Team Based Sermon Preparation : Building Sermons And Pastors Through Relational Collaboration,
2023
Asbury Theological Seminary
Team Based Sermon Preparation : Building Sermons And Pastors Through Relational Collaboration, William Vaughn Stafford
ATS Dissertations
No abstract provided.
Fully Equipped To Pastor : Recommendations To Assist Itinerant Deacons To Lead As Pastors,
2023
Asbury Theological Seminary
Fully Equipped To Pastor : Recommendations To Assist Itinerant Deacons To Lead As Pastors, Etta Denise Owens
ATS Dissertations
No abstract provided.
Planting Anglican Churches In The Brazilian Context Through The House Of Peace,
2023
Asbury Theological Seminary
Planting Anglican Churches In The Brazilian Context Through The House Of Peace, Marcio Medeiros Meira
ATS Dissertations
No abstract provided.
The Integration Of Evangelism And Discipleship By Seventh-Day Adventists In Malawi,
2023
Asbury Theological Seminary
The Integration Of Evangelism And Discipleship By Seventh-Day Adventists In Malawi, Richard Gorden Doss
ATS Dissertations
No abstract provided.
Interdependent Leadership : Practices That Develop Interdependent Relationships,
2023
Asbury Theological Seminary
Interdependent Leadership : Practices That Develop Interdependent Relationships, Brian W. Scott
ATS Dissertations
No abstract provided.
Intentional Interim Ministry : Another Tool For Church Revitalization,
2023
Asbury Theological Seminary
Intentional Interim Ministry : Another Tool For Church Revitalization, Ellen M. Mccubbin
ATS Dissertations
No abstract provided.
Pastoral Leadership That Thrives : Examination Of Personal, Educational And Spiritual Formation Factors,
2023
Asbury Theological Seminary
Pastoral Leadership That Thrives : Examination Of Personal, Educational And Spiritual Formation Factors, Thomas George
ATS Dissertations
No abstract provided.
Raising Up Church Planters In The Local Church,
2023
Asbury Theological Seminary
Raising Up Church Planters In The Local Church, Richard Cox Ii
ATS Dissertations
No abstract provided.
Clergy Spiritual Transformation : From Depletion To Pastoral Presence,
2023
Asbury Theological Seminary
Clergy Spiritual Transformation : From Depletion To Pastoral Presence, Ashlee Alley Crawford
ATS Dissertations
No abstract provided.
Reflections On Client Dependency In The Salvation Army,
2023
Asbury Theological Seminary
Reflections On Client Dependency In The Salvation Army, Joshua A. Simpson
ATS Dissertations
No abstract provided.
If N. T. Wright Is Right, How Then Shall We Do Theology?,
2023
Asbury Theological Seminary
If N. T. Wright Is Right, How Then Shall We Do Theology?, Howard A. Snyder
The Asbury Journal
In November of 2022, theologian N.T. Wright gave a series of lectures for the Centennial Celebration of Asbury Theological Seminary. In this response from Asbury Theological Seminary’s Howard Snyder, the implications of Wright’s lectures are explored and expanded. In particular, Snyder explores the meaning of Scriptural Theology as opposed to Systematic Theology. He explores how Systematic Theology came to be the dominant way of reading scripture, and then proposes ten principles for doing theology rooted in scripture instead of any human system.
Psalm 1a–B (1:1–2:12 As Combined And A Chiasm): What Yhwh Knows About People’S Paths And Plans That Will Perish,
2023
Evangelical Theological Faculty, Belgium
Psalm 1a–B (1:1–2:12 As Combined And A Chiasm): What Yhwh Knows About People’S Paths And Plans That Will Perish, W. Creighton Marlowe
The Asbury Journal
This article seeks to explore whether a division really exists between Psalm 1 and Psalm 2. The author argues that the presence of a chiasm which extends throughout the two psalms gives potential further evidence for the argument that the two psalms where once part of one continuous literary creation. The themes involve the laws of YHWH and the consequences of breaking these laws both for individuals and for nations.
Sidney W. Edwards: Early Holiness/Methodist Missionary Pioneer In Cuba, Puerto Rico, And Costa Rica,
2023
Asbury Theological Seminary
Sidney W. Edwards: Early Holiness/Methodist Missionary Pioneer In Cuba, Puerto Rico, And Costa Rica, Robert A. Danielson
The Asbury Journal
Holiness missions is an area of mission history that is often understudied, yet it can provide insight into the growth of the Church in various parts of the world. This article examines the life of Sidney W. Edwards, a Holiness missionary who was a key part of H. C. Morrison’s missionary efforts. He served as the missionary of a mission H. C. Morrison founded in Cuba, as one of the first Holiness missions in the Caribbean. He then went on to serve in Puerto Rico with the Methodist Episcopal Church in planting churches in some of the mountainous regions of …
Dr. David Reese And The Three Errors Of Phrenology: Religion, Anatomy, And Moral Insanity,
2023
Fordham University
Dr. David Reese And The Three Errors Of Phrenology: Religion, Anatomy, And Moral Insanity, Philip Hardt
The Asbury Journal
Today, phrenology is a mostly-forgotten and thoroughly medically disgraced theory of human behavior. Yet, in its mid-nineteenth century heyday, it not only claimed to explain one’s personality based on the size of the bumps on one’s head but also (scarily) attempted to push prison reform in a less punitive direction. Somewhat surprisingly, as phrenology crossed the Atlantic in the 1820s, a number of doctors, professors, and ordinary citizens accepted and promoted its rather startling claims. At the same time, traditionalists response is exemplifies by Dr. David M. Reese, a highly regarded physician in Manhattan who opposed its attack on (mainly …
Dispositions For Christian Witness Among Theravada Buddhists,
2023
Asbury Theological Seminary
Dispositions For Christian Witness Among Theravada Buddhists, Stephen Bailey
The Asbury Journal
This article reflects on communicating the Christian gospel appropriately and effectively among Southeast Asian Theravada Buddhists (SEATB). It is concerned with contextualizing the means of communication rather than theological concepts. Contextualization is often discussed with little reference to the level of contextualization, including: the content of the gospel, liturgical forms, social rules for relating, and dispositions shaped by Buddhist virtues used in communication. Examples are given of contextualization among SEATB, and then descriptions of how communicators of the gospel can use dispositions shaped by key Buddhist virtues. An argument is made that among SEATB, the means of communicating the gospel …
Mediating Role Of Transformational Leadership On The Relationship Between Pastors’ Training And Healthy Congregations,
2023
Africa Nazarene University
Mediating Role Of Transformational Leadership On The Relationship Between Pastors’ Training And Healthy Congregations, Paul Ekal Lokol
The Asbury Journal
The church remains a solid center for transformational leadership, bringing the required light to today’s increasingly troubled world. Therefore, this study’s objective was to establish the mediating effect of transformational leadership traits on the relationship between pastors’ training and church congregational health in urban churches of the African Gospel Church, Kenya (AGC-K). The study adopted a descriptive survey design and correlation methods targeting 44 pastors, 44 LCC members, and 383 members in urban churches of AGC-K. Data was collected using pretested questionnaires and was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistical methods. The findings revealed that while not all pastors manifested …
A Dangerous Theology,
2023
George Fox University
A Dangerous Theology, Emily Provance
Quaker Religious Thought
Ministry is inherently risky. The existence of a call to ministry implies potential failure: failure to respond, failure to discern, failure to fulfill. Ministry also carries with it potential societal and personal consequences, ranging from outright persecution to subtler judgment for counter-cultural words and actions to loss or rearrangement of personal relationships. Perhaps for this reason, within the Quaker context, we can’t address a theology of ministry while only addressing the minister. Quakerism is not a faith of the individual but of the community. In theological and theoretical circles, Friends say that the community, not the individual, has the responsibility …
One Quaker's Life In The Ministry,
2023
George Fox University
One Quaker's Life In The Ministry, Lloyd L. Wilson
Quaker Religious Thought
I am an apprentice to the Quaker faith tradition. I am a recorded minister, speaking under the authority of a minute issued by Friendship Friends Monthly Meeting, and with the specific release of my anchor committee in that meeting. Wil Cooper said that we Quakers tell so many stories about ourselves because, without creeds or dogma, stories are how we remember who we are as a people of faith. I am not able to articulate an adequate Quaker theology of vocational ministry; I can tell you some stories from a lifetime of wrestling over an adequate response to God’s call …
Developing A Quaker Theology Of Place: Community Flourishing In An Era Of Climate Change,
2023
George Fox University
Developing A Quaker Theology Of Place: Community Flourishing In An Era Of Climate Change, Cherice Bock
Quaker Religious Thought
Expressions of Quakerism in the past have not generally been particularly connected to the places in which they are located. Members of the Religious Society of Friends have emphasized the ability to connect with the sacred wherever one is, not only in a building set aside for worship or a holy site. The traditional Friends’ worship practice only requires meeting with others in silence to listen to the leading of the Spirit; this can be done anywhere and does not assume the geographical location is of particular importance. While the Friends witness that the presence of God is not limited …
A Quaker Theology Of The City: Placing Quaker Testimony, Ecotheology, And “Place” In Conversation,
2023
George Fox University
A Quaker Theology Of The City: Placing Quaker Testimony, Ecotheology, And “Place” In Conversation, Christy Randazzo
Quaker Religious Thought
Quaker theological and ethical frameworks are underappreciated resources for exploring the space, and (notably) the meaning, of the city, particularly in the ways that Quaker testimony—the holistic expression of the Quaker community’s core theological beliefs and ethical convictions in both individual actions and in an embodied communal “way of life”1—both undergirds Quaker work in environmental justice, and can inform conversations occurring at the intersection of urban planning, sustainability, and movements for social justice. When examined through the lens of historic Quaker approaches to the built environment, certain themes emerge, which—when placed in dialogue with contemporary concerns—frame an outline for a …
