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Korean Immigrants And Their Mission : Exploring The Missional Identity Of Korean Immigrant Churches In North America, Sinyil Kim Nov 2008

Korean Immigrants And Their Mission : Exploring The Missional Identity Of Korean Immigrant Churches In North America, Sinyil Kim

ATS Dissertations

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Radical Reformation Ecclesiology As Theological Politics : The Church In Anarchistic Dissent Against Imperial Theology, Scott Cooper Mcdaniel Oct 2008

Radical Reformation Ecclesiology As Theological Politics : The Church In Anarchistic Dissent Against Imperial Theology, Scott Cooper Mcdaniel

ATS Dissertations

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Contra Clayton: Toward An Augustinian Model Of Organism, Nathan Jacobs Oct 2008

Contra Clayton: Toward An Augustinian Model Of Organism, Nathan Jacobs

Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers

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Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski, Divine Motivation Theory, John Lippitt Oct 2008

Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski, Divine Motivation Theory, John Lippitt

Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers

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Daniel J. Hill, Divinity And Maximal Greatness, Brian Leftow Oct 2008

Daniel J. Hill, Divinity And Maximal Greatness, Brian Leftow

Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers

No abstract provided.


Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion, Robert Oakes Oct 2008

Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion, Robert Oakes

Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers

No abstract provided.


Ontological Determination And The Grounding Objection To Counterfactuals Of Freedom, Theodore Guleserian Oct 2008

Ontological Determination And The Grounding Objection To Counterfactuals Of Freedom, Theodore Guleserian

Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers

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Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity, And Minds--A Reply To John Beaudoin, Elliott Sober Oct 2008

Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity, And Minds--A Reply To John Beaudoin, Elliott Sober

Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers

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Daniel A. Dombrowski, Rethinking The Ontological Argument: A Neoclassical Theistic Response, Andrew Nam Oct 2008

Daniel A. Dombrowski, Rethinking The Ontological Argument: A Neoclassical Theistic Response, Andrew Nam

Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers

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Norman Kretzmann, The Metaphysics Of Creation: Aquinas's Natural Theology In Summa Contra Gentiles Ii, Andrew J. Dell'olio Oct 2008

Norman Kretzmann, The Metaphysics Of Creation: Aquinas's Natural Theology In Summa Contra Gentiles Ii, Andrew J. Dell'olio

Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers

No abstract provided.


Peter Van Inwagen On The Problem Of Evil, William L. Rowe Oct 2008

Peter Van Inwagen On The Problem Of Evil, William L. Rowe

Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers

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On Vague Eschatology, Michael J. Almeida Oct 2008

On Vague Eschatology, Michael J. Almeida

Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers

No abstract provided.


Locke On Competing Miracles, Travis Dumsday Oct 2008

Locke On Competing Miracles, Travis Dumsday

Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers

No abstract provided.


Sober On Intelligent Design Theory And The Intelligent Designer, John Beaudoin Oct 2008

Sober On Intelligent Design Theory And The Intelligent Designer, John Beaudoin

Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers

No abstract provided.


Factors Of Survivability Of Church Plants In The Tarrant, Collin, North Texas, And Denton Baptist Associations, Aaron James Meraz Sr. Jul 2008

Factors Of Survivability Of Church Plants In The Tarrant, Collin, North Texas, And Denton Baptist Associations, Aaron James Meraz Sr.

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

When I planted Bridgeway Baptist Church, McKinney, Texas, in October 2005, my association put me in contact with two recently deceased church plants to get some of their materials to use in our church. I talked with the two pastors and asked them why their churches died, hoping I could avoid their destiny. Though both churches made it past their fourth birthday, the pastors said that they needed more time to give to the church, a team member, and more financial support. I began looking into the survivability of church plants and, thanks to my church planting colloquium, was able …


Book Review: Strategies For Change, Jeff Mansell Jul 2008

Book Review: Strategies For Change, Jeff Mansell

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

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Book Review: Simple Church: Returning To God’S Process For Making Disciples, Bob Beaver Jul 2008

Book Review: Simple Church: Returning To God’S Process For Making Disciples, Bob Beaver

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

No abstract provided.


Book Review: Planting New Churches In A Postmodern Age, Daryl Thompson Jul 2008

Book Review: Planting New Churches In A Postmodern Age, Daryl Thompson

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

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Practical And Epistemic Justification In Alston's Perceiving God, John Turri Jul 2008

Practical And Epistemic Justification In Alston's Perceiving God, John Turri

Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers

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The State Of Church Planting In The United States: Research Overview And Qualitative Study Of Primary Church Planting Entities, Edward Stetzer, Warren Bird Jul 2008

The State Of Church Planting In The United States: Research Overview And Qualitative Study Of Primary Church Planting Entities, Edward Stetzer, Warren Bird

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

The launching of new Protestant churches in the United States, widely known as church planting, plays an increasing role in today's ecclesiastical landscape. This article summarizes salient findings from existing literature (multiple church planting studies, 54 doctoral dissertations, 41 journal articles, and over 100 church planting books and manuals), giving particular attention to a 2007 study by Leadership Network, which itself involved fresh research among more than 200 church-planting churches, over 100 leaders from 40 denominations, 45 church planting networks, 84 organic church leaders, 12 nationally known experts, and 81 colleges and seminaries. The Leadership Network findings review the contributions …


Changing Perspectives On Leadership During Four Decades, Eddie Gibbs Jul 2008

Changing Perspectives On Leadership During Four Decades, Eddie Gibbs

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

The significance of leadership for the growth of the church has been a constant focus of attention throughout the history of the Church Growth movement in North America during the past four decades. During that time, different aspects of leadership have been explored in response to the challenges and pressures encountered by leaders. Increasing pressures have resulted in heightened levels of stress.


Using Markov Chain Simulation To Measure The Eternal Impact Of Personal Evangelism,, Charles H. Reilly Jul 2008

Using Markov Chain Simulation To Measure The Eternal Impact Of Personal Evangelism,, Charles H. Reilly

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

All Christians have been commanded by Jesus Christ to share the Gospel message with unbelievers so that they too may be saved. However, few Christians regularly share the Gospel with non-Christians, and there are eternal consequences to this disobedience for everyone. A Markov chain model is proposed for estimating over time the proportions of persons who are saved and receive eternal life in heaven and who are condemned to hell. An evaluation and an analysis of the model are presented. Simulation results for the model indicate that a moderate increase in present personal evangelism efforts will result in only modestly …


Introduction, Gary L. Mcintosh Jul 2008

Introduction, Gary L. Mcintosh

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

For the past fourteen years, it has been my privilege to edit the Journal of the American Society for Church Growth. John Vaughan’s vision of seeing a new journal devoted to Great Commission research became a reality when the first issue was released in 1990. He edited the first four years, and I followed him as editor in 1995. My two major goals were to publish on a regular time schedule, and to move to multiple issues per year. Both of those goals were accomplished in 1997 when we first began publishing three issues per year. Now, after editing thirty-seven …


The Art Of Vision Casting For Church Multiplication, J. D. Payne Jul 2008

The Art Of Vision Casting For Church Multiplication, J. D. Payne

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

“A plan in the heart of man is like deep water, but a man of understanding draws it out.” Proverbs 20:5 (NASB). The writer of the above verse reminds us of the importance of having knowledge in regard to moving one’s plans out of the deep recesses of the heart to the surface to where those plans can be carried out. This proverb has much to say about casting a vision for multiplication. Casting, or drawing out that vision from the heart so that others will take ownership of that vision and work to carry it out, requires a discerning …


Book Review: Breakout Churches: Discover How To Make The Leap, Gordon Penfold Jul 2008

Book Review: Breakout Churches: Discover How To Make The Leap, Gordon Penfold

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

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Book Review: The Living Church – Convictions Of A Lifelong Pastor, Roger Trautmann Jul 2008

Book Review: The Living Church – Convictions Of A Lifelong Pastor, Roger Trautmann

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

No abstract provided.


Book Review: The Myth Of The 200 Barrier, Phil Stevenson Jul 2008

Book Review: The Myth Of The 200 Barrier, Phil Stevenson

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

No abstract provided.


Kevin J. Corcoran, Rethinking Human Nature: A Christian Materialist Alternative To The Soul, David Vander Laan Jul 2008

Kevin J. Corcoran, Rethinking Human Nature: A Christian Materialist Alternative To The Soul, David Vander Laan

Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers

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Julian Baggini, Atheism: A Very Short Introduction, Agnaldo Cuoco Portugal Jul 2008

Julian Baggini, Atheism: A Very Short Introduction, Agnaldo Cuoco Portugal

Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers

No abstract provided.


William Hasker, Providence, Evil And The Openness Of God, Dolores G. Morris Jul 2008

William Hasker, Providence, Evil And The Openness Of God, Dolores G. Morris

Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers

No abstract provided.