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The Church’S Call To Minister To Refugees: A Case Study On Liberian Refugees In Minnesota, Rufus Kudee
The Church’S Call To Minister To Refugees: A Case Study On Liberian Refugees In Minnesota, Rufus Kudee
Master of Theology Theses
The paper is divided into seven chapters. Chapter one explores a brief historical background of the Liberian Refugee Crisis. Chapter two discusses ministering to the refugees: a Biblical foundation. Chapter three quickly reviews different ways of ministering to Liberian refugee families. Chapter four identifies challenges that refugees face. Chapter five explores the potential blessings that refugees bring. Chapter six highlights the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder among refugees. Finally, chapter seven addresses the conclusion.
Unity And Diversity: How A Bilingual-Multicultural Congregation Reflects The Nature Of The Trinity In Unity And Diversity, Albert W. Triolo
Unity And Diversity: How A Bilingual-Multicultural Congregation Reflects The Nature Of The Trinity In Unity And Diversity, Albert W. Triolo
Doctor of Ministry Theses
This project used the lenses of adaptive change, transculturation, church size theory, love the stranger, led by the Spirit, unity and diversity in God’s family, imago Trinitatis, and missio Dei to study how action research interventions might affect a culturally diverse congregation. It was found that understanding culture is complicated, homogeneous units typically stay apart but do come together, crossing boundaries of homogeneity is difficult, ongoing education helps for transculturation, transculturation comes mostly through conversation, and people can experience Trinitarian equality through transculturation. In short, the Common Culture of a Community is Cultivated in its Context through Conversation and Communion.
Risen With Healing In Her Wings: An Ecclesiological Ethnography Of Three Young Congregations In St. Paul, Minnesota, Catrina Louise Ciccone
Risen With Healing In Her Wings: An Ecclesiological Ethnography Of Three Young Congregations In St. Paul, Minnesota, Catrina Louise Ciccone
Doctor of Philosophy Theses
This dissertation assumes that death and resurrection is the rhythm of life for all disciples of Jesus Christ, and that this baptismal pattern of dying in Christ and being raised to new life in Christ plays itself out in many penultimate iterations across our lives until our ultimate Death and Resurrection. As such, living in a cultural climate in which the white North American Christendom Church is captive to an ecclesiology of death, fixated upon and anxious about its imminent demise, this dissertation seeks to provide a counter-narrative: an ecclesiology of the resurrection occurring in this new missional era, a …
Oral History Interviews In The Congregation – Part 3: The Interview Questions, Paul Daniels
Oral History Interviews In The Congregation – Part 3: The Interview Questions, Paul Daniels
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This article presents a sampling of interview questions for a congregational oral history project.
Oral History Interviews In The Congregation – Part 4: Final Interview Details And Conclusion, Paul Daniels
Oral History Interviews In The Congregation – Part 4: Final Interview Details And Conclusion, Paul Daniels
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This article discusses the technical aspects of completing a successful oral history interview, including technology considerations, transcription, and deed of gift forms.
Oral History Interviews In The Congregation – Part 2: Planning The Project And Next Steps, Paul Daniels
Oral History Interviews In The Congregation – Part 2: Planning The Project And Next Steps, Paul Daniels
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This article focuses on choosing interviewers and interview subjects for a congregational oral history project.
Oral History Interviews In The Congregation – Part 1: Introduction, Paul Daniels
Oral History Interviews In The Congregation – Part 1: Introduction, Paul Daniels
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This article present scope considerations for a congregational oral history project.