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Assessing Patterns Of Disengagement And Re-Entry In Two Local Congregations Of Churches Of Christ, David Mitchell Malone
Assessing Patterns Of Disengagement And Re-Entry In Two Local Congregations Of Churches Of Christ, David Mitchell Malone
Doctor of Ministry Theses
This study investigates two congregations among Churches of Christ with a prototype instrument adapted from questions used in a national survey (The Unchurched American, The Princeton Religion Research Center, 1978). The ministry objective for this project thesis is to generate an assessment instrument to be used as a tool for ministry between active and inactive church members.
Specific questions addressed are: what are the patterns of disengagement and re-entry in two local congregations connected with Churches of Christ? Is the disengagement of teenagers and young adults (age 13-24) in each local congregation measurably greater than other recognized age categories over …
A Biblical Program For Building New Self-Love In African American Males And Fathers, Anthony Roach Sr.
A Biblical Program For Building New Self-Love In African American Males And Fathers, Anthony Roach Sr.
Doctor of Ministry Theses
A training program for building new self-love in African American males and fathers was developed, taught, and implemented. The author made a conscious effort to employ an integrative approach to the curriculum, using both the resources of theology and psychology in its framework.
Patient Suffering And The Anointing Of The Sick, M. Therese Lysaught
Patient Suffering And The Anointing Of The Sick, M. Therese Lysaught
M. Therese Lysaught
Anthologized in On Moral Medicine: Theological Perspectives in Medical Ethics, 2nd edition. Edited by Stephen E. Lammers and Allen Verhey. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998, 356-364. And in On Moral Medicine: Theological Perspectives in Medical Ethics, 3rd edition. Edited by M. Therese Lysaught, Joseph Kotva, Stephen E. Lammers, and Allen Verhey. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2012, 468-474.
1992 -- 74th Annual Bible Lectureship, "Corinth Revisited: Studies In I Corinthians", Abilene Christian University, Abilene Christian University
1992 -- 74th Annual Bible Lectureship, "Corinth Revisited: Studies In I Corinthians", Abilene Christian University, Abilene Christian University
Lectureship and Summit Programs
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The Person Of Paul: A Study In The Apostle's Ethical Appeal, John W. Marshall
The Person Of Paul: A Study In The Apostle's Ethical Appeal, John W. Marshall
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Understanding Paul’s ethos is essential to understanding the persuasive power of Paul’s writing. This thesis uses Paul’s letter to the Philippians as a test case for the study of Paul’s appeal through ethos. The guiding body of theory for the study (Chapter 2) is classic rhetoric, especially as developed by Aristotle, Cicero, Quintilian, and the Rhetorica ad Herrenium. The results of this chapter are a working definition of ethos for the purposes of study, and an understanding of the relationship of ethos to the deliberative genus. Chapter 3 provides an introduction to the basic questions which affect any detailed study …