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The Absolving Word : Luther's Reformational Turn, Matthew W. Mccormick

Master of Theology Theses

No abstract provided.

Assessing The Effect Of Worship Education And Worship Renewal At First Baptist Church Kings Mountain, North Carolina, Jonathan Bundon

Doctor of Ministry Projects

For many Christians, worship has been reduced to the entertainment value centered on self rather than the Triune God. Ignorance must be combated with worship education and worship renewal. For the worshiper, how one prepares for corporate worship affects their worship experience and informs their private worship. The four-week study, Spirit and Truth, introduced members of First Baptist Church Kings Mountain to worship education and renewal and challenged them to assess their own worship practices. Quantitative and qualitative test results and observations validated this project's needs. In addition, the project afforded opportunities that might contribute to a life-long experiment of …

Resiliency-Based Spiritual Support: A Preventative Approach Empowering Spiritual Resiliency In Clinical Pastoral Education Students At Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina, Michael Gross

Doctor of Ministry Projects

Resiliency-Based Spiritual Support: A Preventative Approach was designed to empower a minister's spiritual resiliency practices. These practices allow him/her to courageously navigate the seasons of ministry and bounce back from stressful experiences. The six-week curriculum intervention for clinical pastoral education participants involved control and intervention groups. It focused on five spiritual resiliency themes (community, hope, sound of the genuine, meditation, stewardship) and related spiritual resiliency practices. Research methods included quantitative and qualitative instruments. Post-training evaluation scores evidenced participants were empowered by a greater understanding of the biblical/theological foundations and exploration of practices. Participants did recommend spiritual resiliency training for clergy.

Developing Pastoral Identity In Level One Clinical Pastoral Education Students At Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina, Biju Chacko

Doctor of Ministry Projects

Pastoral identity development is a necessity in today's pastoral context. Clarity on one's emerging pastoral identity creates authenticity in pastors to fulfill their pastoral duties. Pastoral identity development is an ongoing process. This project studied how Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) developed pastoral identity in Level I CPE students at Duke University Hospital. The project used a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods to gather and analyze data. The project found that pastoral identity is a combination of multiple components namely call, perception, skills, community, and experience.

Seventh-Day Adventist Dissertations And Theses In Religion, Jón Hjörleifur Stefánsson, Terry Dwain Robertson

Faculty Publications

A bibliography of theses and dissertations completed by students at Seventh-day Adventist institutions of Higher Education through 2012. The bibliography is a work in progress, and is not complete. Challenges continue with the representation of non-Roman fonts and diacritics, so authors and titles with these issues may not be listed at this time. It is the goal to include all works in the bibliography.

Patterns And Practices Of Women's Leadership In The Yorkshire Quaker Community, 1760-1820, Helen Plant

Quaker Studies

By the second half of the eighteenth century, women ministers had become the principal upholders of the spiritual life of Quakerism in Yorkshire. Drawing on a range of sources including the institutional records of Quaker Meetings, personal correspondence and spiritual journals and autobiographies, this paper aims to shed light on the precise nature of female leadership in the Religious Society of Friends and to contribute to greater understanding of the conditions under which it became dominant. It suggests that the growing tendency for women to outnumber men as ministers was closely linked to wider social and economic trends within contemporary …

Anne Camm And The Vanishing Quaker Prophets, Christine Trevett

Quaker Studies

No abstract provided.

Work In Progress: Inwardness And Outwardness: Quietism And Evangelicalism In The Life Of Mary Birkett Card, 1774-1817, Josephine Teakle

Quaker Studies

No abstract provided.

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 49 No 2 - November 2014), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

Articles: Christian Social Ethics as a Form of Missionary Ecclesiology: A Case Study of the Dutch Reformed Experience by Gerard C. den Hertog - 174 / The Estimation of the World: A Comparison Between Calvin and Van Ruler by Willem van Vlastuin - 186 / Simon Goulart (1543-1628) and the Consolation of Troubled Souls by Scott M. Manetsch - 201 / Good News for the Poor: An Analysis of Calvin's Concept of Poor Relief and the Diaconate in Light of His Two Kingdoms Paradigm by Matthew J. Tuininga - 221 / The Impact of a Gap in Existence on …

Lessons Of The Jerusalem Council For The Church’S Debate Over Sexuality, Bill T. Arnold

The Asbury Journal

The Jerusalem Council (Acts 15) gets widespread attention today as a model for decision-making in the church, especially with regard to the changing cultural mores related to same-sex practices. This study investigates hermeneutical assumptions in two scholarly treatments of Acts 15 in light of the literary and historical context of the Jerusalem Council, including a few exegetical details. The study focuses especially on the specifics of the Apostolic Decree in verses 28-29. The aim of the investigation is to evaluate the chapter’s use in current debates over sexual ethics, and to propose appropriate lessons of the Jerusalem Council based on …

The Relationship Of Family, Church, School, Peers, Media, And Adventist Culture To The Religiosity Of Adventist Youth In Puerto Rico, Edwin P. Alicea Santiago

Dissertations

Problem. No formal study that considers the influence of the family, church, school, peers, media, and Adventist culture on the denominational loyalty, Christian commitment, and religious behavior of Adventist young people of Puerto Rico has previously been conducted. Therefore, pastors, parents, teachers, church leaders, and administrators have no data on which to base their assessment of the religiosity of Adventist young people.

Method. This study used youth ages 14 to 21 from the youth sample of the Avance PR study conducted in 1995 in Adventist schools and churches in Puerto Rico. For the analysis, the sample was divided. When studying …

The Ministry Methods Of Jerry Falwell, Rod Dempsey

Eruditio Ardescens

No abstract provided.

Atoning For The Sins Of The Fatherland: The Gendered Nationalism Of The Ecumenical Sisterhood Of Mary, George Faithful

Collected Faculty Scholarship

In my book, Mothering the Fatherland, forthcoming from Oxford University Press, I analyze how the penitential practices of a group of Protestant nuns in Germany were rooted in their understanding of collective German national guilt in the aftermath of the Third Reich. Those with some prior familiarity with the group may know them as the Evangelical or Evangelische Sisterhood of Mary. I will refer to them throughout by their original name, the Ecumenical Sisterhood of Mary. While the book discusses the sisters’ gender and nationalism separately in the context of the sisters’ repentance and theology of collective national guilt, I …

Conservative Holiness Pastors' Ability To Assess Depression And Their Willingness To Refer To Mental Health Professionals, Andrew Graham

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this study was to investigate the willingness and ability of Conservative Holiness pastors to assess depression and their willingness to refer to mental health professionals. Eighty-six pastors completed a four-part survey that measured diagnostic accuracy, willingness to refer, attitudes toward mental health, perceived competency to assist, recognition of need for help and confidence in mental health professionals. Demographic characteristics and case study responses were investigated through analysis of frequency data; relationships with demographic variables were analyzed using Spearman's rho and independent t-tests; relationships with variables derived from the scales were analyzed using Pearson Product-Moment Correlation. Analyses found …

Developing A Congregational Care Model: Mount Olive Baptist Church, Donna Robinson Mack-Tatum

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this thesis is to develop a layperson based Congregational Care Ministry Model to assist the pastor of large congregations. The topic was chosen as a means of addressing the need for the pastor of the Mount Olive Baptist Church to have assistance with meeting the needs of the congregation. As the congregation increases in size, it has become increasingly more difficult for him to visit the sick, counsel, minister to the bereaved, preach, and teach. While there are other ministries that assist in various ways with these tasks, this ministry will enhance the efforts that are already …

Elder Selection: Engaging The Monterey Church Of Christ In A Collaborative Elder Selection Process, Benjamin D. Pickett

Doctor of Ministry Theses and Dissertations

This doctor of ministry thesis presents the outcomes of a project intended to foster greater collaboration at the Monterey Church of Christ in its selection of elders. The intervention involved the engagement of the Monterey Church in a process that involved multiple steps. These steps involved engagement with teachers in the context of a teacher training seminar, with Bible classes in a series of Bible lessons, and with elders, elder nominees, and their spouses in order to discern the perceived degree to which Monterey members participate in the elder selection process. The Bible lessons presented an alternative model for theological …

The Banner - V. 147, No. 12 - (December 2012), Christian Reformed Church In North America

The Banner

6 - Editorial: Living with a Foot in Each World by Bob De Moor / 7 - Catch Your Breath: Wake Up and Pay Attention by Joyce Kane / 8 - IMHO: Muzak by Frank DeVries / 8 - Letters to the Editor / 11 - News: Christmas Dinner for Lacombe / 17 - Frequently Asked Questions / 18 - God’s Belly Button by Leonard Vander Zee / 21 - Relating: When Traditions Fail Us by Mary Vandervennen / 22 - The View from Here: ’Tis the Season by Joel Boot / 23 - Finding Truth Amid Turbulence in China …

A Comparative Study: Traditional Evangelical Friends Pastors With Contemporar Evangelical Pastors For Twenty-First Century Application, Thomas Crawford

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This is a study of the dominant views of traditional evangelical Friends pastors and contemporary evangelical pastors. A comparative study of lifestyle, methods of ministry, and primary doctrinal beliefs is used to discover areas of agreement, differences, and points critical to successful leadership for Evangelical Friends pastors. Being a pastor and denominational leader in the Evangelical Friends Church-Eastern Region for the past 32 years gives the author a critical interest in this study. Every church and denomination wants to effectively reach people for Christ. The author and Evangelical Friends are no different. Academic research is combined with interviews of evangelical …

The Banner - V. 147, No. 6 - (June 2012), Christian Reformed Church In North America

The Banner

6 - Editorial: A Political or Apolitical Church? by Bob De Moor / 7 - Catch Your Breath: Missing Maggie by Judy Hardy / 8 - IMHO: Let’s Break the Mold by Nicole Launiere Bode / 8 - Letters to the Editor / 17 - News: Synod 2012: What to Watch For / 18 - The Gifts of God for the People of God: Deepening Table Practice for People of All Ages by John Witvliet / 21 - On the Journey: Sunday Morning by Cal Buquet / 22 - Living Out the Mission by Matt Kucinski / 26 - The …

The Banner - V. 147, No. 3 - (March 2012), Christian Reformed Church In North America

The Banner

6 - Editorial: Can Good Stewards Grow the Economy? by Bob De Moor / 7 - Catch Your Breath: God the Parent by Joan De Vries / 8 - IMHO: The Belhar: Social Gospel or Confession? by Julian Ross Hudson / 8 - Letters to the Editor / 10 - News: Michigan Group Responds to Synod’s Decision on Homosexuality / 18 - Changing the World—One Creative Act at a Time by Don Perini / 20 - Frequently Asked Questions / 21 - On the Journey: Celebrating Our Baptism by Dale Melenberg / 22 - A Heart for the World by …

Papers Of Orville Walters Arc1990-001 - Finding Aid, Orville Walters

Finding Aids

No abstract provided.

2012 - 106th Annual Summit, "Intimacy", Abilene Christian University, Abilene Christian University

Lectureship and Summit Programs

No abstract provided.

The Banner - V. 146, No. 12 - (December 2011), Christian Reformed Church In North America

The Banner

10 - Editorial: Royalists by Bob De Moor / 11 - Catch Your Breath: World Sorrow by Sarah VanderMolen / 12 - IMHO: Evolution and the Young Adult Exodus by Steve Roels and Sarah Bodbyl Roels / 12 - Letters to the Editor / 14 - News: Evangelical Fellowship of Canada defends religious speech. / 21 - Next: Why I Believe in Santa Claus by Sam Gutierrez / 22 - Humanizing Church Order and Family Devotions by Sandy Swartzentruber / 23 - The View from Here: In the Record by Joel Boot / 26 - The Ways We Tell the …

The Banner - V. 146, No. 7 - (July 2011), Christian Reformed Church In North America

The Banner

9 - Editorial: The More We Get Together . . . by Bob De Moor / 10 - Candidates for Ministry 2011 / 15 - Catch Your Breath: A Gospel Not of Human Origin by Thyra VanKeeken / 16 - Fighting Fair by George Vink / 19 - Next: Substance amid Vagueness by John Kloosterman / 20 - Just for Kids: A Cure for NDD by Joanne De Jonge / 22 - Tuned In: A Friend on the Radio by Ron VandenBurg / 24 - Leadership: Too Busy? by Art Schoonveld, Norm Thomasma, and Cecil Van Niejenhu / 26 - …

Implementing A Discernment Phase For Those Nominated In The Shepherd Selection Process At The Cinco Ranch Church Of Christ, Aaron Walling

Doctor of Ministry Theses and Dissertations

This doctor of ministry thesis presents the results of a project that implemented a discernment phase for those nominated in the shepherd selection process at the Cinco Ranch Church of Christ. Occurring in the fall of 2010, this project involved nominees in a series of six one-hour, thirty-minute sessions designed to establish the theological foundations for shepherding and to explore its practical expression at Cinco Ranch. For the theological component, this project primarily utilized Ephesians 4:11-16, and for the practical side, it incorporated group interactions with those serving as shepherds along with the review of guiding leadership documents. The project‟s …

Episcopal Applicants To Ordained Ministry: Are They Psychological Healthy?, Thomas G. Plante, Christopher Apodaca

Psychology

The current investigation evaluated psychological and personality profiles of applicants to the diaconate and priesthood for several Episcopal dioceses. Applicants included both genders and their ages ranged from 29 to 67 years. A psychological testing battery including the MMPI-2, 16PF, and MCMI-III was administered to 42 applicants between 2008 and 2009 who subsequently entered the diaconate or priestly formation program in the Episcopal Church. Results indicate that these applicants were generally well-adjusted. Findings also suggest some tendency for defensiveness, repression, naïveté, and a strong need for affection, as well as for being emotionally stable, intelligent, trusting, and open to change. …

The Banner - V. 146, No. 4 - (April 2011), Christian Reformed Church In North America

The Banner

6 - Editorial: Christ Has Risen Indeed! by Bob De Moor / 7 - Catch Your Breath: Hitting the Wall by Trevor Payton / 8 - IMHO: Get Off the Global Warming Bandwagon by Paul Rhoda / 8 - Letters to the Editor / 10 - News: CRC Board of Trustees adopts diversity report / 19 - Frequently Asked Questions / 20 - The Kingdom on Earth or in Heaven? by Sylvia Keesmaat / 22 - Gospel-centered Renewal: The Philadelphia Story by Natalie Hart / 26 - Dear Reader: Rendering to Caesar—and Thanking God by Jerry Dykstra / 30 - …

The Banner - V. 146, No. 1 - (January 2011), Christian Reformed Church In North America

The Banner

6 - Editorial: Security for Whom? by Bob De Moor / 7 - Catch Your Breath: In the Palm of God’s Hand by Judy Hardy / 8 - IMHO: Saying No to the Belhar by Rob Toornstra / 8 - Letters to the Editor / 10 - News: A firsthand look at rebuilding Haiti / 19 - Frequently Asked Questions / 20 - Tuned In: The Comeback Catechism by Robert N. Hosack / 22 - Caring for Creation by Kristen deRoo VanderBerg / 26 - Dear Reader: Our World Belongs to God by Jerry Dykstra / 30 - Just for …

The Banner - V. 145, No. 9 - (September 2010), Christian Reformed Church In North America

The Banner

6 - Editorial: Hail, September by Bob De Moor / 7 - Catch Your Breath: The World of Bees by Valerie Van Kooten / 8 - IMHO: Is Separation Always a Sin? by Timothy R. Palmer / 8 - Letters to the Editor / 10 - News: Haiti progress report / 17 - Frequently Asked Questions / 18 - Koreans in the CRC by Bomsu Kim / 21 - Relating: How to Be a Christian Employee by Cal Jen / 22 - Volunteerism at CTS by Kathy Smith / 26 - Dear Reader: Little Words, Big Impact by Jerry Dykstra …

The Banner - V. 145, No. 7 - (July 2010), Christian Reformed Church In North America

The Banner

9 - Editorial: Your Sons and Daughters Will Prophesy by Bob De Moor / 10 - Candidates for Ministry 2010 / 15 - Catch Your Breath: Being Flock-worthy by Nathaniel Van Denend / 16 - How to Be Catholic by Richard Mouw / 19 - True Confessions: Don’t Know Much About the Catechism by Bob Rozema / 20 - Just for Kids: Wacky Water by Christin Baker / 22 - Tuned In: Swept Up by Swoopo by Otto Selles / 24 - I Was in Prison and You Visited Me . . . by Henry Smidstra / 26 - An …