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Exploring Internet Use Among The Growing Churches Of The Holston Conference Of The United Methodist Church, Brian C. Burch Jan 2004

Exploring Internet Use Among The Growing Churches Of The Holston Conference Of The United Methodist Church, Brian C. Burch

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No abstract provided.


Faith Seeking Action: Missio-Ecclesiology, Social Movements, And The Church As A Movement Of The People Of God, Gregory Paul Leffel Jan 2004

Faith Seeking Action: Missio-Ecclesiology, Social Movements, And The Church As A Movement Of The People Of God, Gregory Paul Leffel

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No abstract provided.


Practices And Characteristics For Pastors Renewing Mainline Congregations: Case Studies From The Presbytery Of Memphis, G. Christopher Scruggs Jan 2004

Practices And Characteristics For Pastors Renewing Mainline Congregations: Case Studies From The Presbytery Of Memphis, G. Christopher Scruggs

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No abstract provided.


An Apostolic Leadership Model That Enables Pastors To Develop A Passion To Reach The Unchurched, Charles C. Kyker Jan 2004

An Apostolic Leadership Model That Enables Pastors To Develop A Passion To Reach The Unchurched, Charles C. Kyker

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No abstract provided.


Shembe, Ancestors, Or Christ?: A Missiological Inquiry Into The Status And Role Of Jesus Christ In The Amnazaretha Church, Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa, Edley Joseph Moodley Jan 2004

Shembe, Ancestors, Or Christ?: A Missiological Inquiry Into The Status And Role Of Jesus Christ In The Amnazaretha Church, Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa, Edley Joseph Moodley

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No abstract provided.


The Preaching Method That Will Best Speak To A Postmodern Generation In Appalachia, Kenneth D. Toler Jan 2004

The Preaching Method That Will Best Speak To A Postmodern Generation In Appalachia, Kenneth D. Toler

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No abstract provided.


An In-Ministry Training Program For Probationary Pastors Of The Florida Conference, United Methodist Church, Donna Bartleson Manwaring Jan 2004

An In-Ministry Training Program For Probationary Pastors Of The Florida Conference, United Methodist Church, Donna Bartleson Manwaring

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No abstract provided.


I Am My Beloved's: Increasing Intimacy With Jesus Through The Song Of Solomon And Classical Spiritual Disciplines, Eugene A. Maddox Jan 2004

I Am My Beloved's: Increasing Intimacy With Jesus Through The Song Of Solomon And Classical Spiritual Disciplines, Eugene A. Maddox

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No abstract provided.


Church For The Never Churched: A Study Of Effective Ministry Areas For Evangelizing People Without A Background In The Christian Faith, Thomas Glenn Jackson Jan 2004

Church For The Never Churched: A Study Of Effective Ministry Areas For Evangelizing People Without A Background In The Christian Faith, Thomas Glenn Jackson

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No abstract provided.


The Evaluation Of A Program (Teach One To Lead One), That Teaches Universal Priniciples In The Context Of Relationships Among Students At North Cobb High School, Lori Ellen Salierno Dec 2003

The Evaluation Of A Program (Teach One To Lead One), That Teaches Universal Priniciples In The Context Of Relationships Among Students At North Cobb High School, Lori Ellen Salierno

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No abstract provided.


The Diffusion Of Christianity Among Urban Chinese People In Diaspora: The Case Of Metropolitan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wilbur P. Stone Sep 2003

The Diffusion Of Christianity Among Urban Chinese People In Diaspora: The Case Of Metropolitan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wilbur P. Stone

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This study identifies various factors involved in the diffusion of Christianity and the growth and expansion of the church among the urban Chinese diaspora in the greater Kuala Lumpur metropolitan area (KL) of Maluysia. Specifically, the research is designed to determine whether principles and theories related to the diffusion of innovations could inform or help explain the diffusion of Christianity and growth of the church. The study is further informed by insights, principles, and theories from literature related to other areas of study including Chinese religion and culture, religious conversion studies, church growth, urban ministry, and missiology. In addition to …


Preaching Doctrine In A Postmodern World, C. Mark Gooden May 2003

Preaching Doctrine In A Postmodern World, C. Mark Gooden

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No abstract provided.


Remembering History, Worshipping God, Katie Marie Heffelfinger May 2003

Remembering History, Worshipping God, Katie Marie Heffelfinger

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No abstract provided.


The Divine Craftsman : A Comparative Study Of Bezalel's Divine Endowment And Craftsmanship In The Ancient World And Its Implications In Isaiah 11: 1-9, Nancy Lynn Erickson May 2003

The Divine Craftsman : A Comparative Study Of Bezalel's Divine Endowment And Craftsmanship In The Ancient World And Its Implications In Isaiah 11: 1-9, Nancy Lynn Erickson

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No abstract provided.


Growing In Wisdom And Stature And In Favor With God And Humanity: Holistic Christian Mentoring With A Small Group Component, David Paul Koppel May 2003

Growing In Wisdom And Stature And In Favor With God And Humanity: Holistic Christian Mentoring With A Small Group Component, David Paul Koppel

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No abstract provided.


Developing And Testing Receptivity To A Purpose-Driven Organizational Structure For The Pillar Of Fire, Robert W. Cruver Jan 2003

Developing And Testing Receptivity To A Purpose-Driven Organizational Structure For The Pillar Of Fire, Robert W. Cruver

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


A Trinitarian Ontological Approach To The Congregational Revitalization Of Loudsville United Methodist Church, John Eugene Heckman Jan 2003

A Trinitarian Ontological Approach To The Congregational Revitalization Of Loudsville United Methodist Church, John Eugene Heckman

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No abstract provided.


No Other Way: Improving The Spirituality Of Lay Leadership In A Local United Methodist Church By Instituting A Regular Personal Devotional Life In The Wesleyan Context, Timo Olavi Karvonen Jan 2003

No Other Way: Improving The Spirituality Of Lay Leadership In A Local United Methodist Church By Instituting A Regular Personal Devotional Life In The Wesleyan Context, Timo Olavi Karvonen

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Staying Power : Pastoral Tenure In Church Planting, Stan R. Buck Jan 2003

Staying Power : Pastoral Tenure In Church Planting, Stan R. Buck

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No abstract provided.


The Impact Of Multisensory Components In Worship, Steven Carl Trewartha Jan 2003

The Impact Of Multisensory Components In Worship, Steven Carl Trewartha

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No abstract provided.


Before Contextualization, Critical Incarnational Living: A Study In Discovering Appropriate Southern Baptist Missionary Church Planting Roles Among Chinese Malaysians, Bryan K. Galloway Jan 2003

Before Contextualization, Critical Incarnational Living: A Study In Discovering Appropriate Southern Baptist Missionary Church Planting Roles Among Chinese Malaysians, Bryan K. Galloway

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


When You Speak Of God, Do You Think Of God As A Man Or A Woman?: Inclusive Language And God's Concept, David Lawrence Fisher Jan 2003

When You Speak Of God, Do You Think Of God As A Man Or A Woman?: Inclusive Language And God's Concept, David Lawrence Fisher

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No abstract provided.


The Relationship Of Spiritual Disciplines On Commitment Keeping In The Post-Camping Experience, Brian Thomas Rainwater Jan 2003

The Relationship Of Spiritual Disciplines On Commitment Keeping In The Post-Camping Experience, Brian Thomas Rainwater

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No abstract provided.


Leadership Behaviors And Personal Transitions That Occur In The Lives Of Pastors Who Have Led Churches Through Significant Growth, Andre J. Snodgrass Jan 2003

Leadership Behaviors And Personal Transitions That Occur In The Lives Of Pastors Who Have Led Churches Through Significant Growth, Andre J. Snodgrass

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Increasing The Holistic Small Group Factor Of Evangelical United Methodist Church, Racine, Wisconsin, Through A Strategic Adult Sunday School Program, Creighton William Kaye Jan 2003

Increasing The Holistic Small Group Factor Of Evangelical United Methodist Church, Racine, Wisconsin, Through A Strategic Adult Sunday School Program, Creighton William Kaye

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No abstract provided.


Assessment Of Marital Satisfaction In The Church Of God In Izhevsk, Russian, Ilya Anatolyevich Okhotnikov Jan 2003

Assessment Of Marital Satisfaction In The Church Of God In Izhevsk, Russian, Ilya Anatolyevich Okhotnikov

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No abstract provided.


Factors Leading Visionary Entrepreneurial Laity To Start New Ministries, Andrew J. Cooney Jan 2003

Factors Leading Visionary Entrepreneurial Laity To Start New Ministries, Andrew J. Cooney

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No abstract provided.


An Equipping Model Applied To Valley Chapel Free Methodist Church, Todd Wayne Daningburg Jan 2003

An Equipping Model Applied To Valley Chapel Free Methodist Church, Todd Wayne Daningburg

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No abstract provided.


The Impact Of Sabbaticals On Burnout Precusors And Tenure Among Nazarene Clergy In The United States, James Phillip Fuller Jan 2003

The Impact Of Sabbaticals On Burnout Precusors And Tenure Among Nazarene Clergy In The United States, James Phillip Fuller

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No abstract provided.


Revisioning Baptist Missional Identity: Edgar Young Mullins' Theology Of "Soul Competency" And Contemporary Christian Mission, Stephen Gregory Smith Jan 2003

Revisioning Baptist Missional Identity: Edgar Young Mullins' Theology Of "Soul Competency" And Contemporary Christian Mission, Stephen Gregory Smith

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.