A Turning Point and a Good Example? Introduction Lavina Fielding Anderson, 67

--History in the Community of Christ: A Personal View Andrew Bolton, 71

--LDS History Principles: Public Theory, Private Practice Gary James Bergera, 80

--The Sangamo …

Journal Of Mormon History Vol. 36, No. 3, Summer 2010

Journal of Mormon History

LETTERS

--External Reviewers AWOL? Armand L. Mauss, vii

--Brandon Morgan Responds Brandon Morgan, viii

--Small Arms Fire William P. MacKinnon, ix

--Utah Coal J. Clifford Jones, xi

--Actions Paint a Portrait Will Bagley, xii

ARTICLES

--Materialism and Mormonism: The Early Twentieth-Century Philosophy of Dr. John A. Widtsoe Clyde D. Ford, 1

--Helvécio Martins: First Black General Authority Mark L. Grover, 27

--“A P.O. Box and a Desire to Witness for Jesus”: Identity and Mission in the Ex-Mormons for Jesus/Saints Alive in Jesus, 1975–90 Sara M. Patterson, 54

--Jefferson Hunt: California’s First Mormon …

Memory And Tradition In The Book Of Numbers (Book Review), Brian R. Doak

Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology

Review of Adriane Leveen, Memory and Tradition in the Book of Numbers. New York, Cambridge University Press, 2008, x D 245 pp, ISBN 978 0 521 87869 2

Ellens' "The Spirituality Of Sex" - Book Review, Mark S. Mcleod-Harrison

Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology

Review of Spirituality of Sex by J. Harold Ellens. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2009. In the series Psychology, Religion, and Spirituality. ISBN-13: ‎978-0313362613

Response And Responsibility - Chapter 1 Of "The Feeling Intellect: Reading The Bible With C.S. Lewis", Roger Newell

Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology

In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin's name was Mary. And he came to her and said, "Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you. But she was much perplexed by his words and pondered what sort of greeting this might be. The angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And now, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, …

Legalists, Visionaries, And New Names: Sectarianism And The Search For Apocalyptic Origins In Isaiah 56–66, Brian R. Doak

Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology

This essay re-examines the difficult questions concerning the origins of apocalyptic literature and the rise of Jewish sectarianism. Since the publication of O. Plöger’s Theokratie und Eschatologie and P. Hanson’s The Dawn of Apocalyptic, the search for proto-apocalyptic origins in early post-exilic period sectarian conflict has generated a fair amount of debate. The most cogent and sustained response to Hanson’s and Plöger’s theories, S. Cook’s Prophecy & Apocalypticism (1995), attempted to purge the influence of “deprivation theory” from the field of biblical studies, and, more broadly, social anthropology. The present essay makes a fresh study of some central lines of …

An Appreciative Response To Corey Beals And Jeff Dudiak, Richard J. Wood

Quaker Religious Thought

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Contributors -- Quaker Religious Thought, No. 114, Paul Anderson

Quaker Religious Thought

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Front Matter -- Quaker Religious Thought, No. 115, Paul Anderson

Quaker Religious Thought

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The Gospel According To Moses And Elijah, Roy E. Gane

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

Jesus’ gospel culminates the deliverance messages of Moses and Elijah and points to our role: If we love Christ a lot because he has forgiven us a lot (Luke 7:40-47), we will find no greater joy than reconciling precious people to one another and to him before the great day of his return.

Islamic Reformism On The Periphery Of The Muslim World: Rezaeddin Fakhreddin (1895-1936), Sofia Mazgarova

CGU Theses & Dissertations

During the apex of the eighteenth and beginning of the nineteenth centuries, the geopolitical paradigm was gradually transitioning from imperialism toward the nation-state order. Where the former framework witnessed a handful of European empires vie for global hegemony and influence, the latter facilitated indigenous sovereignty and self-determination. Religion, naturally, played a central role in opposition to colonialism and the galvanization of indigenous nationalism. Consequently, the shape of religion was also influenced, and ultimately redefined to fit the new world order.