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Church Climate And Youth Ministry, Barry Gane

180 Symposium Publications

This paper compares youth who belong to congregations with a strong program of youth ministry with those who do not. Those who experience youth ministry are more likely to have personal devotions, remain in the church, perceive the pastors’ influence more positively, and avoid at-risk behaviors. It stresses the need for personal involvement, demonstrations of caring, and willingness to make changes in congregational programming. It gives a number of suggestions for discussions with youth groups.

Center For Catholic Education Newsletter, Spring 2009, University Of Dayton

Center for Catholic Education Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Coastal Carolina Vs Clemson (10/31/2009), Clemson University

Football Programs

Costal Carolina vs Clemson (10/31/2009)

Personnel File Of Fr. Paul Baca, Catholic Church. Archdiocese Of Santa Fe (N.M.)

Personnel Files

No abstract provided.

2009 Acts Of Synod, Crcna

Agendas and Acts of Synod

Palos Heights, IL: William T. Koopmans, president; Sheila E. Holmes, vice-president; Donald Dykstra, first clerk; William Veenstra, second clerk

2009 Agenda, Crcna

Agendas and Acts of Synod

Palos Heights, IL: William T. Koopmans, president; Sheila E. Holmes, vice-president; Donald Dykstra, first clerk; William Veenstra, second clerk

Cd 692 Multiple Staff Ministry, James Hampton

Syllabi

Bonem, M. and Patterson, R. Leading from the Second Chair. San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 2005. 208 pages (LSC) Cladis, G. Leading the Team-Based Church. San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 1999. 208 pages (LTBC) Dulles, Avery. Models of the Church (Expanded Edition). Image, 1991. 288 pages (MC) Fisher, Roger and Sharp, Alan. Getting It Done: How to Lead When You’re Not in Charge. Harper Collins, 1999. 240 pages (HLNC) Lawson, K. How to Thrive in Associate Staff Ministry. Besthesda: The Alban Institute, 2000. 224 pages (HTASM) Lencioni, P. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable. Jossey-Bass, 2002. 229 pages (FDT)

Asbury Theological Seminary Academic Catalog : 2009-2010, Asbury Theological Seminary

Academic Catalogs

No abstract provided.

'Doing Religion' Overseas: The Characteristics And Functions Of Ghanaian Immigrant Churches In Toronto, Canada, Mensah

Societies Without Borders

While the importance of immigrants' transnational economic activities is readily acknowledged, the cultural factors that facilitate their initiation and sustenance of memberships in multiple locations have been overlooked. It is this lacuna that the present study addresses, using Ghanaian immigrant churches in Toronto as a case study. The paper examines how Ghanaian immigrant churches were founded; how they are organized; and the kinds of social services they provide. While the churches facilitate the settlement of Ghanaian immigrants, through the provision of social services, they seem to, inadvertently, undermine their eventual integration into the broader Canadian society.

Ym 660 Teaching Bible/Youth And Adults, Ellen L. Marmon

Syllabi

Bartholomew, Craig & Goheen, Michael. (2004). The Drama of Scripture: Finding Our Place in the Biblical Story. Baker Academic: Grand Rapids, Michigan. ISBN: 0-8010-2746-2 Donahue, Bill. (2002). Leading Life-Changing Small Groups. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. ISBN: 0-310-24750-0 Gorman, Julie. Community That Is Christian: A Handbook On Small Groups. (2002). Grand Rapids: Baker Books. ISBN: 0-8010-9145-4 Jones, Tony. (2006). Divine Intervention: Encountering God through the Ancient Practice of Lectio Divina. Colorado Springs: TH1NK (NAVPRESS). ISBN: 1-60006-059-5 Lingenfelter, J & S. (2003). Teaching Cross-Culturally: An Incarnational Model for Learning and Teaching. Grand Rapids: Baker Books. ISBN:10:0-8010-2620-2 McIntosh, Gary L. (2004). One Church, …

Ym 692 Multiple Staff Ministry, James Hampton

Syllabi

Bonem, M. and Patterson, R. Leading from the Second Chair. San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 2005. 208 pages (LSC) Cladis, G. Leading the Team-Based Church. San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 1999. 208 pages (LTBC) Dulles, Avery. Models of the Church (Expanded Edition). Image, 1991. 288 pages (MC) Fisher, Roger and Sharp, Alan. Getting It Done: How to Lead When You’re Not in Charge. Harper Collins, 1999. 240 pages (HLNC) Lawson, K. How to Thrive in Associate Staff Ministry. Besthesda: The Alban Institute, 2000. 224 pages (HTASM) Lencioni, P. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable. Jossey-Bass, 2002. 229 pages (FDT)

Ms 610 The Ministry Of Evangelism, Robert G. Tuttle

Syllabi

urnaround Strategies for the Small Church, Ron Crandall 1. (160 pp.). 2. The Celtic Way of Evangelism. George Hunter, III, Abingdon Press (140 pp.). 3. Preaching for a Response, Bristol Books, 2008, Lathem/Dunn (162 pp.). 4. The Story of Evangelism, Abingdon Press, 2006, Robert Tuttle, Jr. (424 pp.). 5. Can We Talk?, Abingdon Press, Robert Tuttle, Jr. (110 pp.)

Cl 692 Multiple Staff Ministry, James Hampton

Syllabi

Bonem, M. and Patterson, R. Leading from the Second Chair. San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 2005. 208 pages (LSC) Cladis, G. Leading the Team-Based Church. San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 1999. 208 pages (LTBC) Dulles, Avery. Models of the Church (Expanded Edition). Image, 1991. 288 pages (MC) Fisher, Roger and Sharp, Alan. Getting It Done: How to Lead When You’re Not in Charge. Harper Collins, 1999. 240 pages (HLNC) Lawson, K. How to Thrive in Associate Staff Ministry. Besthesda: The Alban Institute, 2000. 224 pages (HTASM) Lencioni, P. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable. Jossey-Bass, 2002. 229 pages (FDT)

Let The Little Children Come, Ashleigh Jardine

Lake Union Herald

No abstract provided.

How To Have A Christ-Centered Youth Ministry In A Small Church Using Mentoring, Missions And Meetings, Kris R. Eckenroth

Doctor of Ministry Projects

Problem

As of 2005, there was only one Seventh-day Adventist church within the Pennsylvania Conference that was providing consistent youth ministry. Many of the churches have seemed to have had difficulty finding individuals who have both the experience and the necessary training to lead a local church youth program. Due to the absence of local church youth ministry, the needs of the youth are being unmet and many are leaving the church.

Method

The method used to address this problem began in 2005. Training sessions were provided to potential leaders within the churches in the Pennsylvania Conference. There were five …

Recruiting And Equipping Postmodern Immigrant Youth Preachers In Emmaus, Christian Fellowship, And Community Tabernacle Seventh-Day Adventist Churches, Anthony L. Usher

Doctor of Ministry Projects

After spending over six years at Emmaus SDA church, on January 1, 2004, the author was assigned to Christian Fellowship SDA Church and Community Tabernacle Mission. He observed that the fierce shifting winds of postmodernism have fueled the retardation of youth evangelism. If the trajectory of this dreaded trend goes unchecked, youth preaching in these churches will spiral downward into the obscure corridors of oblivion. A relevant profile, as well as a specific demographic composition of all three congregations, enhanced the development of an empowering argument that potentially could reverse the momentum of this encroaching tide back to God’s side. …

Ms 610 The Ministry Of Evangelism, Robert G. Tuttle

Syllabi

1. Turnaround Strategies for the Small Church, Ron Crandall (160 pp.) 2. The Celtic Way of Evangelism. George Hunter, III, Abingdon Press (140 pp.). 3. Preaching for a Response, Bristol Books, 2008, Lathem/Dunn (162 pp.). 4. The Story of Evangelism, Abingdon Press, 2006, Robert Tuttle, Jr. (424 pp.). 5. Can We Talk?, Abingdon Press, Robert Tuttle, Jr. (110 pp.).

Harding University Graduate School Of Religion 2009-2010 Catalog, Harding University

Harding Academic Catalogs

Harding University Office of the Provost

Youth Ministry In The Emerging Culture, Joel Dietrich

Doctor of Ministry

Youth ministry is a relatively new endeavor for Christianity in the West. In its short history, youth ministry became a major aspect of Christian churches and Christian activity. This project focuses on youth ministry in the emerging culture. The problem is that an increasing percentage of Americans leave their Christian faith behind when they enter adulthood. The paper examines the latest research into the emerging culture and youth ministry, and it provides a practical approach to youth ministry in the emerging culture. The thesis is that youth ministries can connect effectively with teenagers through missional, relational, incarnational, and intergenerational strategies …

Greek Orthodoxy In Australia, Anastasios M. Tamis

Arts Book Chapters

More than three million Greek Orthodox people exited Hellas, during the last four hundred years, in an effort to fulfil their personal ambition to amass wealth or to survive as the consequence of a long period of foreign domination and financial constraints. They have settled almost in every single neighbourhoods of the world, thus forming the Hellenic Orthodox Diaspora. The term Diaspora was first used by Thucydides to describe the exile (dispersion) of the people of Aegina by the Athenians (Thucydides, Peloponnesian War, and II.27). Greek Orthodox, despite their temporary or permanent expatriation to foreign lands for any …

Latter-Day Saint Children And Youth In America, David C. Dollahite

Faculty Publications

Some of the concepts of the view of the childhood held by the Latter-day Saints can be found in stories told about the early life of their founder and first prophet, Joseph Smith. Brother Joseph, as he was known to the Saints, often took time to play games with children and youth. Some Mormons, with their early American sense of propriety about religious leaders, were troubled by Joseph's playful nature. One day a Brother Wakefield came to the Prophet's home to discuss church business. He was told that Brother Joseph was translating the word of God. Brother Wakefield waited some …

The Millennial Generation: A Demographic, Ethnographic, And Religious Profile, Monte Sahlin

180 Symposium Publications

A new generation is emerging into adulthood in the first years of the new century. Born from 1977 through 1994, most are the offspring of parents in the Baby Boom generation. Just as their parents’ childhood and adolescence largely paralleled the development of television, so the Millennial generation has grown up with the Internet. They share many of the values and interests of their Baby Boomer parents, although the world is starkly different. There is much greater diversity, and global boundaries are transparent, while economic anxiety is increased. The young adults and teens in the Millennial generation tend to be …

Unity And Ministry Through The Massification Of Adventism, Van G. Hurst

180 Symposium Publications

The Seventh-day Adventist Church has a history of ministering to people groups who have been fractured from their original congregations or social norms (demassification) and then renew their identity in Adventism (remassification). The unique needs of today’s generations are a rapid remassification of youth groups who need to be discipled. The uniqueness of these youth, their need for parental influence, peer affirmation, and a horizontal leadership structure to enable future mentoring and ministry at minimal cost are a vital part of the cycle of ministry which appears to be currently nonexistent in many Adventist congregations.

Burst The Bystander Effect: Making A Discipling Difference With Young Adults, A. Allen Martin

Journal of Applied Christian Leadership

No abstract provided.

Building A Communion Of Communities: Interreligious Dialogue In The Apostolic Vicariate Of Jolo, Philippines, Ruben C. Mendoza

Theology Department Faculty Publications

In a context that is characterized by violence, poverty, and strained Muslim-Christian relations, the Apostolic Vicariate of Jolo (AVJ) understands its mission as enabling the birth of a community of peace and justice. To this end, the AVJ considers dialogue with the Moros as an integral element of its mission and ministries. For the AVJ, the church’s identity as a sacrament of God’s love is intimately related to the church’s relationship with the predominantly Muslim populace. It is in responding to the various needs of the Moros of Jolo that the church realizes its task of building the kingdom of …

Analisis De Razones Por Las Que Los Jovenes Abandonan La Iglesia Adventista Del Septimo Dia En Argentina, Jorge De Sousa Matias

Doctor of Ministry Projects

Problem. A 65% of the new Church members in the Argentinian Union Conference (UA) are below 30 years old. However, 35% of them leave the Church annually. This generates the following question: what are the reasons by which such a high%age of young people leave the Seventh-day Adventist Church (SDAC) in the UA?

Methodology. Three surveys were conducted. The first survey was applied to 146 distrital pastors, the second one to 319 young Adventist members, and the third one to 52 apostate young members.

Results. The pastors that answered the first survey recognized that they do not have a permanent …

Evaluating The Effectiveness Of Summer Day Camp In The Local Church As An Opportunity To Encourage Youth In Their Spiritual Growth, Church Identity, And Service, Michael J. Stevenson

Doctor of Ministry Projects

Problem

Large amounts of time and effort are expended by youth directors in providing camp related opportunities for employment. It is widely hoped by these youth directors that the experience of being a camp staff person will increase spirituality among the staff, that it will strengthen their identification with the Seventh-day Adventist church, and that, in the future, these same staff members will desire more opportunities to serve in the mission of the church. The purpose of this project is to qualitatively study whether staff are affected positively or negatively in the ways mentioned above, by being staff members of …

Bringing Home Our Adventist Prodigals: A Strategic Plan To Reclaim Youth In The Trans-European Division, Paul David Tompkins

Doctor of Ministry Projects

Problem

The Seventh-day Adventist church is losing far too many of its young people. This trend is hurting the world-wide church, the local congregation, and individual families. Yet very little is being done about it! The purpose of this study is to address this issue and to specifically formulate a Strategic Plan for reclaiming inactive youth in the Trans-European Division (TED).

Method

The TED territory is extensive, covering over thirty-five countries, therefore, a local pilot project was conducted. This involved identifying young people who the local church listed as inactive, or non-attending, and then contacting them with a questionnaire as …

The Validity Of The Growing Disciples In Community Model Among Adolescents In Seventh-Day Adventist Schools In North America, Kathleen Beagles

Dissertations

Purpose of the Study. There is little empirical research about discipleship, and particularly discipleship and adolescents. An understanding of Christian discipleship might, however, be an antidote for a growing trend toward consumer mentality in the church, the effect of post-Christian culture on the home, and the departure of the younger generations from active church life, which are all seen as problems that face Western Christianity. The purpose of this study was to examine the validity of a discipleship model—Growing Disciples in Community.

Method. A conceptual model of discipleship and discipling based on theology and social science theory is developed and …

The Academy For Student Ministry: A Study In Youth Ministry, Myrle Raymond Grate

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.