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A History In Missiological Perspective Of The Seventh-Day Adventist Church In Japan From 1945 To 1985, Tadaomi Shinmyo

Professional Dissertations DMin

The purpose of this project is to study missiologically the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church history in Japan after World War II, because it has been often said that the Japanese church membership has not grown so fast as other countries in the Far Eastern Division. Why is the SDA mission so difficult in the country? In order to solve the problem, I surveyed, analyzed, and interpreted descriptively the work of the church.

After dealing with an overview of the prewar and postwar political, geographical, economic, social, and religious conditions of the country, the postwar church history was divided into four …

A Study Of Creative Conflict Management And Christian Reconciliation With A Proposed Seminar For Seventh-Day Adventist Ministers In The Caribbean And West Indies Unions, Winston Anthony Richards

Professional Dissertations DMin

An important field of expanding interest is the management of differences in the church. Changes have taken place which challenge the very existence and fibre of organizational structure and relationship growth in the church setting. There are several reasons for the increasing need for efficiency in the field of conflict management. One basic reason is the potential for dysfunctional and functional effects that conflict can have on any congregation. Adequate conflict management can prove to be a critical skill for the healthy management of differences. Consequently, potential and practicing ministers need special and continuing training in this field. It was …