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A University Course's Influence On Students' Perpectives Regarding Sabbathkeeping As Spiritual Discipline, Ifeoma I. Kwesi

Doctor of Ministry Projects

Problem

Although most students who attend Oakwood University are self-identified Seventh-day Adventist Christians, from general observation of their activities, conversations, and attitudes displayed on any given Friday night and/or Saturday (i.e., Sabbath), it would be easy to conclude that many neither enter nor exit their collegiate experience with a holistic understanding or experience of Sabbath and Sabbathkeeping.

Methodology

1. As part of the research for this project I used a pre- and post-test methodology to determine the cognitive, behavioral and affective realms of Sabbath and Sabbathkeeping among students enrolled in RP131: Spiritual Formation for Ministry. The intervention was the aforementioned …

Building Authentic Biblical Community At The Pine Forge Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Gary I. Banks

Doctor of Ministry Projects

Problem

A spirit of division at the Pine Forge Seventh-day Adventist Church is adversely affecting its ability to agree on mission and ministry focus.

Method

Over the course of 12 months, an investigation of the source of division was conducted through pastoral observation, surveys of the adult members, and a focus group of pastors of churches on boarding academy campuses. The data from the focus group and surveys was compared to that of the Pine Forge Seventh-day Adventist church. A Bible study series on building authentic biblical community was also conducted that taught biblical principles focusing on putting aside differences …

Cross-Cultural Perspectives On College Students’ Beliefs, Values And Spirituality At Christian Institutions, Robson Moura Marinho, Jimmy Kijai, Zachary Y. Mngo, Natasha Smith

Faculty Publications

College student’s beliefs, values, and spirituality have become the focus of a major national research project in recent years, conducted by the Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) housed at University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), and sponsored by a substantial grant from the John Templeton Foundation (HERI website). After a pilot survey conducted in 2003, the College Students' Beliefs and Values Survey (CSBV)was administered in the fall 2004 to 112,232 entering freshmen students of 236 colleges and universities in the United States, with a follow up sample of 15,000 of these students in spring 2007. As a nationally representative …

An Overview Of The 180° Symposium Think Tank, Steve Case

180 Symposium Publications

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Maximizing Your Effectiveness, S. Joseph Kidder

Faculty Publications

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Key Factors Of Faith Development : The Relationship Between Family And Church Factors And Faith Development Of Adolescents And Young Adults In German-Speaking Europe, Alexander C. Schulze

Dissertations

Problem. The church is losing its children. Research revealed that more than two thirds of the next generation leave their congregations during their teens and early 20s. Without these adolescents and young adults the church has no viable future. While the youth are able to make their way without church, the church will definitely not make its way without the youth. The problem addressed in this study is the continuing challenge for church leaders, educators, and administrators to provide the best possible conditions for spiritual and organizational growth in order to retain the next generation.

Method. Observation and anecdotal evidence …

Cross-Cultural Servant-Leadership For The Seventh-Day Adventist Church In Papua New Guinea, Loren Kekes Poli

Doctor of Ministry Projects

Problem

Providing leadership for a diverse Papua New Guinea (PNG) remains a challenge for the Seventh-day Adventist church. There are more than 750 languages in current use and yet very little is being done to provide representation or give consideration to the cultural differences.

Method

A mixed-method research, both qualitative and quantitative, that included a review of literature, interviews, case studies, and a survey designed for use in PNG was used to conduct this research designed to explore and identify the knowledge of leadership from the context of PNG and how that understanding influences the support, perceptions, and practices of …

Generational Faith: Change And Consistency Across Generations, Steve Case

All Books

Will your children be just like you? Will their faith look like yours? If so, to what extent? If not, why? The Bible refers to consequences continuing to the third and fourth generations, and blessings for a thousand generations. If that’s true, why has the next generation dropped out of church and lost interest in God? Have the Bible’s promises expired? Maybe the world’s rapid changes have sped up the process, or perhaps this world has simply become too evil for faith to survive. And yet when all hope seems to be gone, young people shoot past their parents in …

Churches Of Refuge, Ron Whitehead

Lake Union Herald

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“Fools”: A Declaration To Seminarians, Professors, And Preachers, H. Peter Swanson

Faculty Publications

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Andrews Academy Offers Spiritual Journey, Steven Atkins

Lake Union Herald

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When We Needed The Church The Most, Michael Paradise

Lake Union Herald

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Answers From His Word, Keith Hackle

Lake Union Herald

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Voluntary, Mutual Submission (Carroll Osburn), Carroll Osburn

Memory, Meaning & Faith

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The Lost And Found Model, Steve Case

180 Symposium Publications

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Cool Copy Cats: Placing Youth And Young Adults As Ministry Leaders, Steve Case

180 Symposium Publications

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The Charismatic Leader Model, Steve Case

180 Symposium Publications

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Delegating And Nurturing Youth Ministry, Karin Wieczorek

180 Symposium Publications

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The Youth Ministry Foundation, Timothy Allen Cross

180 Symposium Publications

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The Abcs And Ds Of Young Adult Relationships: A Conceptual Model For Discipling New Generations, Allan Martin, Kasper A. Haughton Jr

180 Symposium Publications

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The Wholistic Worship Model, Steve Case

180 Symposium Publications

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A Statement On Biblical Spirituality, Seventh-­Day Adventist Theological Seminary

Books

We believe that the greatest and most urgent of all our needs is a revival of true godliness, which is true biblical spirituality, or having Christ formed in us by the Holy Spirit (Gal 4:19; Col 1:27). Such spirituality is not natural to the sinful person who regards it as foolishness: “The natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God” (1 Cor 2:14). A vital part of discipleship and the training of gospel workers at the Seventh-­‐ day Adventist Theological Seminary is to enable them to cultivate genuine biblical spirituality through justification and the process of …

Relating To The Bible, Roy Gane

Perspective Digest

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Acknowledgement, Japhet De Oliveira

180 Symposium Publications

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Preface, Japhet De Oliveira

180 Symposium Publications

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Introduction, Steve Case

180 Symposium Publications

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A Theology For Sda Youth And Young Adult Ministry, Steve Case

180 Symposium Publications

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The Discipleship Model, Steve Case

180 Symposium Publications

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The Social Advocacy Model, Steve Case

180 Symposium Publications

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Overview Of The 10 Models, Steve Case

180 Symposium Publications

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