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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

No abstract provided.


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

No abstract provided.


Short-Term Family Missions : A Study Of Family Faith Development, Anthony Wayne Mccollum May 2008

Short-Term Family Missions : A Study Of Family Faith Development, Anthony Wayne Mccollum

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Leadership Communication : How Leader-Communicators Shape A Missional Culture, Willis Randy May 2008

Leadership Communication : How Leader-Communicators Shape A Missional Culture, Willis Randy

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


A Training Program In Preaching For Pastors Of The Morogoro-Pwani District Of The Tanzania Assembly Of God, Kent Adrian Reynolds May 2008

A Training Program In Preaching For Pastors Of The Morogoro-Pwani District Of The Tanzania Assembly Of God, Kent Adrian Reynolds

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Transformation Into Mission : A Case Study Of Forest Park United Methodist Church, Derek Edward Russell May 2008

Transformation Into Mission : A Case Study Of Forest Park United Methodist Church, Derek Edward Russell

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Prophet, Priest, And King : The Impact Of A Pastoral Theology Course On The Practice Of Pentecostal Pastors In The Philippines, Albert C. Clavo May 2008

Prophet, Priest, And King : The Impact Of A Pastoral Theology Course On The Practice Of Pentecostal Pastors In The Philippines, Albert C. Clavo

ATS Dissertations

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Reconstructing Justice In The Land : How Urban Evangelical Congregations In Cotonou And Porto-Novo Can Respond To The Escalating Phenomenon Of Antisocial Behaviors, Mathieu Segbegnon Gnonhossou May 2008

Reconstructing Justice In The Land : How Urban Evangelical Congregations In Cotonou And Porto-Novo Can Respond To The Escalating Phenomenon Of Antisocial Behaviors, Mathieu Segbegnon Gnonhossou

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Gypsy Pentecostals: The Growth Of The Pentecostal Movement Among The Roma In Bulgaria And Its Revitalization Of Their Communities, Miroslav Atanasov Atanasov Mar 2008

Gypsy Pentecostals: The Growth Of The Pentecostal Movement Among The Roma In Bulgaria And Its Revitalization Of Their Communities, Miroslav Atanasov Atanasov

ATS Dissertations

Gypsy Pentecostals is a ground-breaking study of the Pentecostal movement among the most marginalized ethnic group in Bulgaria - the Roma, more widely known as 'Gypsies.' This phenomenal movement started about fifty years ago, but it has seen its greatest growth in the recent years of the Post-Communist period. It has transformed the Roma communities in positive and constructive ways and advanced their integration into society. The dissertation is a thorough analysis of the movement and the first scholarly text on it written from the perspective of a Pentecostal missiologist.

The text reviews Roma history, which is a fascinating story …


The Diffusion Of Black Gospel Music In Postmodern Denmark: With Implications For Evangelization, Meaning Construction, And Christian Identity, Mark W. Lewis Feb 2008

The Diffusion Of Black Gospel Music In Postmodern Denmark: With Implications For Evangelization, Meaning Construction, And Christian Identity, Mark W. Lewis

ATS Dissertations

In recent decades the phenomenon of Black gospel music has diffused throughout much of Western Europe and beyond. Each year new gospel choirs are formed, attracting people of many religious and non-religious backgrounds, who in turn are impacted affectively and spiritually by the music through participation in rehearsal and performance settings. This is also the case in Denmark - a country reputed for being spiritually reserved and where church attendance is among the lowest in the Western world. Since around 1990, the proliferation of gospel choirs and music events, such as gospel festivals, gospel workshops, and gospel worship services has …


Ym 610 Communicating The Gospel To Youth, James Hampton Jan 2008

Ym 610 Communicating The Gospel To Youth, James Hampton

Syllabi

Davis, Ken. How to Speak to Youth. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996. 183 pages (HSY) Hampton, Jim and Edwards, Rick (eds.). Worship-Centered Teaching. Kansas City: Beacon Hill, 2001. 98 pages. (WCT) Myers, Joseph R. The Search to Belong: Rethinking Intimacy, Community, and Small Groups. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2003. 154 pages. (TSB) Palmer, Parker. To Know as We are Known. San Francisco: Harper, 1993. 140 pages. (TKWK) Richardson, Rick. Evangelism Outside the Box: New Ways to Help People Experience the Good News. InterVarsity Press, 2000. 192 pages. (EOB) Smith, Christian. Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers. Oxford: Oxford …


Nt 511 The Gospel Of Mark, Keith Brewer Jan 2008

Nt 511 The Gospel Of Mark, Keith Brewer

Syllabi

The primary text in this course is the Holy Bible. Bauer, David R. An Annotated Guide to Biblical Resources for Ministry. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 2003 (327 pgs.). Thompson, David L. Bible Study That Works. Rev. ed. Nappanee, Ind.: Evangel, 1994 (128 pgs.). Traina, Robert A. Methodical Bible Study. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1982 (269 pgs.).


Is 501 Kingdom, Church, And World, Brian G. Edgar Jan 2008

Is 501 Kingdom, Church, And World, Brian G. Edgar

Syllabi

Bartholomew, Craig G. and Michael W. Goheen. The Drama of Scripture: Finding our Place in the Biblical Story, Grand Rapids: Baker, 2004. Clapp, Rodney. A Peculiar People, Downer’s Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1996 Frost, Michael and Alan Hirsch, The Shaping of Things to Come: innovation and mission for the 21st century church, Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrikson, 2003 Jenkins, Philip, The Next Christendom: the coming of global Christianity, Oxford University Press, 2002 Newbigin, Leslie. The Open Secret: An Introduction to the Theology of Mission, (Revised Edition) Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995 Wright, Tom. The Challenge of Jesus, Downer’s Grove: InterVarsity or London: SPCK, 1999


Nt 510 The Gospel Of Matthew, Keith Brewer Jan 2008

Nt 510 The Gospel Of Matthew, Keith Brewer

Syllabi

Holy Bible. Bauer, David R. An Annotated Guide to Biblical Resources for Ministry. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 2003 (327 pgs.). Hereafter referred to as BRM. Thompson, David L. Bible Study That Works. Rev. ed. Nappanee, Ind.: Evangel, 1994 (128 pgs.). Traina, Robert A. Methodical Bible Study. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1982 (269 pgs.). Hereafter referred to as MBS.


Ch 502 Church History Ii, J. Steven O'Malley Jan 2008

Ch 502 Church History Ii, J. Steven O'Malley

Syllabi

Bettenson, Henry, ed., Documents of the Christian Church (Oxford paperback, second ed.). Gonzalez, Justo. The Story of Christianity, Vol. 2 (Abingdon paper ed., 1984) Gonzalez, Justo. History of Christian Thought, Vol.3 (Abingdon, 1971) Kerr, Hugh T., ed., Readings in Christian Thought. (Abingdon paper ed ed.,1990). Rand-McNally Historical Atlas of the World


Do 501 Basic Christian Theology, Stephen A. Seamands Jan 2008

Do 501 Basic Christian Theology, Stephen A. Seamands

Syllabi

Thomas Oden, The Living God The Word of Life Life in the Spirit Stephen Seamands, Ministry in the Image of God: The Trinitarian Shape of Christiane Service Gregory Boyd and Paul Eddy, Across the Spectrum


Revitalization 15:2, Center For The Study Of World Christian Revitalization Movements Jan 2008

Revitalization 15:2, Center For The Study Of World Christian Revitalization Movements

Revitalization

No abstract provided.


Revitalization 15:1, Center For The Study Of World Christian Revitalization Movements Jan 2008

Revitalization 15:1, Center For The Study Of World Christian Revitalization Movements

Revitalization

No abstract provided.