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A Pastor's Approach To Discipleship And Its Effect On The Local Church: A Three-Step Approach To Biblical Discipleship, Daniel Smith

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The current condition of the local church is in need for revitalization. The process of discipleship within the church has been viewed as an underlining issue for the local church. The purpose of this project is to determine the ways in which the pastor influences discipleship in the local church in the areas of formation, transformation, and application. The pastor's practice of ministry is reviewed by looking at both the pastor's and members' perspective concerning the pastor's approach to discipleship. The pastor's approach to discipleship is observed in three areas, including formation, transformation, and application. Through careful observation, a three-step …

The Relation Between Pastoral Leadership And Finances In The Presbyterian Denomination Of South Korea: Biblical Principles For Application, Hojin Bae

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Many pastors in South Korea are experiencing hardships with the issue of church finance because they lack the biblical and theological understanding needed to practice biblical leadership in the area of financial management within the church. The purpose of this thesis project is to assist pastors within South Korea to exercise strong biblical leadership in the aspect of church finance, by laying a firm biblical and theological foundation for managing church finances and by providing an historical analysis of exemplary spiritual leaders who practiced strong biblical leadership in the area of church finance management. Furthermore, based on analytic comparisons, both …

Making Disciples Of Jesus Christ: Implementing An Effective Discipleship Strategy For Churches In America, Victor Ogundiran

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Various research findings on spiritual formation in the America church reveal that the current state of making disciples of Jesus Christ who are observing all that Jesus has commanded is woefully grim. This author believes what we have in place for making disciples is inadequate, unimplemented, or both. The purpose of this thesis project is to explain the current state of spiritual formation in the American Church and the reasons why it falls short of God's desire and design. This effort will include and incorporate research from at least 20 churches to see what discipleship systems they are using, if …

Ar Trebui Femeile Să Fie Hirotonite Ca Pastori? Considerații Asupra Vechiului Testament - Partea A I, Richard M. Davidson

Faculty Publications

In the modern discussion over whether women should be ordained as pastors, the foundational passage for both those who affirm and those who oppose women’s ordination is Gen 1–3. Those who affirm women’s ordination find in the Genesis creation accounts a statement of full equality without hierarchy of man and woman, set forth as the divinely ordained creation order. They see the rest of Scripture calling us back toward that creation ideal, and allowing for women to fill any position of authority to which God calls and gifts them. Those who oppose the ordination of women also go to Gen …

Eight Key Principles To Transform Church Culture To Retain Ministry Leaders, Trent Lambert

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

In today's culture, there is an ever-growing population of unchurched and dechurched within our local communities, not to mention dysfunctional leaders within the Church. This project attempts to create a healthy quality of life for ministry leaders that transcends into relevant evangelism and empowering discipleship. Based on scripture, segments of church history leadership styles, surveys of current ministry leaders, various books/articles, and personal perspectives this paper will delineate lessons to be learned and principles that are effective in the remodeling process. The principles within this project will show how church culture can transition from an antiquated paradigm of ministry to …

Honor The King. Yes, But Emulate The King?, Michael E. Cafferky

Faculty Works

In seeking to discern God's will for their lives, top-echelon Christian leaders would do well to consider the biblical ideals embedded in the concept of kingship. The paper explores the biblical characteristics of the ideal king with the goal of identifying lessons for contemporary top-echelon leaders. It also reviews the connection between creation and kingship and the biblical concept of the Kingship of God, biblical guidance available in the selection, anointing and annual renewal of the king, and the duties and role of the king. It draws lessons regarding contemporary top-echelon Christian leaders in terms of personal traits, behaviors and …

Leadership Development In The Local Church, Soo Yeong Beh

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Leadership Training Manual For The 21st Century Church Leader Based On The Pattern And Principles Jesus Created To Train The Twelve Apostles, Gregory Bruce Baxter

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Christian leadership training for pastors, missionaries, and lay leaders is mostly patterned after academic, business, military, and government models. This leads to a pragmatic, secular, and American approach to building Churches and advancing the Kingdom of God. Secular models of leadership training can inform and supplement but never usurp scriptural principles and values. The best Christian leadership training pattern is the one Jesus created to train the twelve Apostles. This model is found predominately in the gospels. The template this writer will follow is based on A. B. Bruce's 19th century seminal work, The Training of the Twelve. This training …

Learning, Changing, And Doing: A Model For Transformational Leadership Development In Religious And Non-Profit Organizations, Skip Bell

Faculty Publications

Religious and non-profit organizations seek people who continually experience learning and growth within their work. Such persons will not stop at doing their jobs well; they develop as leaders who in turn create positive transformation within their group. The purpose of this article is to define a transformational leadership development process integrating learning, changing, and doing as the preferred model in the life of a religious or non-profit organization. The outcome will be persons who grow as leaders, experience meaning in their service, and contribute significant organizational change.

Developing And Implementing A Team Leadership Approach At The Alpha Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Gordon S. Jones

Doctor of Ministry Projects

Problem

Church life is not confined to a single or normative approach to leadership. Leadership must be decisively contextual The perennial challenge is developing, implementing, and practicing appropriate leadership. This project reports how this challenge was addressed at the Alpha Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Method

Cultural shift was fundamental to this challenge. The first step towards this transformation was establishing a theological and academic foundation. Next, four distinct phases were identified and employed in developing and implementing a team leadership approach for the Alpha Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Result

The project concluded with an evaluation instrument, which suggests that the new approach …

Cl 651 Women In Ministry, Zaida Maldonado Perez

Syllabi

• Childers, Jana, Editor. Birthing the Sermon: Women Preachers on the Creative Process, St. Louis, MO: Chalice Press, 2001. • Clouse & Clouse, Editors. Women in Ministry: Four Views. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 1989. • Granz, Stanley J. and Denise Muir Kjesbo, Women in the Church. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 1995. • Keener, Craig S. Paul, Women & Wives: Marriage and Women's Ministry in the Letters of Paul, Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1992.

Cl 553 United Methodist Polity And Discipline, Randy Jessen

Syllabi

The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church 2008 Polity, Practice and the Mission of The United Methodist Church (2006 Edition), by Thomas Frank

Cl 613 Recruiting And Equipping The Laity, Stephen L. Martyn

Syllabi

Job, Rueben P. and Norman Shawchuck. A Guide To Prayer. Nashville, TN. The Upper Room, 1983 (417 Pages). Please Note: this is the BLUE book. Harper, Steve. Devotional Life In The Wesleyan Tradition: A Workbook. Nashville, TN: Upper Room Books, 2001 (159). Henderson, D. Michael. John Wesley’s Class Meeting: A Model for Making Disciples. Nappanee, IN: Francis Asbury Press, 1997 (191 pages). Rath, Tom. Strengths Finder 2.0 .New York, NY: Gallup Press, 2007, (174 pages). Please Note: You must purchase this exact text as a NEW text in order to take the on-line Strength’s Finder Inventory found within. Roxburgh, Alan …

Cl 553 United Methodist Polity And Discipline, Richard Hunter

Syllabi

The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church, 2004. Frank, Thomas Edward. Polity, Practice, and the Mission of The United Methodist Church, Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2006. Optional Tuell, Jack M. The Organization of the United Methodist Church 2005-2008, Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2005. Recommended Resources/Books

Transformation Into Mission : A Case Study Of Forest Park United Methodist Church, Derek Edward Russell

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Strategy To Equip Youth Leaders Into Developing Strategic, Balanced, And Strong Local Church Student Ministries, Richard Stanley Brown

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this project is to provide a strategy for a youth leader to comprehend the needed administrative elements of a successful local church student ministry so thoroughly that the youth leader can equip his leaders. The sources used are the Word of God, personal youth ministry experience, and external research. The key phrase used is “building a strategic, balanced, and strong” student ministry. The metaphor used is the construction of a building as it correlates to building a local church student ministry. The project emphasizes two major areas needed in student ministry: the necessary foundational components and the …

Cl 613 Equipping The Laity, Stephen L. Martyn

Syllabi

The Course Reading list.

Wo 510 Worship Leadership In The Church, William C. Goold

Syllabi

Course Description: The primary focus of WO 510 is corporate worship. The course is not about a preferred worship style nor is it about a preferred musical expression in worship. The Bible, theology, history and practical application will be the lens through which acts/components/elements of worship are viewed, including worship space, time, prayer, Scripture, and the church’s music. Attention will be given to worship design, worship planning, worship leading, the sacraments/ordinances, the marriage service, the funeral service and other worship experiences with specific needs and foci. Throughout the course, the repeated, prevailing emphasis will be to equip and encourage pastors …

Cl 610 Theology Of Servant Leadership, Stephen L. Martyn

Syllabi

Foster, Richard. Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth. San Francisco, Harper & Row, 1978. (184 pages) [Note: if you have not previously read this classical text please dive into it. For the purposes of our class I want you to read chapters 8 “submission” and 9 “service”] Greenleaf, Robert. The Power of Servant Leadership. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 1998. (313 pages) [Read these pages: Introduction, pp 1-15; Ch. 1, pp. 17-59; Ch. 5, pp. 111-167] Hunter, James C. The World’s Most Powerful Leadership Principle: How to Become a Servant Leader. New York: Crown Business, 2004. (224 pages) Miller, …

Ms 620 Me 745 Leadership, Art Mcphee

Syllabi

Course Descriptions MS620 Studies in organization leadership, especially the leadership of change, applied to the contemporary challenge of helping local churches move from tradition to mission and become effective “apostolic” churches. Draws from the writings and legacy of Lyle Schaller. Fulfills the United Methodist ordination requirement in evangelism. Prerequisite: IS501. Meets with ME745. ME745 Studies in organization leadership, especially the leadership of change, applied to the contemporary challenge of helping local churches move from tradition to mission and become effective “apostolic” churches. Draws from the writings and legacy of Lyle Schaller. Meets with MS620; however assignments and assessment differ, as …

Cl 615, Christina Tellechea Accornero

Syllabi

This course is designed to examine the role of culture and cultural dynamics in the selection/emergence and functioning of leadership. Primary attention will be given to leadership dynamics within the multicultural North American context. Consideration will also be given to American theories and models and their usefulness in other cultural contexts.

A One-On-Many Mentoring Leadership Model In The Central Missionary Church In Maringá, Paraná, Brazil, Carlos Alexandre De Oliveira

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Developing A Lay Ministry Team Led Student Ministry, Stuart W. Cox

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this project is to demonstrate the process of how one church developed a lay ministry team in both principle and practice which now provides effective leadership for its student ministry. The church is Nall Memorial Baptist Church of Graham, North Carolina. The author of this project serves as the church’s senior pastor. The ministry team as developed in this project is designed to not only provide quality ministry, but also to build effective ministers through the wedding of the task-oriented characteristics of traditional church committees to the relational and transformational qualities of contemporary cell groups.

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

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Cl 553 United Methodist Polity And Discipline, Joe Harris

Syllabi

The Book of Discipline (2004) (United Methodist Publishing House) Lyle E. Schaller, The Ice Cube Is Melting, (Nashville: Abingdon, 2004) Thomas Edward Frank, Polity, Practice, and the Mission of the United Methodist Church

An Analysis Of Systems That Train And Release Servant Leaders For The Edification Of The Church And The Evangelization Of The World, Timothy James Ferrill

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Identifying And Promoting Effective Spiritual Leadership Through The Role Of District Superintendent In The Northeast Jurisdiction Of The United Methodist Church, Ronald Vincent Isaman

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.