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Church Planting, Humanitarian Services, And Christian Holiness In Central India : A Study Of The Life And Mission Of Ernest And Phebe Ward, Shivraj Kumar Mahendra Jun 2020

Church Planting, Humanitarian Services, And Christian Holiness In Central India : A Study Of The Life And Mission Of Ernest And Phebe Ward, Shivraj Kumar Mahendra

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Migration Of The Communicants From Anglicanism To Pentecostalism In Nigeria, Samuel Ayotola Odubena Jan 2020

Migration Of The Communicants From Anglicanism To Pentecostalism In Nigeria, Samuel Ayotola Odubena

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Evaluation Of The Perpetual Leadership Model In The Pentecostal Churches Of The Apostolic Faith International In Liberia, Isaac J. Mehn Sr. May 2019

Evaluation Of The Perpetual Leadership Model In The Pentecostal Churches Of The Apostolic Faith International In Liberia, Isaac J. Mehn Sr.

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Entre El Templo Y Las Ciudad : Constructing A Pentecostal Lived Ecclesiology, Wilmer Estrada-Carrasquillo Apr 2018

Entre El Templo Y Las Ciudad : Constructing A Pentecostal Lived Ecclesiology, Wilmer Estrada-Carrasquillo

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Missional Leadership : A Case Study Of The Representative Congregations Of Methodist, Presbyterian, And Other Churches In Tahan-Kalaymyo, Sagaing Region, Lal Thla Muana May 2017

Missional Leadership : A Case Study Of The Representative Congregations Of Methodist, Presbyterian, And Other Churches In Tahan-Kalaymyo, Sagaing Region, Lal Thla Muana

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Competencies For Effective Leadership : A Case Study Of National Evangelical Associations In Africa, Aiah Dorkuh Foday-Khabenje May 2015

Competencies For Effective Leadership : A Case Study Of National Evangelical Associations In Africa, Aiah Dorkuh Foday-Khabenje

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Whispers From Eden: A Narrative Inquiry Into The Long-Term Influences Of The Circle Of Trust Retreats For Clergy Participants, Diane Martin Bell Jan 2014

Whispers From Eden: A Narrative Inquiry Into The Long-Term Influences Of The Circle Of Trust Retreats For Clergy Participants, Diane Martin Bell

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Transforming Teaching For Mission: Educational Theory And Practice: The 2014 Proceedings Of The Association Of Professors Of Missions, Robert A. Danielson, Benjamin L. Hartley Jan 2014

Transforming Teaching For Mission: Educational Theory And Practice: The 2014 Proceedings Of The Association Of Professors Of Missions, Robert A. Danielson, Benjamin L. Hartley

Academic Books

No abstract provided.


Listening To The Us Hispanic/Latino (Latina) Sermon Listener, Danny Román-Gloro Jan 2014

Listening To The Us Hispanic/Latino (Latina) Sermon Listener, Danny Román-Gloro

The Asbury Journal

This paper presents the findings of an ethnographic study on preaching within the US Hispanic/Latino (Latina) community.1 The study explored the preaching event from the experience of the listener. The US Hispanic/ Latino (Latina) sermon listener represents a unique group of individuals that have a particular experience of preaching, which can provide insights on how preaching constitutes a vehicle for shaping and re-shaping a religious and social community. Through the use of in-depth interviews of a diverse group of US Hispanic/Latino (Latina) sermon listeners a series of characteristics of a good sermon were identified.


Understanding Christian Perfection And Its Struggle With Antinomianism, Victoria L. Campbell Jan 2013

Understanding Christian Perfection And Its Struggle With Antinomianism, Victoria L. Campbell

The Asbury Journal

Every so often, a professor at Asbury Theological Seminary will notice a current student with exceptional promise. The Asbury Journal wants to help highlight the work of rising academics by publishing works from such students. This paper is an example of such a work, brought to the attention of the editor by Dr. Larry Wood.

Much of the confusion regarding John Wesley’s phrase, Christian perfection, comes from the western tendency to define “perfection” as a state of infallibility (from the Latin perfectio) rather than a process of spiritual maturing based upon the Greek word for perfection, teleios (Matthew …


The Practical Theology Of The General Rules, Andrew C. Thompson Jan 2013

The Practical Theology Of The General Rules, Andrew C. Thompson

The Asbury Journal

The “General Rules of the United Societies” were a central component of the early Methodist movement under John Wesley’s leadership. Examinations of the General Rules in contemporary literature tend to focus on their role in personal and organizational discipline for early Methodists and for the movement as a whole. Yet a close examination of the rules shows that they served a greater purpose: as the practical theological articulation of how Methodists could expect to experience sanctification in the context of their lives. This crucial aspect of the General Rules’ use can be seen by exploring Wesley’s understanding of the means …


Them That Are Without: A Biblical Theology Of Outsiders And Preaching On Outsiders In Churches Of Christ, Van E. Robarts Jan 2012

Them That Are Without: A Biblical Theology Of Outsiders And Preaching On Outsiders In Churches Of Christ, Van E. Robarts

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Journey To God: Union, Purgation And Transformation Within The Ascent Of Mount Carmel And A Plain Account Of Christian Perfection, Stephen L. Martyn Jan 2012

The Journey To God: Union, Purgation And Transformation Within The Ascent Of Mount Carmel And A Plain Account Of Christian Perfection, Stephen L. Martyn

The Asbury Journal

This article is both a call to Christian maturity and an appreciative recounting of how a Roman Catholic mystic, John of the Cross, helped me reclaim and love my own Wesleyan tradition of entire sanctification. In this article I hold up the theological doctrine of Union with God as the goal of the Christian life and review and contrast how Wesley and John of the Cross approached the issue. UThile these two spiritual masters outline differing views of the path to perfection in love, they both, nevertheless, continue to inspire and offer the light of Christ to Christians seeking full …


"A Classless Society?": The Pneumatology Of E. Stanley Jones In Conversation With Mortimer Arias' Theology Of The Kingdom Of God, Angel Santiago-Vendrell Jan 2012

"A Classless Society?": The Pneumatology Of E. Stanley Jones In Conversation With Mortimer Arias' Theology Of The Kingdom Of God, Angel Santiago-Vendrell

The Asbury Journal

This lecture addresses the pneumatology of E. Stanley Jones in

conversation with Mortimer Arias' theology of the kingdom of God. Jones was an advocate of what is known today in Latin America as mission integral. Integral mission seeks to restore every dimension of human life by requiring from Christians to be completely involved in the historical moment by the concrete demonstration of the power of the gospel in everyday life. Later, this illlderstanding of mission was used in Bolivia to propagate the gospel illldera brutal right-wing military regime by Bishop Mortimer Allas. Therefore, the kingdom of God as used …


The Johannine Writings: Symbolism And The Symbol Of 'Light' In The Gospel Of John, Clyde Muropa Jan 2012

The Johannine Writings: Symbolism And The Symbol Of 'Light' In The Gospel Of John, Clyde Muropa

The Asbury Journal

Jesus says ofhirnself "I am the light of the world" (John 8:12) and the gospel of John intercepts the meaning of this statement through the motif of symbols and symbolism.


Does He Have Your Attention? (Audio), Rick Gray Jan 2012

Does He Have Your Attention? (Audio), Rick Gray

ATS Chapel Services

No abstract provided.


A Study On The Relationship Between Missional Awareness And Work-Life Ministry Practice Among The Clergy Of The South Atlantic District Of The Cma, Suresh Thomas Jan 2009

A Study On The Relationship Between Missional Awareness And Work-Life Ministry Practice Among The Clergy Of The South Atlantic District Of The Cma, Suresh Thomas

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Finding The Heart Of God : The History And Missiological Significance Of The Word Of Life House Church Network As A Movement Of Renewal In China, Yalin Xin Sep 2007

Finding The Heart Of God : The History And Missiological Significance Of The Word Of Life House Church Network As A Movement Of Renewal In China, Yalin Xin

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Assessing The Church-Based Bible Institutes And Master's Commission Programs Of Assemblies Of God Churches In The Great Lakes Region, Donald F. Williams Jan 2007

Assessing The Church-Based Bible Institutes And Master's Commission Programs Of Assemblies Of God Churches In The Great Lakes Region, Donald F. Williams

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


A Servant Leadership Model For The Church Of Brazil, Anselmo Francisco Do Amaral Jan 2007

A Servant Leadership Model For The Church Of Brazil, Anselmo Francisco Do Amaral

ATS Dissertations

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

ATS Dissertations

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

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Anointed Pulpit, Don Allen Mcgregor Jan 2000

The Anointed Pulpit, Don Allen Mcgregor

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Well-Being Of Women Married To Ministers (Wmms) In The Christian And Missionary Alliance, Ruth Claudette Rambo Jan 1996

Well-Being Of Women Married To Ministers (Wmms) In The Christian And Missionary Alliance, Ruth Claudette Rambo

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Role Of Ordained Women In The Ministry With Special Reference, Holiness Church In Kenya, Debbie Wairimu Rath Jul 1994

The Role Of Ordained Women In The Ministry With Special Reference, Holiness Church In Kenya, Debbie Wairimu Rath

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Becoming A Christian In The Churches Of Christ In Christian Union, David L. Lattimor Jan 1991

Becoming A Christian In The Churches Of Christ In Christian Union, David L. Lattimor

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Developing Christ-Formed Families By Cultivating The Fruit Of The Spirit In The Home, Norman Andrew Hubbard Jan 1990

Developing Christ-Formed Families By Cultivating The Fruit Of The Spirit In The Home, Norman Andrew Hubbard

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


A Study Of An Educational Practice In The Church Of God (Holiness), Gayle Woods Jan 1989

A Study Of An Educational Practice In The Church Of God (Holiness), Gayle Woods

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Trumpets For The Khasis : Evaluating The Indigeneity Of The Church Of God Among The Khasis, Leaderwell Pohsngap Jan 1988

Trumpets For The Khasis : Evaluating The Indigeneity Of The Church Of God Among The Khasis, Leaderwell Pohsngap

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Biblical Basis For Discipleship Development In The Local Church, Charles C. Lake Jan 1981

The Biblical Basis For Discipleship Development In The Local Church, Charles C. Lake

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.