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Clergywomen, Cliftonstrengths, And Spiritual Formation : A Leadership Development Study In The Kentucky Annual Conference, Tamara H. Coleman May 2026

Clergywomen, Cliftonstrengths, And Spiritual Formation : A Leadership Development Study In The Kentucky Annual Conference, Tamara H. Coleman

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Equipping For Impact : Assessing Onboarding Strategies For Church Planting Success, Andrew Brown May 2024

Equipping For Impact : Assessing Onboarding Strategies For Church Planting Success, Andrew Brown

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Following Our Rabbi : Discovering An Apprentice Model Of Discipleship, Judith L. Ransbottom-Stallons May 2017

Following Our Rabbi : Discovering An Apprentice Model Of Discipleship, Judith L. Ransbottom-Stallons

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Hispanic United Methodist Church Growth : The Factors That Impact Growth In Hispanic United Methodist Churches Within The Kentucky Annual Conference, Iosmar Alvarez Alfonso May 2017

Hispanic United Methodist Church Growth : The Factors That Impact Growth In Hispanic United Methodist Churches Within The Kentucky Annual Conference, Iosmar Alvarez Alfonso

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Anti-Slavery And Church Schism Among Protestants In Antebellum Central Kentucky, Lance Justin Hale Jan 2012

Anti-Slavery And Church Schism Among Protestants In Antebellum Central Kentucky, Lance Justin Hale

Online Theses and Dissertations

This thesis is an examination of the effects of anti-slavery and church schism among Protestant Christians in the Bluegrass region of antebellum Kentucky. A variety of secondary and primary sources are utilized, including books and journal articles from current scholarship, journals kept by historical actors, books, letters, and articles, written during or some years after the time under consideration, as well as publications of churches and denominations. Throughout the antebellum years, churches and denominations in the United States fractured over disagreements on slavery and theology. Pastors, such as James Pendleton and Peter Cartwright, endeavored to keep Christianity vibrant and relevant …


Mi 610 Introduction To Christian Mission, Charles Madinger Jan 2009

Mi 610 Introduction To Christian Mission, Charles Madinger

Syllabi

Perspectives on the World Christian Movement: A Reader, Fourth Edition, Edited by Ralph D. Winter and Steven C. Hawthorne, William Carey Library, © 2009 Perspectives on the World Christian Movement: A Study Guide, 2009 Edition, by Steven C. Hawthorne, William Carey Library, © 2009 These texts are included in the cost of the class.


Mb 780 Cross-Cultural Christian Discipling, W. Jay Moon Jan 2009

Mb 780 Cross-Cultural Christian Discipling, W. Jay Moon

Syllabi

Symbol and Ceremony: Making Disciples Across Cultures, M. Zahiser The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure, Victor Turner. Understanding Spiritual Power: A Forgotten Dimension of Cross-Cultural Mission and Ministry, by Marguerite G. Kraft. Windows of the Soul: Experiencing God in New Ways, Ken Gire.


Mb 735 Urban Anthropology, Michael A. Rynkiewich Jan 2005

Mb 735 Urban Anthropology, Michael A. Rynkiewich

Syllabi

Required Books 1. United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) Cities in a Globalizing World: Global Report on Human Settlements 2001 London and Sterling, VA: Earthscan. ISBN 1-85383-806-3 2. George Gmelch and Walter P. Zenner [eds] (1996) Urban Life 4th edition. Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press. ISBN 0-88133-860-5 3. Roger Greenway [ed.] (1992) Discipling the City: A Comprehensive Approach to Urban Ministry. 2nd edition. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock. ISBN 1-57910-552-1 4. John Perkins [ed.] (1995) Restoring At-Risk Communities: Doing It Together and Doing It Right. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books. ISBN 0-8010-5463-X 5. Yamamori, Tetsunao, Bryant L. Myers, and …


Me 630 Planting New Churches, Ronald K. Crandall Jan 2005

Me 630 Planting New Churches, Ronald K. Crandall

Syllabi

Required Readings: 1. Dan Kimball, The Emerging Church, 2003. 2. Ralph Moore, Starting a New Church, 2002. 3. Randy Woodley, Living in Color: Embracing God’s Passion for Ethnic Diversity, 2001. 4. Linus Morris, The High Impact Church, 2nd ed., 1998. 5. Dan Kimball, Emerging Worship, 2004. 6. Aubrey Malphurs, Planting Growing Churches for 21st Century, 1992. 7. Bill Hybels, Courageous Leadership, 2002. 8. Reggie McNeal, Revolution in Leadership, 1998. 9. Erwin McManus, An Unstoppable Force, 2001. 10. Peter Scazzero, The Emotionally Healthy Church, 2003. 11. Reggie McNeal, The Present Future, 2003. 12. Craig Miller, Next Church.Now: Creating New Faith Communities, …


Mi 610 Introduction Of Christian Mission, Gregory P. Leffel Jan 2005

Mi 610 Introduction Of Christian Mission, Gregory P. Leffel

Syllabi

REQUIRED READING Winter, Ralph D. and Steven C. Hawthorne, eds. Perspectives on the World Christian Movement: A Reader. 3rd. ed. Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 1999 (Available at course orientation, see below). Moreau, A. Scott, Gary R. Corwin and Gary B. McGee. Introducing World Missions: A Biblical, Historical, and Practical Survey. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2004 (Available at ATS Bookstore). Escobar, Samuel. The New Global Mission: The Gospel From Everywhere to Everyone. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2003 (Available at ATS Bookstore).


Mi 770 Christian Mission And Global Culture, Howard A. Snyder Jan 2005

Mi 770 Christian Mission And Global Culture, Howard A. Snyder

Syllabi

TEXTBOOKS Friedman, Thomas L. The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization. Rev. ed. Random House, 2000. 490 pp. Moe-Lobeda, Cynthia D. Healing a Broken World: Globalization and God. Fortress, 2002. 228 pp. Rifkin, Jeremy. The Age of Access: The New Culture of Hypercapitalism Where All of Life is a Paid-For Experience. Tarcher/Putnam, 2000. 312 pp. Sine, Tom. Mustard Seed versus McWorld: Reinventing Life and Faith for the Future. Baker, 1999. 249 pp. Snyder, Howard A. Coherence in Christ: The Larger Meaning of Ecology. General Board of Global Ministries, United Methodist Church, 2000. 24 pp. Snyder, Howard A. EarthCurrents: The …


Mb 770 The Indigenous Church, W. Jay Moon Jan 2005

Mb 770 The Indigenous Church, W. Jay Moon

Syllabi

Texts Used in the Course We will read the following books in this order: Charles Kraft (1979) Christianity in Culture Lamin Sanneh (1989) Translating the Message Stephen Bevans (2002) Models of Contextual Theology Lesslie Newbigin (1989) The Gospel in a Pluralist Society Dean Gilliland, ed. (1989) The Word Among Us (photocopy) Spring, 2005 Darrell Whiteman, compiler Readings in Indigenous Church Collateral Reading: Robert Schreiter (1985) Constructing Local Theologies


Mi 770 Christian Mission And Global Culture, Howard A. Snyder Jan 2005

Mi 770 Christian Mission And Global Culture, Howard A. Snyder

Syllabi

TEXTBOOKS Friedman, Thomas L. The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization. Rev. ed. Random House, 2000. 490 pp. Moe-Lobeda, Cynthia D. Healing a Broken World: Globalization and God. Fortress, 2002. 228 pp. Rifkin, Jeremy. The Age of Access: The New Culture of Hypercapitalism Where All of Life is a Paid-For Experience. Tarcher/Putnam, 2000. 312 pp. Sine, Tom. Mustard Seed versus McWorld: Reinventing Life and Faith for the Future. Baker, 1999. 249 pp. Snyder, Howard A. Coherence in Christ: The Larger Meaning of Ecology. General Board of Global Ministries, United Methodist Church, 2000. 24 pp. Snyder, Howard A. EarthCurrents: The …


Cl 551 The Mission Of The Free Methodist Church, Donald E. Demaray Jan 2005

Cl 551 The Mission Of The Free Methodist Church, Donald E. Demaray

Syllabi

REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS: McKenna, David L., A Future with A History. Indianapolis: Light and Life Communications, 1997. Marston, Leslie R., From Age to Age A Living Witness. Winona Lake, IN: Light and Life Communications, 1997 reprint. Roberts, B. T., The Daily Roberts: Readings for Every Day in The Year from the Writings of B. T. Roberts. Donald E. Demaray, editor. Indianapolis: Light and Life Press, 1996. The Book of Discipline 2003. Indianapolis: Light and Life Communications, 2004.


Mi 605 The Making Of A Missionary In The Post Colonial Era, Kay F. Rader Jan 2004

Mi 605 The Making Of A Missionary In The Post Colonial Era, Kay F. Rader

Syllabi

Read the biographical study of E. Stanley Jones and at least three others found in Mission Legacies, Biographical Studies of Leaders of the Modern Missionary Movement, New York, Orbis, 1993. (On reserve in Library) A one-page summary of the subject’s life and legacy and lessons to be learned is to be submitted by November 10. These readings may not be counted in with the required readings of 300 pages of material selected from the Recommended Reading list or Bibliographical Resource List.


Ms 615 Foundations Of Church Growth, George G. Hunter Jan 2004

Ms 615 Foundations Of Church Growth, George G. Hunter

Syllabi

A. Read EACH of the following: 1. Donovan, Vincent J. Christianity Rediscovered. Orbis, 1979. This autobiographical case study, one of the most engaging and moving books in all of missiological literature, focuses on the planting of indigenous Catholic Christianity among Masai people in East Africa. It dramatizes the central “apostolic” issue of starting a Christian movement from scratch among an unreached people. 2. Arn, Win and Charles Arn. The Master’s Plan for Making Disciples. Baker Book House, 1998. 3. Donald A. McGavran. Understanding Church Growth, Third Edition. Eerdmans, 1990. The authoritative text in the field of Global Church Growth, written …


Ms 615 Foundations Of Church Growth, George G. Hunter Jan 2004

Ms 615 Foundations Of Church Growth, George G. Hunter

Syllabi

A. Read EACH of the following: 1. Donovan, Vincent J. Christianity Rediscovered. Orbis, 1979. This autobiographical case study, one of the most engaging and moving books in all of missiological literature, focuses on the planting of indigenous Catholic Christianity among Masai people in East Africa. It dramatizes the central “apostolic” issue of starting a Christian movement from scratch among an unreached people. 2. Arn, Win and Charles Arn. The Master’s Plan for Making Disciples. Baker Book House, 1998. 3. Donald A. McGavran. Understanding Church Growth, Third Edition. Eerdmans, 1990. The authoritative text in the field of Global Church Growth, written …


Me 630 Planting New Churches, Ronald K. Crandall Jan 2004

Me 630 Planting New Churches, Ronald K. Crandall

Syllabi

1. Tom Jones, ed., Church Planting from the Ground Up, 2004 (350 pages). Reading report due on October 5th. 2. Ed Stetzer, Planting New Churches in a Postmodern Age, 2003, (340 pages). Reading report due on October 26th. 3. Dan Kimball, The Emerging Church, 2003, (240 pages). Reading report due on November 9th.


Me 730 Planting New Churches, Ronald K. Crandall Jan 2004

Me 730 Planting New Churches, Ronald K. Crandall

Syllabi

1. Tom Jones, ed., Church Planting from the Ground Up, 2004 (350 pages). Reading report due on October 5th. 2. Ed Stetzer, Planting New Churches in a Postmodern Age, 2003, (340 pages). Reading report due on October 26th. 3. Dan Kimball, The Emerging Church, 2003, (240 pages). Reading report due on November 9th.


Cl 552 Wesleyan Polity And Discipline, Jerry G. Pence Jan 2004

Cl 552 Wesleyan Polity And Discipline, Jerry G. Pence

Syllabi

Pence, Jerry G., Wesleyan History and Discipline Study Guide (2003) [$10.00 discounted price, WPH Item #BKB555] Barnwell, Ray E., Sr., ed., Connecting to Christ: Belonging (Indianapolis, IN: Wesleyan Publishing House, 2002) [$8.99 paperback, WPH Item #BKB910] The Discipline of The Wesleyan Church⎯2000 edition (Indianapolis, IN: Wesleyan Publishing House, 2001) [$5.99 paperback, Item #BKB482; $8.99 hardcover, WPH Item #BKB283] Haines, Lee M. and Thomas, Paul William, eds., An Outline History of The Wesleyan Church, fifth rev. ed. (Indianapolis, IN: Wesleyan Publishing House, 2001) [$12.99 paperback, WPH Item #BKB448] Robert’s Rules of Order: The Modern Edition (New York: Berkley Books, 1989) [$4.99 …


Mb 735 Ms 670 Urban Anthropology, Michael A. Rynkiewich Jan 2003

Mb 735 Ms 670 Urban Anthropology, Michael A. Rynkiewich

Syllabi

1. United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) Cities in a Globalizing World: Global Report on Human Settlements 2001 London and Sterling, VA: Earthscan. ISBN 1-85383-806-3 2. George Gmelch and Walter P. Zenner [eds] (1996) Urban Life 4th edition. Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press. ISBN 0-88133-860-5 3. Roger Greenway [ed.] (1992) Discipling the City: A Comprehensive Approach to Urban Ministry. 2nd edition. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock. ISBN 1-57910-552-1 4. John Perkins [ed.] (1995) Restoring At-Risk Communities: Doing It Together and Doing It Right. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books. ISBN 0-8010-5463-X 5. Yamamori, Tetsunao, Bryant L. Myers, and Kenneth Luscombe …


Ms 615 Foundations Of Church Growth, George G. Hunter Jan 2003

Ms 615 Foundations Of Church Growth, George G. Hunter

Syllabi

Textbooks: The following textbooks are for students in MS 615 and ME 700. The literature, especially McGavran's Understanding Church Growth, should be perceived as the heart of the course. Class sessions will stimulate deeper reading, provide perspective, headline some themes and expand upon others, fill gaps, suggest implications and applications, and facilitate learning and strategic thinking. Class sessions may involve varied technologies, such as lectures, experiential lectures, case studies, visiting speakers, films, maps, data gener-ation, simulations, pencil and paper instruments, reports, processing of assigned readings, etc.


Cl 615 Cross Cultural Leadership, Russell W. West Jan 2003

Cl 615 Cross Cultural Leadership, Russell W. West

Syllabi

• Mindfulness. 10/14 • Lifting the White Veil 10/21 • Divided By Faith. 11/11 • Communicating with Strangers. Due: 11/18 • What Color is Your God? 12/2


Mi 610 Introduction To Christian Mission, Gregory P. Leffel Jan 2003

Mi 610 Introduction To Christian Mission, Gregory P. Leffel

Syllabi

Winter, Ralph D. and Steven C. Hawthorne, eds. Perspectives on the World Christian Movement: A Reader. 3rd. ed. Pasadena, CA. William Carey Library, 1999. Hawthorne, Steven C. Perspectives on the World Christian Mission: A Study Guide. 1999 Edition. Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 1999.


Ml 700 Developing The Leaders Around You, Russell W. West Jan 2003

Ml 700 Developing The Leaders Around You, Russell W. West

Syllabi

Required Texts Richards, Lawrence O. and Hoeldtke, Clyde. Church Leadership. Assignment (Study): 4-Mat Report Due by Feb 19 Allen, Roland. Missionary Methods: St. Paul's or Ours. Assignment (Study): 4-Mat Report Due by Feb 26 Coleman, Robert. Masterplan of Evangelism. Assignment (Light Reading): 4-Mat Report Due by Clinton, Richard. Selecting and Developing Emerging Leader. Assignment (Very Light Reading): 4-Mat Report Due by Mar 12 Clinton, J. Robert. Connecting Assignment (Light Reading): 4-Mat Report Due by Mar 26 Draves, William. How to Teach Adults. Assignment (Very Light Reading): 4-Mat Report Due by Reed, Jeff. 7th Priority Life Development Portfolio. Assignment: Use in …


Mi 770 Christian Mission And Global Culture, Howard A. Snyder Jan 2002

Mi 770 Christian Mission And Global Culture, Howard A. Snyder

Syllabi

(1) Friedman, Thomas L. The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization. Rev. ed. New York, NY: Random House, 2000. 490 pp. (2) Jenkins, Philip. The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2002. 270 pp. (3) Rifkin, Jeremy. The Age of Access: The New Culture of Hypercapitalism Where All of Life is a Paid-For Experience. New York, NY: Tarcher/Putnam, 2000. 312 pp. (4) Sine, Tom. Mustard Seed versus McWorld: Reinventing Life and Faith for the Future. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1999. 249 pp. (5) Snyder, Howard A. EarthCurrents: The Struggle for the World’s …


Me 730 New Church Extension, Ronald K. Crandall Jan 2002

Me 730 New Church Extension, Ronald K. Crandall

Syllabi

1. Planting Growing Churches, 2nd ed., Aubrey Malphurs, 1998 (400 pages). 2. Next Church.Now: Creating New Faith Communities, Craig Miller, 2000 (175 pages) 3. The Purpose Driven Church, Rick Warren, 1995 (390 pages).


Ml 700 Leadership Development In Missiological Perspective, Russell W. West Jan 2002

Ml 700 Leadership Development In Missiological Perspective, Russell W. West

Syllabi

(1) Thrall, Bill, Et al. Ascent of a Leader (2) Smallman, William. Able to Teach Others Also. (3) Pierce, Jon/Newstrom, John. Leaders and the Leadership Process. (4) Allen, Roland. St. Paul’s Methods or Ours?


Mi 770 Christian Mission And Global Culture, Howard A. Snyder Jan 2002

Mi 770 Christian Mission And Global Culture, Howard A. Snyder

Syllabi

(1) Friedman, Thomas L. The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization. Rev. ed. New York, NY: Random House, 2000. 490 pp. (2) Jenkins, Philip. The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2002. 270 pp. (3) Rifkin, Jeremy. The Age of Access: The New Culture of Hypercapitalism Where All of Life is a Paid-For Experience. New York, NY: Tarcher/Putnam, 2000. 312 pp. (4) Sine, Tom. Mustard Seed versus McWorld: Reinventing Life and Faith for the Future. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1999. 249 pp. (5) Snyder, Howard A. EarthCurrents: The Struggle for the World’s …


Me 630 Planting New Churches, Ronald K. Crandall Jan 2002

Me 630 Planting New Churches, Ronald K. Crandall

Syllabi

1. Planting Growing Churches, 2nd ed., Aubrey Malphurs, 1998 (400 pages). 2. Next Church.Now: Creating New Faith Communities, Craig Miller, 2000 (175 pages) 3. The Purpose Driven Church, Rick Warren, 1995 (390 pages).