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Ten Essential Lessons Learned When Transitioning From A Long-Term Tenured Pastor In The African American Baptist Church, Marcus Allen

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

When a pastor has a served long tenure at one church, the members hold this individual in high regard. He has conducted many marriages and countless burial ceremonies, baptized most of the membership, and have been there for the members and their families during their most difficult moments in life. When pastors are called to these churches, they are faced with several challenges. The church is unsure of the leadership ability of the new pastor, their expectations are high, congregants are hesitant to change things, and refuse to be challenged with new methods of doing ministry. This research is based …

Two Way Discipleship Curriculum: Correlation Of Discipleship With Pastoral Counseling For South Korean Churches, Yoonsu Lee

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

In South Korea, many churches create and run discipleship programs. The programs help many people to focus on Jesus, but the programs come with significant problem. . If a person is experiencing a mental problem like stress, depression, or addiction, that person has a much more difficult time focusing on Jesus Christ rather than the struggles in his or her own life. Most discipleship programs ignore these prevalent mental issues, but including mental care in the course is vital to develop true disciples. Pastoral counseling has various mental care methods that address the problems facing many of its participants. South …

Trinitarian Teams : The Trinity's Oneness In Our Midst, Jeffrey C. French

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Overflowing Generosity, Glenn Featherstone Douglass

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Laypeople Serving Their Neighbors : Is It Ministry?, Brenda H. May

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Letter To Student Pastors, Willie Edward Hucks Ii

Faculty Publications

"Ministry is much more than preaching. The temptation exists to elevate preaching to the exclusion of all other disciplines. While preaching is vital, it is not paramount. Other events that bring the saints together for worship (such as Sabbath School and the midweek prayer service) should receive the same amount of attention and care as most preachers dedicate to the divine worship experience and sermons. Each event provides an opportunity for God’s people to experience a fresh encounter with the Divine."

A Church Based Curriculum Providing Marriage And Family Education For Stepfamilies And Ministries, Richard Helein

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Within the American population, the Stepfamily now outnumbers that of the traditional nuclear family; a trend mirrored in the local church. Stepfamilies within the church culture struggle in navigating the relational complexities, emotional and spiritual strain, and biblical confusion inherent to the formation of a stepfamily, while church leaders lack both understanding and the training necessary to minister to this growing population. Often step-families choose anonymity or leave the local church for fear of being shunned. In synthesizing, existing research with data garnered from stepfamilies via their participation in an anonymous online survey and participatory learning activity (PLA), challenges unique …

A Study On The Factors Of Church Growth By Building Young Adults: The Case Of Busan Happy Church, Sung Kim

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this study is to suggest a church model that can raise up young adults based on a case study focusing on Busan Happy Church, which has experienced a great young adult revival amidst the reality of a decline in Korean churches. Korea has become an aging society due to a decreasing birthrate, and the Korean church is aging more rapidly than society is because young people continue to leave church. This researcher investigates reasons for the rapid decrease in the number of young adults in the Korean church, analyzing both the social and theological aspects in order …

A Case Study On The Quiet Time At Christian Schools With A Focus On Dongbang High School, Sung Yeo

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This research aims to study the examples of Quiet Time that have taken place in some mission schools for the development of the students' upright character, the recovery of Christian values, and the invigoration of campus missionaries. Recently, students' character has been adversely affected by corruption, the influence of post-modernism as well as a lack of morality; mission schools are no exception. Furthermore, education centered on entrance exams and a prohibition on religious discrimination make harsh circumstances for Christian education and ministry even in mission schools. As a school chaplain, the writer has become keenly aware of the necessity of …

Six Secrets Nature Thrives By, Petr A. Činčala

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Trinity 7 One Year Series 2017, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

This PDF comments on the Propers for the Seventh Sunday of Trinity in the One Year Series and offers ideas for preaching.

Propers 12 (Pentecost 8) Series A 2017, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

This PDF comments on Proper 12 of Series A and offers ideas for preaching

Stewards Of God’S Mercy: Vocation And Priestly Ministry In Africa, Jordan Nyenyembe

Journal of Global Catholicism

A reflection on the tasks of priestly ministry in Africa with specific reference to the example and exhortation of Pope Francis. Among the issues addressed and critiqued are Western “cultic” understandings of the priest and the, the “Igwe Syndrome" which likens the priest to a chief.

Contested Moral Issues In Contemporary African Catholicism: Theological Proposals For A Hermeneutics Of Multiplicity And Inclusion, Stan Chu Ilo

Journal of Global Catholicism

Drawing upon the broad work of Vatican II and Pope Francis’ Evangelicum Gaudium the article proposes how a hermeneutic of multiplicity and inclusion could help hold in balance the tension between tradition and innovation, universal principles and specific contextual application for Catholicism in Africa. Among the issues addressed are cultural relativism, natural law theory, and polygamy.

Communicating The Justice And Peace Of God In Africa Today, Walter Ihejirika

Journal of Global Catholicism

Engaging with the work and theories of Arnold van Gennep and Victor Turner, the article charts out a spirituality of communication within Nigerian Catholicism. Discussing the intersection between various forms of media and community, the article argues for the utilization of media in the pursuit of social justice and the dismantling of inequalities.

Editor's Introduction, Marc Roscoe Loustau

Journal of Global Catholicism

Introduction to African Catholicism: Contemporary Issues: Volume: 1, Issue 2 of the Journal of Global Catholicism

Propers 11 (Pentecost 7) Series A 2017, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

This PDF comments on proper 11 of Series A in the Three Year Lectionary and offers ideas for preaching

Trinity 6 One Year Series 2017, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

This PDF comments on the propers for the Sixth Sunday after Trinity in the One Year Series and offers ideas for preaching.

Número 33: Primer Domingo De Adviento - Domingo Después De Navidad

Estudios Exégeticos Homiléticos

Domingo 01.12.2002 – Primer Domingo de Adviento
Salmo 80:1‑7.16-18; Isaías 64:1-9; 1 Corintios 1:3‑9; Marcos 13:24‑37

Domingo 08.12.2002 – Segundo Domingo de Adviento
Salmo 85:1‑13; Isaías 40:1‑11; 2 Pedro 3:8‑15; Marcos 1:1‑8

Domingo 15.12.2002 – Tercer Domingo de Adviento
Salmo 126; Isaías 61:1‑11; 1 Tesalonicenses 5:16‑24; Juan 1:6‑8 y 19‑28

Domingo 22.12.2002 – Cuarto Domingo de Adviento
Salmo 89:1‑4.19-26; 2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16; Romanos 16:25‑27; Lucas 1:26‑38

24.12.2002 – Nochebuena
Salmo 89:15‑18; Isaías 9:2‑7; Tito 2:11‑14; Lucas 2:1‑20

25.12.2002 – Día de Navidad
Salmo 98; Isaías 52:7‑10; Hebreos 1:1‑6; Juan 1:1‑18

29.12.2002 – Domingo después de Navidad
Salmo 148; Isaías …

Número 32: 24º Domingo Después De Pentecostés - Último Domingo De Pentecostés

Estudios Exégeticos Homiléticos

Domingo 03.11.2002 – 24º Domingo después de Pentecostés
Salmo 43; Miqueas 3:5-12; 1 Tesalonicenses 2:5-13; Mateo 23:1-12

Domingo 10.11.2002 – 25º Domingo después de Pentecostés
Salmo 70; Amós 5:18-25; 1 Tesalonicenses 4:13-18; Mateo 25:1-13

Domingo 17.11.2002 – Penúltimo Domingo después de Pentecostés
Salmo 90:1-12; Sofonías 1:7.12-18; 1 Tesalonicenses 5:1‑11; Mateo 25:14‑30

Domingo 24.11.2002 – Último Domingo de Pentecostés; Cristo Rey
Salmo 95:1-7; Ezequiel 34:11‑16.20-24; Efesios 1:15-23; Mateo 25:31‑46

Número 31: 20º Domingo Después De Pentecostés - 23º Domingo Después De Pentecostés

Estudios Exégeticos Homiléticos

Domingo 06.10.2002 – 20º Domingo después de Pentecostés
Salmo 80:7‑14; Isaías 5:1‑7; Filipenses 3:4-14; Mateo 21:33‑46

Domingo 13.10.2002 – 21º Domingo después de Pentecostés
Salmo 62; Isaías 25:1-9; Filipenses 4:1-9; Mateo 22:1-14

Domingo 20.10.2002 – 22º Domingo después de Pentecostés
Salmo 96; Isaías 45:1‑7; 10ª Tesalonicenses 1:1‑10; Mateo 22:15‑22

Domingo 27.10.2002 – 23º Domingo después de Pentecostés
Salmo 1; Levítico 19:1-2.15-18; 1ª Tesalonicenses 2:1-8; Mateo 22:34‑46

Número 30: Decimoquinto Domingo Después De Pentecostés - Decimonoveno Domingo Después De Pentecostés

Estudios Exégeticos Homiléticos

Domingo 01.09.02 – Decimoquinto Domingo después de Pentecostés – J. Severino Croatto
Salmo 26:1-8; Jeremías 15:15-21; Romanos 12:9-21; Mateo 16:21‑28

Domingo 08.09.02 – Decimosexto Domingo después de Pentecostés – J. Severino Croatto
Salmo 119:33-40; Ezequiel 33:7‑11; Romanos 13:8‑14; Mateo 18:15‑20

Domingo 15.09.02 – Decimoséptimo Domingo después de Pentecostés – J. Severino Croatto
Salmo 103:1‑13; Génesis 50:15‑21; Romanos 14:1‑12; Mateo 18:21‑35

Domingo 22.09.02 – Decimoctavo Domingo después de Pentecostés – J. Severino Croatto
Salmo 145:1-8; Jonás 3:10-4:11; Filipenses 1:21‑30; Mateo 20:1‑16

Domingo 29.09.02 – Decimonoveno Domingo después de Pentecostés – J. Severino Croatto
Salmo 25:1‑9; Ezequiel 18:1-4, 25‑32; Filipenses 2:1‑13; Mateo …

Número 29: Undécimo Domingo Después De Pentecostés - Decimocuarto Domingo Después De Pentecosté

Estudios Exégeticos Homiléticos

Domingo 04.08.2002 – Undécimo Domingo después de Pentecostés – Pablo R. Andiñach
Sal 145:8-9,15-22; Is 55:1‑5; Ro 9:1-15; Mt 14:13‑21

Domingo 11.08.2002 – Duodécimo Domingo después de Pentecostés – Pablo R. Andiñach
Sal 85:8‑13; 1º Re 19:9‑18; Ro 10:5-15; Mt 14:22‑33.

Domingo 18.08.2002 – Decimotercer Domingo después de Pentecostés – Pablo R. Andiñach
Sal 67; Is 56:1‑8; Ro 11:1‑2, 29‑32; Mt 15:21‑28.

Domingo 25.08.2002 – Decimocuarto Domingo después de Pentecostés – Pablo R. Andiñach
Sal 138; Is 51:1-6; Ro 12:1-8; Mt 16:13‑20.

Número 28: Séptimo Domingo Después De Pentecostés - Décimo Domingo Después De Pentecostés

Estudios Exégeticos Homiléticos

Domingo 07.07.2002 – Séptimo Domingo después de Pentecostés – René Krüger
Salmo 145:8-15; Zacarías 9:9-12; Romanos 7:15-25; Mateo 11:(16-19), 25-30

Domingo 14.07.2002 – Octavo Domingo después de Pentecostés – René Krüger
Salmo 65; Isaías 55:10-13; Romanos 8:1-11; Mateo 13:1-9, 18-23

Domingo 21.07.2002 – Noveno Domingo después de Pentecostés – René Krüger
Salmo 86; Isaías 44:6-8; Romanos 8:12-25; Mateo 13:24-30, 36-43

Domingo 28.07.2002 – Décimo Domingo después de Pentecostés – René Krüger
Salmo 119:129-136; 1 Reyes 3:5-12; Romanos 8:26-39; Mateo 13:31-33, (44-52)

Número 27: Después De Pentecostés Propio 4 - Después De Pentecostés Propio 8

Estudios Exégeticos Homiléticos

Domingo 02.06.2002 – Después de Pentecostés Propio 4 – Ricardo Pietrantonio
Sal 31:1-5, 19-24; Deut 11:18-28; Ro 1:16-17, 3:29-31; Mt 7:21-29

Domingo 09.06.2002 – Después de Pentecostés Propio 5 – Ricardo Pietrantonio
Sal 50:7-15; Os 5:15-6:6; Ro 4:13-18; Mt 9:9-13, 18-26

Domingo 16.06.2002 – Después de Pentecostés Propio 6 – Ricardo Pietrantonio
Sal 100; Ex 19:2-8; Ro 5:1-8; Mt 9:35-10:8

Domingo 23.06.2002 – Después de Pentecostés Propio 7 – Ricardo Pietrantonio
Sal 69:1-20; Jr 20:7-13; Ro 6:1-11; Mt 10:24-39

Domingo 30.06.2002 – Después de Pentecostés Propio 8 – Ricardo Pietrantonio
Sal 89:1-4, 15-18; Jer 28: 5-9; Ro 6:12-23; Mt 10:34-42

Propers 10 (Pentecost 6) Series A 2017, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

This PDF contains commentary on the Proper 10 in Series A of the three year lectionary.

Trinity 5 One Year Series 2017, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

This PDF contains commentary on the readings for the fifth Sunday after Trinity in the One Year Lectionary and suggests ideas for sermons.

Trinity 4 One Year Series 2017, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

This PDF contains commentary on the Fifth Sunday after Trinity in the One Year Lectionary and offers ideas for Preaching and Sermons.

Propers 9 (Pentecost 5) Series A 2017, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

This PDF contains commentary on the 9th Propers of series A in the three year lectionary cycle and offers up ideas for preaching and proclamation.

Propers 8 (Pentecost 4) Series A 2017, Phillip L. Brandt

Sunday's Sermon

This PDF comments on the pericopes for the Eighth Proper after Pentecost, Series A and offers up ideas for preaching and proclamation.