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Church Planting Using A Continuous Quality Management Process In A New Wesleyan Church In Western New York, Christopher Mark Baldwin

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Preparatory Elements To Promote Congregational Change, Oliver B. Dongell

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The Pastor As Priestly Worship Leader, Jeffrey B. Heath

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Components Of Lay-Mobilizating Cultures And Systems, Tracy D. Hoskins

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Built To Last Pastors : Identifying The Foundational Characteristics Of Perservering In Pastoral Excellence, Andy Hurst

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Cooperating With The Spirit : A Model For Spiritual Formation Within The Local Church, Alan Jones

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Korean Jeong (Chŏng) And Its Relationship To Christian Mission, Woocheol Kim

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Toward A Contextualized Church In A Unified Korea/Corea: Exploring Resources In Wesleyan Theology And Eastern Philosophies, Ohoon Kwon

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Bs 501 Introduction To Biblical Studies I, David Loren Thompson

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Required Texts Bauer, David R. An Annotated Guide to Biblical Resources for Ministry. Hendrickson, 2003. Drane, John Introducing the Old Testament. Completely revised and updated. Fortress Press, 2001. Abbreviated IOT in the syllabus. Revised Standard Version of the Bible or New American Standard Bible or some other contemporary, formal (vs. dynamic) equivalence translation with minimal editorial clutter in the layout. NRSV and NIV are also fine. Thompson, David L. Bible Study That Works. Revised edition. Nappanee, IN: Evangel Press, 1994. Gives a brief, non-technical overview of approach to “inductive biblical studies” commended by the class. (= BSTW)

Malcolm Jeeves, Ed., From Cells To Souls - And Beyond: Changing Portraits Of Human Nature And Hud Hudson, A Materialist Metaphysics Of The Human Person, Stewart Goetz

Faith and Philosophy: Journal of the Society of Christian Philosophers

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Is 501 Kingdom, Church, And World, Christine Pohl

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Required Reading: Middleton, J. Richard and Brian J. Walsh, Truth Is Stranger Than It Used to Be: Biblical Faith in a Postmodern Age, InterVarsity Press, 1995. Plantinga, Cornelius, Not the Way It’s Supposed to Be: A Breviary of Sin, Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1995. Snyder, Howard A., Kingdom, Church, and World: Biblical Themes for Today, Wipf and Stock, 1985, 2001. Volf, Miroslav and Dorothy C. Bass, eds., Practicing Theology: Beliefs and Practices in Christian Life, Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2002. Walker, Andrew, Telling the Story: Gospel, Mission and Culture, Wipf and Stock, 1996, 2003. Wright, N.T., The Challenge of Jesus: Rediscovering Who …

Bs 502 Introduction To Biblical Studies - 3, Ruth Anne Reese

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Required Reading: The New Testament (RSV or NRSV or a similar translation) DeSilva, David An Introduction to the New Testament. Downers Grove: IVP, 2004. Willimon, William. Shaped by the Bible. Nashville: Abingdon, 1990.

Pr 620 The Company Of Preachers, Michael Pasquarello

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Required Texts: I am very enthused about the reading and discussion that we will be doing together this semester! Augustine, The Confessions. Augustine’s theological narration of his life, conversion and ministry provides wonderful insight into what I will call the “preaching life.” That is, the preaching life describes the kind of person God desires to make of us so that we will be capable of hearing and speaking the Word of Christ in a manner that is truthful, inviting and life-changing through the work of the Spirit. Michael Pasquarello, Sacred Rhetoric. This book provides an overview of the “preaching life” …

The Mission Of God In Latin America: Redefining The Theology And Practice Of The Church Based On Luke-Acts, Ricardo Goméz

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The Entrepreneurial Leader As Change Agent : Developing Innovative Churches, Bryson G. Butts

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Self-Expressed Conditions, Expectations, Assumptions, And Experiences Of The Rosebud Sioux In The Winner, South Dakota, Area That Are Offered As Reasons Individuals Or Households Do Not Participate In Local Churches, Ross Slade Reinhiller

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The Prayer-Driven Church Plant, David A. Slagle

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Proclaiming What We Have Seen And Heard : The Role Of Prayer In Hermeneutics For Homiletics, James Joseph Mindling

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Sports Ministry In America's One Hundred Largest Churches, Matthew Brian White

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Exploring The Possibilities Of Using Lisanga Small Groups In Disciple-Making Among The Avalogoli People Of Kenya, Nebert A. Mtange

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Exploring The Possibilities Of Using Lisanga Small Groups In Disciple-Making Among The Avalogoli People Of Kenya, Nebert A. Mtange

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The Impact Of Building A Leadership Team Of Laypersons Upon The Rockwood United Methodist Charge's Embracing And Fulfilling Of Its Charge-Wide Vision Statement, Randall W. Bain

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From Caudillo To Collaborative Leader : A Culturally Influenced Derailment In Emergent Leadership In An Ecuadorian Denomination, Randall S. Coleman

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Towards A Theology Of Land For The New Guinea Islands, William Kenny Longgar

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Get Up : The Art Of Elevation (Audio), Randy Jessen

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My Story : Omar Alrikabi, Omar Alrikabi

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Braveheart Pastors : The Role Of Courage In A Pastor's Ability To Lead The Local Church Effectively, Timothy James Farrell

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The Art Of Vision Casting For Church Multiplication, J. D. Payne

Journal of the American Society for Church Growth

“A plan in the heart of man is like deep water, but a man of understanding draws it out.” Proverbs 20:5 (NASB). The writer of the above verse reminds us of the importance of having knowledge in regard to moving one’s plans out of the deep recesses of the heart to the surface to where those plans can be carried out. This proverb has much to say about casting a vision for multiplication. Casting, or drawing out that vision from the heart so that others will take ownership of that vision and work to carry it out, requires a discerning …

E. Stanley Jones Had A Wife: The Life And Missiological Contributions Of Dr. Mabel Lossing Jones, Missionary To India, 1878-1978, Kathryn Reese Hendershot

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This dissertation presents a chronological survey of the life and mission of Mabel Lossing Jones. Mabel was commissioned to India in 1904 by the Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. She served as a missionary at the Khandwa Girls' Orphanage, and later trained teachers at the Lai Bagh School in Lucknow, India. Mabel was singled out in June of 1909 by the British Colonial government to start a teacher training school in Hawa Bagh. After a furlough, she returned to India as a missionary for the Methodist Episcopal Church, and married E. Stanley Jones in 1911.

Mabel …

Nt 638 Epistle To The Romans, Kenneth Schenck

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The Bible • Richard B. Hays, "Pistis and Pauline Theology: What Is at Stake," and James D. G. Dunn, "Once More, Pistis Christou," both in Looking Back, Pressing On, Pauline Theology Vol 4, edited by E. Elizabeth Johnson and David M. Hay (Atlanta: Scholars, 1997) 35-81. • Krister Stendahl, “Paul and the Introspective Conscience of the West,” HTR 56 (1963): 199-215, also found in Paul Among Jews and Gentiles (Philadelphia: Fortress, 1976), 78-96. • Ernst Käsemann, “‘The Righteousness of God’ in Paul,” in New Testament Questions of Today (London: SCM, 1969), 168-82. David R. Bauer, An Annotated Guide to Biblical …