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The Perspectives Of Students And Theological Educators On Good Teaching: A Look At Theological Education In Indonesia, Daniel Ronda

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Vision, Fall 2006

Vision

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in USA

VisionFinding Aid

Smart Mobs, Bad Crowds, Godly People And Dead Priests: Crowd Symbols In The Josianic Narrative And Some Mesopotamian Parallels, Steven W. Holloway

Libraries

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A View Of The Native North American Contextual Movement And Its Undecided Future, Randy Woodley

Faculty Publications - Portland Seminary

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Re-Envisioning Theological Education And Formation For Mission, In-Context, Using Distance Education, David Wollenburg

Doctor of Ministry

Distance Education Leading To Ordination (DELTO) is a program of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) designed to prepare individuals for pastoral ministry. It is non-residential, and it is contextual, as those in the program are already engaged in ministry.

Three concerns about DELTO are addressed in this work: the first is that it is a "dumbing-down" of pastoral formation; the second is that it is not possible to form a spiritual commWlity of support on-line; and the third is the need for the seminary faculty to have enough information to be able to confidently certify DELTO graduates for ordination.

This …

The Peripheral Church Of Postmodernity, Jim Park

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

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Three Approaches To Practical Theology, Theological Education, And The Church’S Ministry, Kathleen A. Cahalan

School of Theology and Seminary Faculty Publications

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Preaching In The 'Hear' And Now: Justification, Development, And Assessment Of 'Parabolic Engagement' Pedogogy In French-Speaking Missionary Settings, Daniel Sheard

Faculty Dissertations

This thesis argues the utility of ‘parabolic engagement’ method for preachers and listeners in the French Antillean context. The opening chapter defines key terms and clarifies how this imaged sermonic style addresses the listening habits of targeted audiences. It explains that figured delivery is often context-interpretive, involving a more personal, experiential decoding by the listener. Engagement technique increases auditor involvement and creates unique communicative rapport. The chapter points out that the entire experimental process validates the usefulness of the pedagogy. Part One addresses the theological rationale for ‘parabolic engagement’ method. Chapter Two reviews appropriate literature with respect to engagement. Chapter …

Here’S To Your Health: The Church Or The Kingdom? A Reflection For Emergent Church Leaders, Roger Helland

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

A pressing question for many pastors is what will help grow their church. But perhaps this question is based on faulty assumptions flowing from faulty theology. In his book, The Present Future, Reggie McNeal discusses the shift from church growth to Kingdom growth. To him the wrong question to ask is, “How do we grow this church?” That is, how do we get them to come to us?” This question, with its set of assumptions, is based on church thinking rather than kingdom thinking. Rather, the tough question is, “How do we transform our community?” He argues that we need …

Western Theological Seminary Catalog: 2005-2007, Western Theological Seminary

Western Theological Seminary Catalogs

Western Theological Seminary catalogs 1869-[ongoing] (incomplete). Also published as Calendar and Bulletin.

Planting Adventist Communities Of Faith Among Muslims In Unentered Areas Of The Balkans, Milan Bajic

Doctor of Ministry Projects

Problem

The purpose of this research was to develop and equip the church for the implementation of a workable strategy for reaching a large population of about eight million secular Muslims in the Balkans who have never been systematically confronted with the gospel.

Method

This study describes the history, culture, and religion of the Balkans, analyzes socioeconomic and political developments of its Muslim population, examines methods of evangelism and suggests a strategy based on sound biblical and missiological principles for work among the Balkan Muslims.

Results

The outcome of this project will be the development of a contextualized method for …

Earthly Food At The Heavenly Banquet: A New Model For An Evangelical Protestant Inculturation-Contextualization Of Holy Communion In Global Mission, Robert A. Danielson

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Bibliografia Vincentiana

Vincentiana

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Vincentian Bibliography

Vincentiana

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Bibliographie Vincentienne

Vincentiana

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A Response To Chris Sugden, Peter Beyerhaus

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

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Lay Equipping Leadership And Church Growth, Eddie Gibbs

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

One cannot address the topic of Lay Equipping Leadership and Church Growth without reference to the cell group structure that is so integral to the growth of Yoido Full Gospel Church. In order to do justice to the topic I would need to have spent several months interviewing lay leaders, sharing in their training program, and visiting cell groups. As it is I have only visited three cell groups, and that was during my visit to Yoido cin 1985 celebrating the tenth year of the present sanctuary, when we occupied the enlarged building for the first time.

Theology Between Yesterday And Tomorrow, Milan Opoensky

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

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Discovering A Contextualized Model For Training Japanese Cross-Cultural Ministry, Stephen Wesley Dupree

ATS Dissertations

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Elbows On The Table: The Ethics Of Doing Theology, Reflections From A U.S. Hispanic Perspective, Carmen Marie Nanko

Journal of Hispanic / Latino Theology

The author proposes a richly local theology, contextualized in the banter, struggles, and confrontations of daily life, en lo cotidiano. These experiences are considered the foundational touchstones for theological reflection.

Review Of "A Theology Of The Sublime," By Clayton Crockett, Philip J. Rossi

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

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Our Cries In His Cry: Suffering And The Crucified God, Michael D. Stringer

Theses

This study examines Jurgen Moltmann's trinitarian theology of the cross in 'The Crucified God' (1974) in its relevance for the problem of human suffering.

Western Theological Seminary Catalog: 2002-2004, Western Theological Seminary

Western Theological Seminary Catalogs

Western Theological Seminary catalogs 1869-[ongoing] (incomplete). Also published as Calendar and Bulletin.

The Ongoing Decline Of British And American Methodism: A Modernistic Saga, Kenneth J. Collins

The Asbury Journal

No abstract provided.

Hermeneutics, Culture, And The Father Of The Faithful, Lael O. Caesar

Journal of the Adventist Theological Society

No abstract provided.

Staying Within The Boundaries: Contextualization Of Adventism For India, Gordon Christo

Journal of the Adventist Theological Society

No abstract provided.

Reclaiming The Zayat Ministry : Witness To The Gospel Among Burmese Buddhists In Myanmar, Lazarus Fish

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Filipino Group Life: A Contextual Study Of Small Groups In Free Methodist Congregations, David Warren Clemente

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Team Designed Indigenous Generation X Worship In A New Church Plant, Vance Clifton Rains

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

An Adaptation Of The Tswana Initiation Rites As A Christian Discipleship Ministry, Lynn Shmidt

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.