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Enlisting Volunteers In Ministry, Jerry Louis Fore

Doctor of Ministry Projects

Problem

Involving church members in ministry annually challenges church leaders. To meet this demand within the Seventh-day Adventist church, a committee typically nominates church members to fill prescribed offices—places of need. Filling offices, however, too often causes a committee to overlook some people or to mismatch interests, talents, and tasks.

Method

While serving the Kansas City Central Church as senior pastor, I introduced a Bible-based process to involve members' gifts and talents in ministry. Using trained interviewers in this one-year pilot project, members became involved after matching their talents and interests with tasks. After the church approved the project, I …

The Letters Of St. Antony: Origenist Theology, Monastic Tradition And The Making Of A Saint By Samuel Rubenson (Review), Douglas E. Christie

Theological Studies Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

The Role Of Ordained Women In The Ministry With Special Reference, Holiness Church In Kenya, Debbie Wairimu Rath

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Κοινo͂Nia: The Biblical Proclamation Of Κοινo͂Nia And Its Relationship To The Proclamation And Celebration Of The Lord's Supper, Gregory Seltz

Master of Sacred Theology Thesis

"Fellowship." What does it mean? How is one to “achieve" it? Or, does one achieve it at all? What are the modern views concerning koin ͂οnia and do they parallel Paul’s use of the term in his writings? Where is the koin ͂οnia hall in the church? Pastors, theologians and lay people alike are challenged to answer these questions, either overtly or subtly, for true faith looks to root itself on solid, common, KOINON, ground. The task of this study is to pursue clarity regarding koin ͂οnia which may help in recognizing when it is spoken of in lesser, other, …

Chapter 2: The Bethel Academy Story, G. Herbert Livingston

The Asbury Journal

No abstract provided.

Journal In Entirety

The Asbury Journal

No abstract provided.

Philippians 2:5-11 : Ethics Or Soteriology?, Wayne Robert Major

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Outreach, Summer 1993

Outreach

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Great Britain and Ireland

Outreach Finding Aid

Paul And The Septuagint, David M. Deems

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Pastoral Emphases In Premarital Counseling, Paul Bramstedt

Doctor of Ministry Major Applied Project

Many things in life start out as being something that is optional, but as time passes they soon become a necessity. Premarital counseling is one aspect of ministry which forty years ago was considered an optional service by many pastors. Today it is viewed as a necessity.

Premarital counseling which is conducted by a Christian minister is rooted in the Word of God. Teachings of Holy Scripture in respect to marriage are at the heart and core of the counseling process. While the premarital counseling which a Christian minister conducts may cover various topics, there are distinct pastoral emphases which …

Burnout In The Pastoral Ministry: The Need For Clear Boundaries, Russell Weise

Doctor of Ministry Major Applied Project

A survey was conducted of 138 pastors in The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod in the Central and Southern Illinois districts in the Fall of 1991. The purpose of the survey was to determine the level of stress and burnout in the pastor's lives.

The survey revealed the following: generally pastors are very satisfied with their calling as pastors, but the findings reveal the pastor's strong proclivity to ignore his wife and family and to deny any possible warning signs of stress and burnout. The findings also uncovered that pastors are eager to have support groups but find themselves not wanting to …

The Future Of Denominational Research: Souther Baptist Research Fellowship, Larry L. Mcswain

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

Denominational researchers must focus on their unique role in relation to the role of other researchers. Our future as competent and effective researchers is dependent on our ability to keep up with the technology available to us. We must develop and maintain networks among researchers to avoid duplication of effort and create adequate sharing of what we know. We must also find ways to include the most difficult research subjects in our efforts. Moreover, if our calling is to have any meaning we must have the kinds of relationships and influence with decision makers that the information we have will …

Outreach, Spring 1992

Outreach

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Great Britain and Ireland

Outreach Finding Aid

The Voices Of God's Call, Especially Dreams, Visions, And Angelic Messages, William N. Rickard

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Daily Devotions For The Deaf, April-May-June 1990

Daily Devotions for the Deaf

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Council Bluffs, IA

Daily Devotions for the Deaf Finding Aid

The Language Of Demonic Possession: A Key-Word Analysis, Ken Frieden

Religion - All Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Freud's Dream Of Interpretation, Ken Frieden

Books

Frieden explores methods of dream interpretation in the Bible, the Talmud, and in the writings of Sugmund Freud, and brings to light Freud's Troubled relationship to his Judaic forerunners. This book reveals unfamiliar associations in intellectual history and challenges received ideas in biblical, Talmudic, and Freudian scholarship.

1989-90 Chapel Schedule, Taylor University

Chapel Schedules

No abstract provided.

Outreach, July 1989

Outreach

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Great Britain and Ireland

Outreach Finding Aid

Western Theological Seminary Catalog: 1988-1989, Western Theological Seminary

Western Theological Seminary Catalogs

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

154 Steps To Revitalize Your Sunday School And Keep Your Church Growing, Elmer L. Towns

Books

No abstract provided.

Lukan Easter Formation: Living Out The Resurrection, Edgar M. Krentz

Institute of Liturgical Studies Occasional Papers

(Excerpt)

We will discuss two types of Easter formation in the early church, with Acts and Luke as guides to our Easter mystagogy. The topic is in one sense natural for a New Testament scholar, since all writers of the New Testament begin theologically from the resurrected Christ, because a Christian's life-style (to use a modem shibboleth) is formed in the New Testament from the event of baptism, and because early Christian parenesis is essentially a realization of life under the Lordship of the Resurrected One. But it also brings some problems.

Daily Devotions For The Deaf, January-February 1987

Daily Devotions for the Deaf

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Council Bluffs, IA

Daily Devotions for the Deaf Finding Aid

Western Theological Seminary Catalog: 1987-1988, Western Theological Seminary

Western Theological Seminary Catalogs

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

Western Theological Seminary Catalog: 1986-1987, Western Theological Seminary

Western Theological Seminary Catalogs

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

Mission: Vol. 19, No. 6

Mission

Mission: Vol. 19, No. 6. The articles in this issue include: "Unto You a Child is Born" from the Editor, "John" by George Ewing, "God in Our Arena" by Frank C. Perry, "When the Time Was Ripe" by Leroy Garrett, "Going Home for Christmas" by Robert E. Seymour, "Seasons" by William T. Stewart, "Missing" by C. Leonard Allen, "Intellectual Pursuits in Our Colleges" by Robert M. Randolph, "Getting to Know Us" the Editor, "Doctrinal Reflections: Restorationism: The Past and the Future" by Lynn E. Mitchell, Jr., BOOKS: "Reason and Imagination in C. S. Lewis: A Study of Till We Have …

Western Theological Seminary Catalog: 1985-1986, Western Theological Seminary

Western Theological Seminary Catalogs

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

The Relations Of The Rumanian Orthodox Church With Other Churches, Alf Johansen

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

Michigan Catholic News, November-December 1984

Michigan Catholic News

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Lansing, MI

Michigan Catholic News Finding Aid

Listening, September-October 1984

Listening

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in USA

ListeningFinding Aid