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The Emerging Trend Of Comprehensive Church Consultations, Sam S. Rainer Iii Oct 2004

The Emerging Trend Of Comprehensive Church Consultations, Sam S. Rainer Iii

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

Church consultation is a broad discipline that covers many facets of church needs. And the field covers churches of any size, from small, rural churches to large, suburban megachurches. Granted, a larger church typically has more resources that allows for a deeper analysis, but consultants also have much to offer the smaller church as well.


Church Growth Consulting: Evolution Of An Intervention, Alan Mcmahan Oct 2004

Church Growth Consulting: Evolution Of An Intervention, Alan Mcmahan

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

The rise of the church growth movement in the early 1970’s 1 produced new insights and understanding as to how churches experienced growth and decline. In the years since then an entire industry has emerged to further church growth research and to deliver the resulting insights to pastors and churches. These delivery methods have taken many different forms ranging from formal seminary curriculums, to seminars and workshops, to books and audio or videotapes and computer programs, to expert consultations. As might be predicted, the ability of each delivery system to actually empower lasting, fruitful change among churches and leaders varies.


And This All Men Call God', Timothy O'Connor Oct 2004

And This All Men Call God', Timothy O'Connor

Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers

No abstract provided.


Theologia Naturalis: Philosophy Of Religion Or Doctrine Of Creation, Alan G. Padgett Oct 2004

Theologia Naturalis: Philosophy Of Religion Or Doctrine Of Creation, Alan G. Padgett

Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers

No abstract provided.


The Mad/Bad/God Trilemma: A Reply To Daniel Howard-Snyder, Stephen T. Davis Oct 2004

The Mad/Bad/God Trilemma: A Reply To Daniel Howard-Snyder, Stephen T. Davis

Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers

No abstract provided.


Richard Swinburne, Epistemic Justification, John Greco Oct 2004

Richard Swinburne, Epistemic Justification, John Greco

Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers

No abstract provided.


Natural Theology And Religious Diversity, Harold A. Netland Oct 2004

Natural Theology And Religious Diversity, Harold A. Netland

Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers

No abstract provided.


Was Jesus Mad, Bad, Or God?... Or Merely Mistaken?, Daniel Howard-Snyder Oct 2004

Was Jesus Mad, Bad, Or God?... Or Merely Mistaken?, Daniel Howard-Snyder

Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers

No abstract provided.


Natural Theology, Methodological Naturalism, And "Turtles All The Way Down", Del Ratzsch Oct 2004

Natural Theology, Methodological Naturalism, And "Turtles All The Way Down", Del Ratzsch

Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers

No abstract provided.


Natural Theology, Its "Dwindling Probabilities" And "Lack Of Rapport", Richard Swinburne Oct 2004

Natural Theology, Its "Dwindling Probabilities" And "Lack Of Rapport", Richard Swinburne

Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers

No abstract provided.


Should Religion Shape Science?, Mikael Stenmark Jul 2004

Should Religion Shape Science?, Mikael Stenmark

Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers

No abstract provided.


A Tradition Transfigured: Art And Culture In Reformational Aesthetics, Lambert Zuidervaart Jul 2004

A Tradition Transfigured: Art And Culture In Reformational Aesthetics, Lambert Zuidervaart

Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers

No abstract provided.


A Latin Trinity, Brian Leftow Jul 2004

A Latin Trinity, Brian Leftow

Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers

No abstract provided.


Stenmark, Plantinga, And Scientific Neutrality, Del Ratzsch Jul 2004

Stenmark, Plantinga, And Scientific Neutrality, Del Ratzsch

Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers

No abstract provided.


A Mentoring Model Of Leadership Development In Improving The Self-Perceived Quality Of Leadership Teams At United Church Of God, Kevin E. Richardson May 2004

A Mentoring Model Of Leadership Development In Improving The Self-Perceived Quality Of Leadership Teams At United Church Of God, Kevin E. Richardson

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Mentoring Of First-Time Leaders In The Church, Sterling Neville Gosman May 2004

The Mentoring Of First-Time Leaders In The Church, Sterling Neville Gosman

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Cur Deus Homo? Priorities Among The Reasons?, Marilyn Mccord Adams Apr 2004

Cur Deus Homo? Priorities Among The Reasons?, Marilyn Mccord Adams

Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers

No abstract provided.


Bas C. Van Fraassen, The Empirical Stance, Jeffrey Koperski Apr 2004

Bas C. Van Fraassen, The Empirical Stance, Jeffrey Koperski

Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers

No abstract provided.


Nancy K. Frankenberry, Ed., Radical Interpretation In Religion, Philip L. Quinn Apr 2004

Nancy K. Frankenberry, Ed., Radical Interpretation In Religion, Philip L. Quinn

Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers

No abstract provided.


Steve Wilkens And Alan G. Padgett, Christianity And Western Thought. Volume Ii: Faith And Reason In The 19th Century, Robert Roberts Apr 2004

Steve Wilkens And Alan G. Padgett, Christianity And Western Thought. Volume Ii: Faith And Reason In The 19th Century, Robert Roberts

Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers

No abstract provided.


Extended Case Guidelines, Counseling Department Jan 2004

Extended Case Guidelines, Counseling Department

Syllabi

Instructions on how to do a case study


Student Pastor's Handbook, Asbury Theological Seminary Jan 2004

Student Pastor's Handbook, Asbury Theological Seminary

Syllabi

The program of Supervised Ministries at Asbury Theological Seminary is designed to meet certain goals. These goals are embraced by the following Statement of Purpose: The Supervised Ministries program seeks to provide a supervised action/reflection experience in ministry through which students will achieve the following goals. 1. DEVELOP A VALID PERSONAL CONCEPT AND PRACTICE OF MINISTRY. 2. LEARN HOW TO LEARN FROM EXPERIENCE. 3. LEARN HOW TO DO THEOLOGICAL REFLECTION ON EXPERIENCES IN MINISTRY. 4. DEVELOP EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL MATURITY. 5. HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TEST AND FULFILL THEIR CALL TO MINISTRY.


Nt 520 New Testament Introduction, M. Robert Mulholland Jan 2004

Nt 520 New Testament Introduction, M. Robert Mulholland

Syllabi

Part I: Backgrounds of Early Christianity, Everett Ferguson (BEC)1 Introducing the New Testament, Achtemeier, Green, Thompson (AGT) Part II: Interpreting the New Testament, Black and Dockery, eds. (BD) Hearing the New Testament, Joel B. Green (HNT) Part III: Opening the Bible, Thomas Merton (OB) Shaped by the Word, M. Robert Mulholland, Jr. (SW)


Mw 720 Mission To Muslim Peoples, Dale F. Walker Jan 2004

Mw 720 Mission To Muslim Peoples, Dale F. Walker

Syllabi

Accad, Fouad Elias. Building Bridges: Christianity and Islam. Colorado Springs: Navpress, 1977. Goddard, Hugh. A History of Christian-Muslim Relations. Chicago: New Amsterdam, 2000. Miller, Roland E, Muslim Friends: Their Faith and Feeling. St Louis: Concordia, 1995. Moucarry, Chawkat, The Prophet and the Messiah. Downers Grove: IVP, 2001.


Mi 780 Postmodern Mission, Michael A. Rynkiewich Jan 2004

Mi 780 Postmodern Mission, Michael A. Rynkiewich

Syllabi

1. Missiological Implications of Epistemological Shifts: Affirming Truth in a Modern/Postmodern World. By Paul G. Hiebert. 1999 Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International. A small book with chapters on “The Epistemological Foundations of Positivism,” “The Epistemological Challenges of Instrumentalism and Idealism,” and “Critical Realism: A Way Ahead.” 2. The Truth about The Truth: De-confusing and Re-constructing the Postmodern World. Edited by Walter Truett Anderson. 1995 New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam. A reader presenting and critiquing postmodernism with articles by Isaiah Berlin, Umberto Eco, Vaclav Havel, Jacques Derrida, Kenneth Gergen, Maureen O’Hara, Michel Foucault, Stanley Krippner, Martin Marty, Richard Rorty, Howard Gardner, …


Mw 770 Contemporary Cults, Steven Tsoukalas Jan 2004

Mw 770 Contemporary Cults, Steven Tsoukalas

Syllabi

Hexham, Irving, and Karla Poewe. Understanding Cults and New Religions. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1986. Sire, James. Scripture Twisting: Twenty Ways the Cults Misread the Bible. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1980. Stark, Rodney, and William Sims Bainbridge. The Future of Religion: Secularization, Revival, and Cult Formation. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1985. Tsoukalas, Steven. Masonic Rites and Wrongs: An Examination of Freemasonry. Phillipsburg, N.J.: Presbyterian and Reformed, 1995. Tucker, Ruth. Another Gospel: Alternative Religions and the New Age Movement. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1989.


Mb 750 Values And Ethics In Cross-Cultural Perspective, Michael A. Rynkiewich Jan 2004

Mb 750 Values And Ethics In Cross-Cultural Perspective, Michael A. Rynkiewich

Syllabi

Reading Packet: a. Bonhoeffer, Dietrich 1955 [1949] “The Love of God and the Decay of the World,” Chapter 1 of Ethics edited by Eberhard Bethge. New York: Collier Books, Macmillan Publishing Company. Pp. 17-54. b. Benedict, Ruth 1961 [1934] “The Nature of Society,” Chapter 7 in Patterns of Culture. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Pp. 223-250. c. Lee, Dorothy 1987 [1959] “Codifications of Reality: Lineal and Non-lineal,” in Dorothy Lee Freedom and Culture. Prospect Heights: Waveland Press. Pp. 105-120. Originally published in Psycosomatic Medicine 12 (1950). d. Thompson, David L. 1996 “Women, Men, Slaves and the Bible: Hermeneutical Inquiries,” Christian Scholar’s …


Mb 810 Advanced Missiological Anthropology, Michael A. Rynkiewich Jan 2004

Mb 810 Advanced Missiological Anthropology, Michael A. Rynkiewich

Syllabi

1. The Study of Culture (Rev. 1987) -L. L. Langness 2. Anthropological Theory 2nd ed. (2000) - R. J. McGee and R. L. Warms (eds.) 3. Anthropological Reflections on Missiological Issues (1994) - Paul Hiebert 4. The Church and Cultures: New Perspectives in Missiological Anthropology (1988) – Louis J. Luzbetak


Cs 681 Bioethics: Technology, Culture And The Future, James R. Thobaben Jan 2004

Cs 681 Bioethics: Technology, Culture And The Future, James R. Thobaben

Syllabi

Teays, Wanda & Purdy, Laura, Bioethics, Justice, and Health Care Section 3: Medical Experimentation Section 4: The Body as Property Section 4: Individual Decision Making Section 6: Abortion & Birth Control Section 7:Reproductive Tech & Surrogacy Section 8: Genetics & Cloning Peterson, James C. Genetic Turning Points Hauerwas, Stanley, “Abortion: Theologically Understood” [http://www.lifewatch.org/abortion.html] Durham Declaration [http://www.lifewatch.org/durham.html]


Do 501 Basic Christian Doctrine, Allan Coppedge Jan 2004

Do 501 Basic Christian Doctrine, Allan Coppedge

Syllabi

Thomas Oden, The Living God. ________, The Word Of Life. ________, Life In The Spirit. John Oswalt, Call To Be Holy. Mildred Wynkoop, Foundations of Wesleyan-Arminian Theology. Allan Coppedge, Portraits of God.