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Best Practices For Supporting Churches And Their Leadership Of New Church Starts, Cj Tillinghast Jan 2023

Best Practices For Supporting Churches And Their Leadership Of New Church Starts, Cj Tillinghast

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Adapting The Digital Pulpit : A Study Of The Transition To Online Preaching, Robert Mike Bankston Jan 2023

Adapting The Digital Pulpit : A Study Of The Transition To Online Preaching, Robert Mike Bankston

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Contrasting Beliefs With Reality : The Epistemology Of Branding And Brand Image In The Small Church, James Pernell Sr. Jan 2023

Contrasting Beliefs With Reality : The Epistemology Of Branding And Brand Image In The Small Church, James Pernell Sr.

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Challenge Of Change : A Qualitative Analysis Of Pastors As Change Agents, Joshua O. Gale May 2022

The Challenge Of Change : A Qualitative Analysis Of Pastors As Change Agents, Joshua O. Gale

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Seasons Of Change : Navigating New Beginnings And Endings Within The United Methodist Church, Wade Killough May 2021

Seasons Of Change : Navigating New Beginnings And Endings Within The United Methodist Church, Wade Killough

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Development And Evaluation Of A Wesleyan Internship Model, Creating A Discipleship, Renewal, And Lay Leadership Training Pathway, Mark Cheetham May 2021

Development And Evaluation Of A Wesleyan Internship Model, Creating A Discipleship, Renewal, And Lay Leadership Training Pathway, Mark Cheetham

ATS Dissertations

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Us-Based Ghanaian Methodist Young People : Improving Their Participation In And Commitment To Church, Samuel Osam-Duodu May 2021

Us-Based Ghanaian Methodist Young People : Improving Their Participation In And Commitment To Church, Samuel Osam-Duodu

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Church Planting Pastors : Identifying, Assessing, And Recruiting Potential Church Planting Leadership, Paul Marzahn May 2021

Church Planting Pastors : Identifying, Assessing, And Recruiting Potential Church Planting Leadership, Paul Marzahn

ATS Dissertations

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21st Century Class Meeting : Wesleyan Discipleship With Software Facilitated Blended Learning, Michael Koho Larbi May 2021

21st Century Class Meeting : Wesleyan Discipleship With Software Facilitated Blended Learning, Michael Koho Larbi

ATS Dissertations

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Equipping For Ministry : Training Rural Pastors To Preach Evangelism And Discipleship In Liberia, George D. Wilson Jr. May 2021

Equipping For Ministry : Training Rural Pastors To Preach Evangelism And Discipleship In Liberia, George D. Wilson Jr.

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


In Memoriam: Dr. James B. Buskirk (1933–2020), James Shelton, Arden C. Autry Phd, Sally Jo Shelton Apr 2021

In Memoriam: Dr. James B. Buskirk (1933–2020), James Shelton, Arden C. Autry Phd, Sally Jo Shelton

Spiritus: ORU Journal of Theology

James Buskirk is honored as the founding Dean of ORU’s Graduate School of Theology. A Master of Arts degree was already in place; Buskirk was tasked with establishing a Master of Divinity, a Doctor of Ministry, and a PhD in theology—each fully accredited. During his tenure, faculty and student numbers increased along with denominational diversity. The MDiv and DMin achieved accreditation. The PhD was not started, however, as Oral Roberts dealt with competing financial priorities. Roberts’ declared decision not to offer a PhD led to Buskirk’s departure. He remained on good terms personally with Roberts. Buskirk’s effect on others is …


Young Disciples In The Marketplace : A Marketplace-Based Discipleship Program For The United Methodist Young Adults Of The Zambales District, Cristine Carnate Atrero Jan 2021

Young Disciples In The Marketplace : A Marketplace-Based Discipleship Program For The United Methodist Young Adults Of The Zambales District, Cristine Carnate Atrero

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Fruitfulness And Ordination : Ministry Effectiveness As A Prerequisite For Ordination, Edney Joaquim Jan 2021

Fruitfulness And Ordination : Ministry Effectiveness As A Prerequisite For Ordination, Edney Joaquim

ATS Dissertations

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“Deserting The Broad And Easy Way”: Southern Methodist Women, The Social Gospel, And The New Deal State, 1909-1939, Chelsea Hodge Jul 2020

“Deserting The Broad And Easy Way”: Southern Methodist Women, The Social Gospel, And The New Deal State, 1909-1939, Chelsea Hodge

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Over the course of three decades, white southern Methodist women took on issues of labor and poverty through their national women’s organization, the Woman’s Missionary Council (WMC). Between 1909 and 1939, the WMC focused their work on five groups of people they viewed as in need of their help: women, children, black southerners, immigrants, and rural people. Motivated by the Social Gospel and an intense belief that their faith led them to effect real change in the American South, the WMC intervened in people’s lives, pursuing reform that could at times be maternalistic and condescending but at other times radical …


Church Planting, Humanitarian Services, And Christian Holiness In Central India : A Study Of The Life And Mission Of Ernest And Phebe Ward, Shivraj Kumar Mahendra Jun 2020

Church Planting, Humanitarian Services, And Christian Holiness In Central India : A Study Of The Life And Mission Of Ernest And Phebe Ward, Shivraj Kumar Mahendra

ATS Dissertations

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Evaluating The Recalibrate Initiative Of The Free Methodist Church : Impact Of Coaching The Pastors And Churches Through The 2017 Cohort, Joseph Shimko May 2020

Evaluating The Recalibrate Initiative Of The Free Methodist Church : Impact Of Coaching The Pastors And Churches Through The 2017 Cohort, Joseph Shimko

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Pastoral Leadership Practices On Local Churches In The Nkawkaw Diocese Of The Methodist Church Ghana, John Oppong-Yeboah May 2020

The Effects Of Pastoral Leadership Practices On Local Churches In The Nkawkaw Diocese Of The Methodist Church Ghana, John Oppong-Yeboah

ATS Dissertations

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What Are You Doing Here, Elijah? : The Influence Of Mentoring Relationships On Clergy Satisfaction, Charles A. Shoemaker May 2020

What Are You Doing Here, Elijah? : The Influence Of Mentoring Relationships On Clergy Satisfaction, Charles A. Shoemaker

ATS Dissertations

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The Best Of All, God Is With Us : A Wesleyan Approach To Funeral Preaching, Joshua L. Duckworth May 2020

The Best Of All, God Is With Us : A Wesleyan Approach To Funeral Preaching, Joshua L. Duckworth

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Leadership Imagery : Developing People With The Right Passion, Attitudes, And Knowledge For Effective Christian Leadership, Clara Joyce Danquah May 2020

Leadership Imagery : Developing People With The Right Passion, Attitudes, And Knowledge For Effective Christian Leadership, Clara Joyce Danquah

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


1953 Journal Of The Kentucky Conference The Proceedings Of The One Hundred And Thirty-Third Session (Fifteenth Session Of The United Church), The Methodist Church Jan 2020

1953 Journal Of The Kentucky Conference The Proceedings Of The One Hundred And Thirty-Third Session (Fifteenth Session Of The United Church), The Methodist Church

Journal of the Kentucky Conference

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1939 Journal Of The Uniting Conference Of The Methodist Episcopal Church, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, And Methodist Protestant Church, The Methodist Church Jan 2020

1939 Journal Of The Uniting Conference Of The Methodist Episcopal Church, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, And Methodist Protestant Church, The Methodist Church

Journal of the Kentucky Conference

No abstract provided.


1968 Journal Of The Kentucky Conference The Proceedings Of Session One Hundred And Forty-Eight, The Methodist Church Jan 2020

1968 Journal Of The Kentucky Conference The Proceedings Of Session One Hundred And Forty-Eight, The Methodist Church

Journal of the Kentucky Conference

No abstract provided.


1951 Journal Of The Kentucky Conference The Proceedings Of The Thirteenth Session, The Methodist Church Jan 2020

1951 Journal Of The Kentucky Conference The Proceedings Of The Thirteenth Session, The Methodist Church

Journal of the Kentucky Conference

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1955 Journal Of The Kentucky Conference: The Proceedings Of The One Hundred And Thirty-Fifth Session (Seventeenth Session Of The United Church), The Methodist Church Jan 2020

1955 Journal Of The Kentucky Conference: The Proceedings Of The One Hundred And Thirty-Fifth Session (Seventeenth Session Of The United Church), The Methodist Church

Journal of the Kentucky Conference

No abstract provided.


1954 Journal Of The Kentucky Conference The Proceedings Of The One Hundred And Thirty-Fourth Session (Sixteenth Session Of The United Church), The Methodist Church Jan 2020

1954 Journal Of The Kentucky Conference The Proceedings Of The One Hundred And Thirty-Fourth Session (Sixteenth Session Of The United Church), The Methodist Church

Journal of the Kentucky Conference

No abstract provided.


1952 Journal Of The Kentucky Conference The Proceedings Of The Fourteenth Session, The Methodist Church Jan 2020

1952 Journal Of The Kentucky Conference The Proceedings Of The Fourteenth Session, The Methodist Church

Journal of the Kentucky Conference

No abstract provided.


Best Together : A Study On Best Practices For Developing Clergy Leaders In Groups, Matthew J. Pennington May 2019

Best Together : A Study On Best Practices For Developing Clergy Leaders In Groups, Matthew J. Pennington

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Receiving God's Gift Of Sabbath? : An Investigation Of Free Methodist--Usa Leaders' Attitudes, Understandings, & Practices, Joy M.O. Ireland May 2019

Receiving God's Gift Of Sabbath? : An Investigation Of Free Methodist--Usa Leaders' Attitudes, Understandings, & Practices, Joy M.O. Ireland

ATS Dissertations

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Sickness And Healing : A Critical Analysis Of The Responses Of Christians Within The Methodist/Wesleyan Tradition In Cap-Haitian, Haiti, Guenson Charlot May 2019

Sickness And Healing : A Critical Analysis Of The Responses Of Christians Within The Methodist/Wesleyan Tradition In Cap-Haitian, Haiti, Guenson Charlot

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.