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Measuring The Clergy/Laity Gap And Its Effect On Church Health And Outreach, Christopher Wyatt Goff Jan 2008

Measuring The Clergy/Laity Gap And Its Effect On Church Health And Outreach, Christopher Wyatt Goff

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Substantialist And Relational Understandings Of Entire Sanctification Among Church Of The Nazarene Clergy, William M. Kirkemo Jan 2008

Substantialist And Relational Understandings Of Entire Sanctification Among Church Of The Nazarene Clergy, William M. Kirkemo

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


A Contemplative Youth Ministry Retreat Model, Russell H. Freeman May 2007

A Contemplative Youth Ministry Retreat Model, Russell H. Freeman

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Appropriating Narrative Preaching Within The Palestinian Evangelical Churches In The Region Of Galilee, Israel, Nabil Elia Samara May 2007

Appropriating Narrative Preaching Within The Palestinian Evangelical Churches In The Region Of Galilee, Israel, Nabil Elia Samara

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Aids Orphan Crisis In Kenya: Caring For Kikuyu Children In Escarpment, Patrick Gitau Kihiu Apr 2007

The Aids Orphan Crisis In Kenya: Caring For Kikuyu Children In Escarpment, Patrick Gitau Kihiu

ATS Dissertations

The HIV/AIDS pandemic has continued to ravage many populations in the world. Sub-Saharan Africa has become the home of millions of HIV/AIDS orphans and the numbers continue to grow. A major repercussion of the pandemic is that the traditional extended family network within this African context has been overwhelmed. Many of the AIDS orphans are now cared for by elderly grandparents. This study shows how the Kikuyu tribal system is supposed to work in providing care for its orphans. The study examines how some of the contemporary factors, particularly the spread of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, have affected this tribal system. …


Good News To The Poor: A Model For Holistic Ministry In Bunyore, Kenya, Moses Alela Mar 2007

Good News To The Poor: A Model For Holistic Ministry In Bunyore, Kenya, Moses Alela

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This study details a model for holistic Christian ministry which can be adopted by churches to help alleviate extreme poverty in Bunyore, Kenya. The model presented here is faithful to biblical truth and culturally relevant. If well implemented, the model can help Christians in Bunyore meet both their spiritual and physical needs, thereby demonstrating that Good News is indeed good to those in extreme poverty. The model has a spiritual element which makes it Holistic Christian Transformational Development (as it is termed here). This model stands in distinction from other models introduced by secular bodies which lack this spiritual element, …


Preacher-As-Witness : The Homiletical Approach Of E. Stanley Jones, Luke Molberg Pederson Jan 2007

Preacher-As-Witness : The Homiletical Approach Of E. Stanley Jones, Luke Molberg Pederson

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


We Are Preaching With You Pastor : Congregational Input For The Accurate And Relevant Application Of The Word Of God, Keith Patrick Michael Missel Jan 2007

We Are Preaching With You Pastor : Congregational Input For The Accurate And Relevant Application Of The Word Of God, Keith Patrick Michael Missel

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Power To Become Witnesses : The Impact Of An Acts 1:8 Initiative On Three Participating Congregations Of The Zeeland Classis, Reformed Church In America, Steven A. Smallegan Jan 2007

Power To Become Witnesses : The Impact Of An Acts 1:8 Initiative On Three Participating Congregations Of The Zeeland Classis, Reformed Church In America, Steven A. Smallegan

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Physicians' Perceptions Of The Chaplain's Role In Critical Care, Daniel Winiger Jan 2007

Physicians' Perceptions Of The Chaplain's Role In Critical Care, Daniel Winiger

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No abstract provided.


From Committees And Choirs To Communities , J. David Trawick Jan 2007

From Committees And Choirs To Communities , J. David Trawick

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No abstract provided.


Implementing A Biblical Model Of Leadership Through The 3l Vision Leader Of Leaders Of Leaders, Eduardo Drachenberg Jan 2007

Implementing A Biblical Model Of Leadership Through The 3l Vision Leader Of Leaders Of Leaders, Eduardo Drachenberg

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Korean Christian Understanding Of Bok And Spiritual Maturity From Missiological Perspective, Sung Il Lee Jan 2007

Korean Christian Understanding Of Bok And Spiritual Maturity From Missiological Perspective, Sung Il Lee

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No abstract provided.


Assessing The Church-Based Bible Institutes And Master's Commission Programs Of Assemblies Of God Churches In The Great Lakes Region, Donald F. Williams Jan 2007

Assessing The Church-Based Bible Institutes And Master's Commission Programs Of Assemblies Of God Churches In The Great Lakes Region, Donald F. Williams

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Measuring The Impact Of The Self-Image Reformation Program On Women Pastors Of Manchu Autonomous Counties (In China), Jessie Yim Han Ng Jan 2007

Measuring The Impact Of The Self-Image Reformation Program On Women Pastors Of Manchu Autonomous Counties (In China), Jessie Yim Han Ng

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No abstract provided.


Pastoral Teams And Congregational Health In Smaller Churches, Phillip R. Perkins Jan 2007

Pastoral Teams And Congregational Health In Smaller Churches, Phillip R. Perkins

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Effect Of Fasting Upon The Development Of Servant Leaders At Saint Joseph United Methodist Church, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Sidney F. Gauby Jan 2007

The Effect Of Fasting Upon The Development Of Servant Leaders At Saint Joseph United Methodist Church, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Sidney F. Gauby

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Scriptural And Rational Piety : The Development And Use Of A Curriculum For Teaching Authentic Wesleyan Worship, Todd Alan Stepp Jan 2007

Scriptural And Rational Piety : The Development And Use Of A Curriculum For Teaching Authentic Wesleyan Worship, Todd Alan Stepp

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Discovering New Motivations For Excellence In Christian Ministry Within The Leadership Of The Church At Powai, Cecil Clements Jan 2007

Discovering New Motivations For Excellence In Christian Ministry Within The Leadership Of The Church At Powai, Cecil Clements

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No abstract provided.


Woodland Journey : A Study Of Christian Pilgrimage, William Arthur Allen Jan 2007

Woodland Journey : A Study Of Christian Pilgrimage, William Arthur Allen

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No abstract provided.


Church Planting Using A Continuous Quality Management Process In A New Wesleyan Church In Western New York, Christopher Mark Baldwin Jan 2006

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

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No abstract provided.


Missional Small Churches : Transitioning A Church From Pastoral To Program, Mark Alan Lindstrom Jan 2006

Missional Small Churches : Transitioning A Church From Pastoral To Program, Mark Alan Lindstrom

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No abstract provided.


Clergywomen With Spiritual Authority, Sunny Sunwook Pak Jan 2006

Clergywomen With Spiritual Authority, Sunny Sunwook Pak

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No abstract provided.


The Prayer-Driven Church Plant, David A. Slagle Jan 2006

The Prayer-Driven Church Plant, David A. Slagle

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


A Qualitative Case Study Of A Mississippi Multiracial Congregation, John Charles Meador Jan 2006

A Qualitative Case Study Of A Mississippi Multiracial Congregation, John Charles Meador

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No abstract provided.


Proclaiming What We Have Seen And Heard : The Role Of Prayer In Hermeneutics For Homiletics, James Joseph Mindling Jan 2006

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

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Religious Publishing And Print On Demand : A Comparison Of Warner Press With Representative Religious Publishers Between 1980--2005, Steven V. Williams Jan 2006

Religious Publishing And Print On Demand : A Comparison Of Warner Press With Representative Religious Publishers Between 1980--2005, Steven V. Williams

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


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 Jan 2006

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

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Attendance To Discipleship : A Study Of The Orchard 101 Course, Ben Cathey Jan 2006

Attendance To Discipleship : A Study Of The Orchard 101 Course, Ben Cathey

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Towards A Theology Of Land For The New Guinea Islands, William Kenny Longgar Jan 2006

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

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.