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A Call To Excellence: Leadership Training And Mentoring Manual For Women In Ministry In The Twenty-First Century, Verna Mazak Aug 2016

A Call To Excellence: Leadership Training And Mentoring Manual For Women In Ministry In The Twenty-First Century, Verna Mazak

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The growth of women in leadership within the local church is at an all-time high. These women face tremendous obstacles as they seek to lead the twenty-first century church. This thesis investigates the role of African American women in the Black Baptist church to identify skills necessary for successful leadership within the denomination. Going beyond analysis and exploration, it answers the question of how to develop a training and mentorship program specifically designed to prepare African-American women for excellence in leadership. A survey of fifty church staff and members of various Black Baptist churches was conducted to determine the perspective …


Pentecost Journal Of Theology And Mission, Vol.1, No.1, July 2016, Opoku Onyinah, Emmanuel Anim, Dela Quampah, J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu, Samuel Fabunmi, Deji Ayegboyin, Frederick Gyamfi-Mensah, Patrick Johnstone Jul 2016

Pentecost Journal Of Theology And Mission, Vol.1, No.1, July 2016, Opoku Onyinah, Emmanuel Anim, Dela Quampah, J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu, Samuel Fabunmi, Deji Ayegboyin, Frederick Gyamfi-Mensah, Patrick Johnstone

Pentecost Journal of Theology and Mission

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Changing Attitudes Toward Life : Using Viktor E. Frankl's Logotherapy In Ministry With Christian Women In Church Of The Lord, Anyang, Kyounggi-Do, South Korea, Jihye Kim Jul 2016

Changing Attitudes Toward Life : Using Viktor E. Frankl's Logotherapy In Ministry With Christian Women In Church Of The Lord, Anyang, Kyounggi-Do, South Korea, Jihye Kim

Doctor of Ministry Projects

Changing Attitudes Toward Life: Using Viktor E. Frankl’s Logotherapy in Ministry with Christian Women in Church of the Lord, Anyang, Kyounggi-do, South Korea is a project designed to help the target group increase the degree of meaning and purpose in life and motivate a desire to live lives more meaningfully and responsibly with hopeful attitudes by exploring the biblical messages with integration exercises utilizing the key concepts of Dr. Frankl’s Logotherapy. Through a five-week sermon series, six weeks of group sessions including the final group reflection session, and writing reflection and autobiographies, the participants are provided opportunities to evaluate and …


The Relationship Between Parental Attachment, Religious Coping, And Self-Esteem In Korean-American Adolescents, Paul Roh Jun 2016

The Relationship Between Parental Attachment, Religious Coping, And Self-Esteem In Korean-American Adolescents, Paul Roh

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This study examined the relationship between insecure parental attachment, religious coping, and self-esteem with Korean-American adolescents, investigating the mediation effect of self-esteem on the relationship between insecure attachment and negative religious coping. Two hundred sixty-one Korean-American adolescents aged 12 to 18 from Korean immigrant churches in seven states completed the survey questionnaire to assess their attachment relationship with their mother and father, religious coping strategies, and self-esteem. Correlation analysis revealed significant correlations among the variables, and multiple regression analyses were used to detect the unique variance of father attachment in negative religious coping and the mediation effect of self-esteem on …


"The Family" & Faith: The Theology Of Power, Erika Phillipo May 2016

"The Family" & Faith: The Theology Of Power, Erika Phillipo

Senior Theses

The Family & Faith: The Theology of Power hopes to shed light on the relationship between American politics, American history, and the Christian Fundamentalist group known as The Family. This paper uses the book The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power by Jeff Sharlet as its main source. By connecting the relationship between this mega-group with American politics and politicians, the theme of power arises and refuses to go away. Thus, the focus goes beyond simply just political influence and history and instead results ultimately with how the group gains and maintains their power within the …


The Oval Office Is Ready For Madame President: Predictors And Support, Brittney E. Souza May 2016

The Oval Office Is Ready For Madame President: Predictors And Support, Brittney E. Souza

Student Scholar Symposium Abstracts and Posters

The 2016 United States Presidential Election brings the revolutionary idea of a woman president with the Democratic candidate of Hillary Clinton. The current opposition for a woman president has been generalized gender stereotypes that she will be incompetent, too sensitive, temperamental and fickle with other world leaders. Many studies show that these arguments lack evidence in current female leaders and many commanding women in democracies have proven to be sufficient leaders to their male counterparts. Judeo-Christian traditions have permeated political voting and has acted as an important role in American public opinion on issues like abortion and same-sex marriage. These …


Developing Parental Leadership Through Biblical Love As Expressed In Presence, Communication, And Discipline In The Homes At Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, Shelby, North Carolina, M. Lamont Littlejohn Jr. May 2016

Developing Parental Leadership Through Biblical Love As Expressed In Presence, Communication, And Discipline In The Homes At Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, Shelby, North Carolina, M. Lamont Littlejohn Jr.

Doctor of Ministry Projects

A Christian education curriculum was established at Mt. Calvary Baptist Church in Shelby, North Carolina, to develop parental leadership centered on biblical love. The goal was to train parents to model biblical love in their homes. Relying upon scripture affirming parental leadership in the home, parents were enlisted and participated in a six-week study. Surveys measured experience, involvement, practice, and understanding of biblical knowledge. There was no significant statistical difference between the control group and focus group quantitatively; however, the focus group was also assessed qualitatively by means of theological reflection, presence, communication, and discipline application activities. Final reviews indicated …


Corrie Ten Boom: God's Tumbleweed, Lauren Trittin May 2016

Corrie Ten Boom: God's Tumbleweed, Lauren Trittin

History of Christianity II: TH 314

No abstract provided.


Review Of And Response To C. Wess Daniels' A Convergent Model Of Renewal: Reading The Convergent Model Through A Roman Catholic Case Study, Jill Peterfeso May 2016

Review Of And Response To C. Wess Daniels' A Convergent Model Of Renewal: Reading The Convergent Model Through A Roman Catholic Case Study, Jill Peterfeso

Quaker Religious Thought

No abstract provided.


The Impact Of Justification By Faith On Luther’S Preaching, Tyler Mcquilkin May 2016

The Impact Of Justification By Faith On Luther’S Preaching, Tyler Mcquilkin

History of Christianity II: TH 314

No abstract provided.


Understanding Suffering From The Perspective Of Persecuted Christians, Anna Waltar May 2016

Understanding Suffering From The Perspective Of Persecuted Christians, Anna Waltar

History of Christianity II: TH 314

No abstract provided.


A Brief Overview Of The Puritan Movement, Nick Healey May 2016

A Brief Overview Of The Puritan Movement, Nick Healey

History of Christianity II: TH 314

No abstract provided.


The Life And Legacy Of Pastor Richard Wurmbrand, Anna Waltar May 2016

The Life And Legacy Of Pastor Richard Wurmbrand, Anna Waltar

History of Christianity II: TH 314

No abstract provided.


Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Christian. Pacifist. Assassin?, Emily Larsen May 2016

Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Christian. Pacifist. Assassin?, Emily Larsen

History of Christianity II: TH 314

No abstract provided.


The Love Of Lady Huntingdon’S Life, Elaine Harris May 2016

The Love Of Lady Huntingdon’S Life, Elaine Harris

History of Christianity II: TH 314

No abstract provided.


Grief In Community: The Establishment Of Bereavement Ministry Teams From The Congregation At Sandy Run Baptist Church In Mooresboro, North Carolina, Andrew S. Rawls May 2016

Grief In Community: The Establishment Of Bereavement Ministry Teams From The Congregation At Sandy Run Baptist Church In Mooresboro, North Carolina, Andrew S. Rawls

Doctor of Ministry Projects

The Church is to be the expression of hope through the various contours of the human story. Too often congregations have difficulty expressing this hope during the time of death and extending that hope to ministry with the bereaved. In this project I studied the increase in self-efficacy in bereavement ministry with the congregation of Sandy Run Baptist Church in Mooresboro, North Carolina. The research focuses on the teaching of a curriculum that explores the biblical, theological, and clinical aspects of grief. The results of my research show this was an effective means of increasing self-efficacy.


Challenging Students At Fort Worth Christian School To Engage The Economically Disadvantaged In Their Community, James Hensley May 2016

Challenging Students At Fort Worth Christian School To Engage The Economically Disadvantaged In Their Community, James Hensley

Doctor of Ministry Theses and Dissertations

This doctor of ministry thesis presents a project in which I led a group of students at Fort Worth Christian School in experiences that challenged them to be more engaged with the economically disadvantaged in their community. The problem I identified at the outset of the project was a lack of such experiences along with troubling attitudes about poverty. Many students initially demonstrated ambivalence or even outright hostility toward the notion of helping people who live in poverty. I found such attitudes to be contrary to the teachings of Jesus and to my central beliefs as a Christian. I believed …


Front Matter, Quaker Religious Thought, No. 126, Howard R. Macy May 2016

Front Matter, Quaker Religious Thought, No. 126, Howard R. Macy

Quaker Religious Thought

No abstract provided.


A Convergent Model Of Renewal: Response To Quaker Theological Discussion Group, C. Wess Daniels May 2016

A Convergent Model Of Renewal: Response To Quaker Theological Discussion Group, C. Wess Daniels

Quaker Religious Thought

No abstract provided.


Review Of Brian Drayton And William P. Taber, Jr. A Language For The Inward Landscape: Spiritual Wisdom From The Quaker Movement, Michael Birkel May 2016

Review Of Brian Drayton And William P. Taber, Jr. A Language For The Inward Landscape: Spiritual Wisdom From The Quaker Movement, Michael Birkel

Quaker Religious Thought

No abstract provided.


Obligations Of Grace, Mark E. Roberts May 2016

Obligations Of Grace, Mark E. Roberts

Empowered21 Global Network of Spirit-Empowered Scholars

Grace obliges recipients to respond in gratitude and obedience to God, the giver of grace. While the New Testament emphasizes God's grace given through Jesus Christ in a New Covenant with believers, the Old Testament emphasizes grace more than many Christians recognize. Grace is expressed in the Old Testament especially through God's free choosing of Abraham as the "father of the faithful," through divine covenants with Abraham, with the divinely constituted nation of Israel, and with the governing house of David. Such grace abounds when God's covenanted people fail to keep their covenant, yet God, after disciplining the covenant people …


Moving Into The Neighborhood: The Incarnational Ministry Of Mary Slessor, Carys Parker May 2016

Moving Into The Neighborhood: The Incarnational Ministry Of Mary Slessor, Carys Parker

History of Christianity II: TH 314

No abstract provided.


The Fathomless Wealth Of Christ: Hudson Taylor’S Remarkable Life Of Faith, Carter Hudson May 2016

The Fathomless Wealth Of Christ: Hudson Taylor’S Remarkable Life Of Faith, Carter Hudson

History of Christianity II: TH 314

No abstract provided.


Adoniram Judson And Early American Missions, Beth Mcfadden May 2016

Adoniram Judson And Early American Missions, Beth Mcfadden

History of Christianity II: TH 314

No abstract provided.


Allegory? Myth? Lewis’ Narnian Series Exposed, Kylie Guenther May 2016

Allegory? Myth? Lewis’ Narnian Series Exposed, Kylie Guenther

History of Christianity II: TH 314

No abstract provided.


For Such A Time As This : Ecclesiastical Response To Human Sexual Trafficking In North America, Dawn A. Beamish May 2016

For Such A Time As This : Ecclesiastical Response To Human Sexual Trafficking In North America, Dawn A. Beamish

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Remixing The Post-Civil Rights Era: Responding To Daniels' A Convergent Model Of Renewal, Daniel White Hodge May 2016

Remixing The Post-Civil Rights Era: Responding To Daniels' A Convergent Model Of Renewal, Daniel White Hodge

Quaker Religious Thought

No abstract provided.


A Quaker Approach To Interreligious Dialogue: Michael Birkel's Qur'an In Conversation, Julie Meadows May 2016

A Quaker Approach To Interreligious Dialogue: Michael Birkel's Qur'an In Conversation, Julie Meadows

Quaker Religious Thought

No abstract provided.


Contributors--Quaker Religious Thought, No. 126 May 2016

Contributors--Quaker Religious Thought, No. 126

Quaker Religious Thought

No abstract provided.


Exploration Into Small, Rural, Declining, Near End Of Life-Cycle Church Turnaround In The Wesleyan And United Methodist Church, Marcel Allen Lamb May 2016

Exploration Into Small, Rural, Declining, Near End Of Life-Cycle Church Turnaround In The Wesleyan And United Methodist Church, Marcel Allen Lamb

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.