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Full-Text Articles in Arts and Humanities
Empowering Laity To Engage In Pastoral Care Ministry: A Proposal For Capacity Building And Supervision For Larger Congregation With Special Reference To Kohima Ao Baptist Church, Nagaland, India., Tsuwainla Jamir
Master of Theology Theses
This thesis explores how to provide effective lay pastoral counseling in a large congregation, with particular reference to Kohima Ao Baptist Church in Nagaland, India.
Missional Discipleship Within The Lutheran Church Of Christ In Nigeria, Innocent Webinumen Anthony
Missional Discipleship Within The Lutheran Church Of Christ In Nigeria, Innocent Webinumen Anthony
Master of Theology Theses
This thesis considers how the Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria might function as a missional church enabling discipleship in Nigeria.
Reaching The Diaspora: Streamed Worship And Preaching In The Lutheran Church Of Australia, Cultivating Koinonia And Ecclesia, Timothy Paul Stringer
Reaching The Diaspora: Streamed Worship And Preaching In The Lutheran Church Of Australia, Cultivating Koinonia And Ecclesia, Timothy Paul Stringer
Doctor of Ministry Theses
Streamed worship has been happening in the Lutheran Church of Australia since 2013. Who is it reaching? Where is it reaching? Is it connecting them to community and the church? Is the preaching reaching the people who gather outside of the physical church buildings? Is there anything we can do to improve the reach, the connection and the sense of belonging to the wider church even when living remotely or kept away from regular worship by illness, disability or work commitments? This exploratory case study seeks to find these answers and more and then to offer ways forward for the …
Cultivating The Practice Of Neighborliness: A Missional Practice Of Living In A Perichoretic Relationship With Neighbors, Abenda F. Tamba
Cultivating The Practice Of Neighborliness: A Missional Practice Of Living In A Perichoretic Relationship With Neighbors, Abenda F. Tamba
Doctor of Ministry Theses
This Participatory Action Research study, utilizing a sequential explanatory mixed methods design, investigates the hostile relationship between the church and its Liberian context. The research design created a spirit of collaboration between the PAR team, local church, and the neighbors, and assisted us to outline interventions which positively affected the relationship between the church and her neighbors. The results indicate that to deal with this adaptive challenge and enhance interpersonal relationship with neighbors, the church had to provide adaptive leadership, break boundaries, participate in incarnational ministries, and cultivate several missional practices to affect neighborliness and bring about a cultural change.
The Church’S Call To Minister To Refugees: A Case Study On Liberian Refugees In Minnesota, Rufus Kudee
The Church’S Call To Minister To Refugees: A Case Study On Liberian Refugees In Minnesota, Rufus Kudee
Master of Theology Theses
The paper is divided into seven chapters. Chapter one explores a brief historical background of the Liberian Refugee Crisis. Chapter two discusses ministering to the refugees: a Biblical foundation. Chapter three quickly reviews different ways of ministering to Liberian refugee families. Chapter four identifies challenges that refugees face. Chapter five explores the potential blessings that refugees bring. Chapter six highlights the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder among refugees. Finally, chapter seven addresses the conclusion.
A Reinterpretation Of Chin Christian Spirituality Beyond One Century In The Light Of Martin Luther's Freedom Of A Christian, Bawi Dua
Master of Theology Theses
This thesis examines a brief history of Chin Christianity which primarily focuses on the hlimsang movement, the revival movement, and the free evangelist movement that impacted contemporary Chin Christians’ understanding of Christian spirituality. The preachers of the three movements solely emphasized Martin Luther’s notion of “justification by grace through faith alone.” Unfortunately, they minimize the preaching and teaching of the good life and works in Christian life which Luther emphasized and discussed in his treatise Freedom of a Christian. As a result, Chin Christians emphasize too much the significance of Christian spirituality with emotional expressions in the worship service. Faith …
From Busy Bags To Building Bridges: An Investigation In How The Intentional Engagement Of Children In Worship Can Assist Cultural Inclusivity, Billie Jo Wicks
From Busy Bags To Building Bridges: An Investigation In How The Intentional Engagement Of Children In Worship Can Assist Cultural Inclusivity, Billie Jo Wicks
Children, Youth, and Family (CYF) Papers
No abstract provided.
God’S Beautiful Mission: Missional Church And Leadership In The Light Of Theological Aesthetics, M. Scott Boren
God’S Beautiful Mission: Missional Church And Leadership In The Light Of Theological Aesthetics, M. Scott Boren
Doctor of Ministry Theses
This project seeks to ascertain how pastoral leaders who have been trained in missional theology have led in a way that has been influenced by theological aesthetics. The view of missional leadership here is built upon a re-imagination of missio Dei and missional church that is informed by theological aesthetics. This theology of beauty is based upon the work of Gregory A. Boyd, Jonathan Edwards, Hans Urs von Balthasar, and Dietrich Bonhoeffer. This proposal seeks to advance the views of the missional church rooted in the work of Lesslie Newbigin and advanced by Craig Van Gelder, Alan Roxburgh, and Pat …
Luther's Understanding Of Grace And Its Implications For Administration Of The Lord's Supper In The Lutheran Church Of Christ In Nigeria (Lccn), Yelerubi Birgamus
Luther's Understanding Of Grace And Its Implications For Administration Of The Lord's Supper In The Lutheran Church Of Christ In Nigeria (Lccn), Yelerubi Birgamus
Master of Theology Theses
This thesis will describe Luther’s understanding of grace and its centrality for the Lutheran understanding of the Lord’s Supper. The thesis will also describe and analyze theological and pastoral problems of withholding the sacraments to non-communicant members by the LCCN, which claims to follow after Luther’s teaching. This thesis is not anti-church discipline, but rather, will argue for a better form of church discipline than withholding the Lord’s Supper from the excluded members of the church. The thesis will also provide some suggestions for a better form of church discipline than withholding communion from excluded members of the church. This …
Who Is My Neighbor? The Church's Vocation In An Era Of Shifting Community, Dwight J. Zscheile
Who Is My Neighbor? The Church's Vocation In An Era Of Shifting Community, Dwight J. Zscheile
Faculty Publications
Dwight Zscheile is an astute scholar of the shifting patterns and contours of American congregational life, and how the changing aspects of American society are impacting them. He argues for local congregations paying renewed attention to the localized communities around them, as well as the new kinds of communities that have arisen in an age of new technological connections.
The Challenge Of Being In The Minority: Palestinian Christian Theology In Light Of Christian Zionism Post-1948, Medhat S. Yoakiem
The Challenge Of Being In The Minority: Palestinian Christian Theology In Light Of Christian Zionism Post-1948, Medhat S. Yoakiem
Master of Theology Theses
No abstract provided.
From Servant To Co-Creator: Towards A Civic Ecclesiology, Marie-Louise Ström
From Servant To Co-Creator: Towards A Civic Ecclesiology, Marie-Louise Ström
Master of Arts Theses
No abstract provided.
Does The Bible Have A Big Story? Yes, For The Sake Of Mission!, Alan G. Padgett
Does The Bible Have A Big Story? Yes, For The Sake Of Mission!, Alan G. Padgett
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
The Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus And The Elca In Dispute: A Time For Humble Listening, Kathryn M. Schifferdecker
The Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus And The Elca In Dispute: A Time For Humble Listening, Kathryn M. Schifferdecker
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
From Establishment To Innovation: Rethinking Structure In A New Apostolic Age, Dwight J. Zscheile
From Establishment To Innovation: Rethinking Structure In A New Apostolic Age, Dwight J. Zscheile
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Use Of Sacraments In Church Discipline As A Challenge To Missional Transformation In Kenya’S Mainstream Churches: A Case Study Of Kenya Evangelical Lutheran Church, Peter Matano Mnene
Use Of Sacraments In Church Discipline As A Challenge To Missional Transformation In Kenya’S Mainstream Churches: A Case Study Of Kenya Evangelical Lutheran Church, Peter Matano Mnene
Master of Arts Theses
No abstract provided.
Soli Deo Gloria: A Doxological Hermeneutic Of Mission In Emerging Ministries In The Evangelical Lutheran Church In America, Daniel R. Anderson
Soli Deo Gloria: A Doxological Hermeneutic Of Mission In Emerging Ministries In The Evangelical Lutheran Church In America, Daniel R. Anderson
Doctor of Philosophy Theses
This research project is a grounded theory, ethnographic study of emerging ministries in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Twenty emerging ministries were selected from within the ELCA. Six of those sites were the subjects of indepth site visits by a research team. Eleven additional sites were the subjects of partial site visits and interviews. The data-gathering phase of the research concluded with a consultation with thirty emerging leaders held at Luther Seminary. Four sensitizing concepts were used as lenses in data gathering: Lutheran, emerging, missional, and doxological hermeneutics. Leadership in emerging ministries and emerging ministries as contextual and …
A Missional Theology Of Spiritual Formation, Dwight J. Zscheile
A Missional Theology Of Spiritual Formation, Dwight J. Zscheile
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Attending To Local And Diverse Communities: Toward A Theological Learning Community For A Missional Era, Patricia Taylor Ellison, Patrick R. Keifert
Attending To Local And Diverse Communities: Toward A Theological Learning Community For A Missional Era, Patricia Taylor Ellison, Patrick R. Keifert
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Tolerance, Democracy And Fundamentalism(S) : Challenges In Time Of Systemic Bifurcations, Guillermo C. Hansen
Tolerance, Democracy And Fundamentalism(S) : Challenges In Time Of Systemic Bifurcations, Guillermo C. Hansen
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Characteristics Of Congregations That Empower Missional Leadership: A Lutheran Voice, Terri L. Elton
Characteristics Of Congregations That Empower Missional Leadership: A Lutheran Voice, Terri L. Elton
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
A More True ‘Domestic And Foreign Missionary Society’: Toward A Missional Polity For The Episcopal Church., Dwight J. Zscheile
A More True ‘Domestic And Foreign Missionary Society’: Toward A Missional Polity For The Episcopal Church., Dwight J. Zscheile
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Go And Make Learners!: Supporting Transformation In Education And Evangelism, Mary E. Hess
Go And Make Learners!: Supporting Transformation In Education And Evangelism, Mary E. Hess
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Worship At The Edges: Redefining Evangelism, Dirk G. Lange
Worship At The Edges: Redefining Evangelism, Dirk G. Lange
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
A Reformation Is A Terrible Thing To Waste: A Promising Theology For An Emerging Missional Church, Gary M. Simpson
A Reformation Is A Terrible Thing To Waste: A Promising Theology For An Emerging Missional Church, Gary M. Simpson
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Tolerance And Democracy Instead Of Fundamentalism And Empire, Guillermo C. Hansen
Tolerance And Democracy Instead Of Fundamentalism And Empire, Guillermo C. Hansen
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Corps Of Discovery: A Twenty-First-Century Contextual Missiology For The Denominational Church In The United States, Terri L. Elton
Corps Of Discovery: A Twenty-First-Century Contextual Missiology For The Denominational Church In The United States, Terri L. Elton
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
The Ministry Of Purposeful Missionary Kid Re-Entry Care, Sara Marie Trumm
The Ministry Of Purposeful Missionary Kid Re-Entry Care, Sara Marie Trumm
Master of Arts Theses
No abstract provided.
God In Civil Society: Prophetic, Sapiential, And Pacific, Gary M. Simpson
God In Civil Society: Prophetic, Sapiential, And Pacific, Gary M. Simpson
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
¿Casus Confessionus? La Globalización Neoliberal Y Nuestra Confesión De Fe, Guillermo C. Hansen
¿Casus Confessionus? La Globalización Neoliberal Y Nuestra Confesión De Fe, Guillermo C. Hansen
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.