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Sustaining Effective Spiritual Leadership Through Spiritual Formation Practice And Self-Care Among United Methodist Ordinands In The Rocky Mountain Conference, Jane Youtz Riecke

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Pastoral Counseling And Missional Formation: Recovering The Healing Ministry Of The Church, David Pillar

Leaven

No abstract provided.

The Faithful Flyer, 09-18-2011, University Of Dayton. Campus Ministry

Chapel Bulletins

No abstract provided.

John Wesley‟S Liturgical Revision: A Pattern For Reshaping Worship For Post-Christian America, Lawrence A. Lacher

Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation

Lacher, Lawrence A. “John Wesley‟s Liturgical Revision: A Pattern for Reshaping Worship for Post-Christian America.” Ph.D. diss., Concordia Seminary, 2011. 316 pp.

This project seeks to find a solution to the current malformation of Christian Worship in the American church through re-examining John Wesley‟s Sunday Service for Methodists in North America (1784) in order to extract the underlying pattern. That pattern is then proposed as a paradigm that allows for the contextualization of worship while retaining its historic shape, function and purpose.

John Wesley‟s liturgical advices are examined for several reasons. Since the writer is interested in helping those who …

Program Book, Calvin Institute Of Christian Worship

Symposium on Worship Archive

Program and Worship Book for the 2011 Calvin Symposium on Worship

From Scripture Reading To Scripture Proclamation: There’S A Difference!, Jeff Barker

Symposium on Worship Archive

Does your church look forward to the “scripture reading” part of worship? If not, why not? This seminar provides examples (live and via DVD) to explore ways to reclaim the power of presenting Scripture in worship. Participants will work with a variety of passages in a variety of ways through both solo and group efforts. Participants are also invited to prepare a short passage (memorized or to be read) for coaching.

Church Movements Of The Last Fifty Years In North America, Gary L. Mcintosh

Great Commission Research Journal

Over the last half-century, four major movements have arisen in an effort to stem the tide of decline in church attendance within North America. The Church Renewal Movement, Church Growth Movement, Emerging Church Movement, and Missional Movement have offered different approaches to engaging lost people with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This article presents an overview of these major movements and the numerous sub-movements within each and suggests five insights and seven questions that emerge from their interplay.

Program Book - 2010 Calvin Symposium On Worship, Calvin Symposium On Worship: Word, Music, Vision, Action

Symposium on Worship Archive

No abstract provided.

Book Reviews, Michael Matlock, Bradley Johnson, Charles Meeks, Amos Yong, Joseph Okello, Kandace Brooks, J. Ellsworth Kalas

The Asbury Journal

BibleWorks. DVD-ROM and CD-ROM, version 8 2009. BibleWorks, LLC. $349
Reviewed by Michael D. Matlock and Bradly T. Johnson

Paul A. Hartog, ed.
The Contemporary Church and the Early Church: Case Studies in Ressourcement
Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2010
Reviewed by Charles Meeks

Gary B. McGee
Miracles, Missions, and American Pentecostalism
American Society of Missiology series 45
2010. Maryknoll: Orbis Books
Reviewed by Amos Yong

John R. Levison
Filled with the Spirit
Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2009.
Reviewed by Joseph B. O. Okello

Constance M. Cherry
The Worship Architect: A Blueprint for Designing Culturally Relevant and …

Foot Washing : A Way To Transform Pastors' Service To God Within The United Methodist Church, Peter W. Vermeulen

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

"These Are Written" Toward A Cruciform Theology Of Scripture, Peter Nafzger

Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation

Nafzger, Peter H. "'These Are Written' : Toward a Cruciform Theology of Scripture." Ph.D. diss .. Concordia Seminary, 2009. 244 pp.

This dissertation is an attempt to ground the Christian theology of Scripture in the trinitarian economy of salvation. Rather than approaching the Scriptures with the assumptions, concepts, and categories that have governed the modem "battle for the Bible," this account locates the Scriptures in the theology of the Word of God. In the biblical narrative this Word is found in three forms: Jesus Christ is the personal form of the Word of God who was sent by the Father …

Program - Calvin Symposium On Worship: Word, Music, Vision, Action

Symposium on Worship Archive

We wrote this welcome letter during Epiphany, remembering how the star of Bethlehem drew the Maji to the place where the Christ child lay. They came from the Middle East, possibly from Iraq, and they traveled to Bethlehem–troubled spots then and still now, occupied territories with terrible violence. They were looking for the newborn King, not knowing whom they were seeking, but following the star. We pray that each of you also came to seek the light of Christ, to offer him your gifts of praise, returning to Christ the gifts already received–in preaching, music, drama, visual arts, and hospitality. …

2009 Morehead First Christian Church Echo Newsletter, First Christian Church Echo (Morehead, Ky.)

Morehead First Christian Church Newsletter Archive

Morehead First Christian Church Echo Newsletter from 2009.

Program - Calvin Symposium On Worship: Word, Music, Vision, Action

Symposium on Worship Archive

We hope that this symposium will be spiritually refreshing for all of you. One of the main goals of the Worship Symposium is to be encouraged together by what God is doing in congregations across North America and beyond, and to learn to ask helpful questions about our own worship practices that focus our attention on the deep meaning and purpose of worship. We expect that we will also learn something more about how to preach, pray, and sing with greater understanding for those in our own communities and around the world who suffer for the cause of Christ.

The Integrated Small Group : Bible Study, Community, Ministry, And Mission, Joleen A. Willis

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Integrated Small Group : Bible Study, Community, Ministry, And Mission, Joleen A. Willis

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Instituting A Missional Worship Style In A Local Church Developed From An Analysis Of The Culture, Stanley Glenn Parris

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Preparing Thinking Christians To Survive And Thrive In A Culture Of Choice, Scott Sommerfeld

Doctor of Ministry Major Applied Project

Sommerfeld, Scott G. "Preparing Thinking Christians To Survive And Thrive In A Culture Of Choice." D.Min. Major Applied Project, Concordia Seminary—St. Louis, 2007. 211 pp.

Youth are ill-prepared to think and live as Christians in our post-modern world. A retreat for high school seniors and graduates is one way of preparing youth to survive and thrive in a culture of choice, where perhaps the greatest challenge regards rationality for choosing ones religion. Here youth are introduced to the real truth regarding the Bible, choosing God, and living as disciples. While youth were assisted in thinking theologically through the retreat, this …

Transmission And Reception Of Blended Family Narratives In The Church Context, Christopher W. Perry

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Equipping Paradigm Of New Testament Fivefold Leaders For Parishoner- Based Ministry, Kenneth Ross

Doctor of Ministry

This study addresses the need for a more equipping oriented leadership model to engender parishioner based ministry in the church and community. The study begins by recognizing the steady national and ecclesial decline in morals, ethics, marriage and family in America. This decline reveals the waning influence of the church in American culture. At the same time, there is evidence of a significant departure from the institutional church, in great part by Christians that want to "be" the church rather than just attend church. I propose that one possible solution is to return to a more equipping role for ecclesial …

Program Book - 2006 Calvin Symposium On Worship: Word, Music, Vision, Action, Calvin Institute Of Christian Worship

Symposium on Worship Archive

Program book for the 2006 Calvin Symposium on Worship, including the schedule, presenter bios, and practical information.

The Architecture And Iconography Of The Hindu Temple In Eads, Tennessee, Adrian Greville Smythies

All ETDs from UAB

Many Hindu temples have been built in the United States over the last thirty years. While the sociological reasons for this phenomenon have received scholarly attention, there is little published work on their architecture and iconography. My research redresses this by focusing on the architecture and iconography of the recently completed temple at Eads, Tennessee, selected because it was built to resemble traditional temples in south India. Eads was designed by a prolific Hindu temple architect and reflects current trends in American Hindu temple design. Specifically, this study identifies, analyses, and documents transformations from traditional temple design occurring in the …

The Relationship Of Missional Outreach To United Methodist Church Growth In The Central Appalachian Region, 1990-2005, Carol D. Crawford

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Reformed Worship (Rw) 77 - Advent / Christmas (September 2005), Reformed Worship Editors

Reformed Worship Magazine

Features

What We've Learned Along the Way by Robert Webber....3

Ordered for Impact by Fritz West....5

"A Voice Cries Out..." by Douglas Macomber....8

Another Year Is Dawning by Nelvin Jager....11

Nativity Dramas by Todd Farley....17

Figures of Faith by Laura Venhuizen....19

Longing for Full Redemption by John Witvliet....27

Making Our Own Confession by Michael W. Goheen....32

The Forgotten Art by Carol J. Rottman....34

The Emerging Church by James K. A. Smith....40

New Piano Music for Worship by William Phemister....43

Departments

Editorial: And All God's People Say... by Emily Brink …

Reformed Worship (Rw) 75 - Ascension / Pentecost (March 2005), Reformed Worship Editors

Reformed Worship Magazine

Features

Rivers of Living Water by bc cumings....4

Sabbath-Keeping for Lead Worshipers by Gregg DeMey....6

Lifted Up to Glory and Power by Doug and Jane Porter....8

Like Tongues of Fire by Paul LaMaire....16

Illuminating the Word by Susan Woodhouse....18

I Was Hungry....21

Freeze Frame by Tom S. Long....22

Our Father in Heaven by Carol Veldman Rudie....24

Pay It Forward by Greg Scheer....34

A Case for Collaboration by Norma DeWaal Malefyt and Howard Vanderwell....36

Praise Him with Dance by Todd Farley....40

Sound Engineers by Dwight Beal....42

Seeing the Word by …

Program Book - 2005 Calvin Symposium On Worship: Word, Image, Music, Action, Calvin Institute Of Christian Worship

Symposium on Worship Archive

Program book for the 2005 Calvin Symposium on Worship, including a schedule, presenter bios, and practical information.

Ecclesiology In Seventh-Day Adventist Theological Research, 1995-2004: A Brief Introduction And Bibliographical Guide, Gerald Klingbeil

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Brochure - 2004 Calvin Symposium On Worship And The Arts, Calvin Institute Of Christian Worship

Symposium on Worship Archive

A mailer advertising the 2004 Calvin Symposium on Worship, including a schedule and instructions for registration.

Program Book - 2004 Calvin Symposium On Worship And The Arts, Calvin Institute Of Christian Worship

Symposium on Worship Archive

Program book for the 2004 Calvin Symposium on Worship, including a schedule, presenter bios, and practical information.

Brochure - 2002 Calvin Symposium On Worship And The Arts, Calvin Institute Of Christian Worship

Symposium on Worship Archive

A brochure with information about the 2002 Calvin Symposium on Worship, including a schedule, list of presenters, and a registration form. The brochure also includes special notes about changes to the registration process due to increased attendance.