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The Home Mission Work Of The Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference: A Description And Evaluation, George Gude
The Home Mission Work Of The Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference: A Description And Evaluation, George Gude
Doctor of Theology Dissertation
The scope of this dissertation is to describe, analyze, and evaluate the home mission work5of the Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference, which was a mission toAfro-Americans.6 The purpose is to expose the various factors which impacted this mission work and either helped or hampered its success. As a result of the study, it is the hope of the author that the church will learn from its past and manage to put fewer obstacles in the path of the Gospel it proclaims.
In making this study of the black mission work of the Synodical Conference, it became apparent to the author that …
Mystical Aspects Of Pentecostal-Charismatic Soteriology, James Breckenridge
Mystical Aspects Of Pentecostal-Charismatic Soteriology, James Breckenridge
Doctor of Theology Dissertation
Statement of the Problem
Pentecostal historian Vinson Synan estimates that Pentecostals now comprise the largest family of Protestants in the world. Drawing from the World Christian Encyclopedia) he concludes that Pentecostalism now claims a total of 51,167,000 adherents, not including an additional11,000,000 independent charismatics. This places the Pentecostal/Independent Charismatic movement significantly ahead of classical groups such as the Anglicans (49,804,000adherents), Baptists (47,550,000) and Lutherans (43,460,-This figure grows even larger when the "Third-Wave “phenomenon is included. This term, used by Pentecostals and Charismatics to identify members of traditional evangelical churches who have begun to practice charismatic gifts and worship, indicates a …