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An analysis of the relationship between the senior pastor leadership style and the job satisfaction of associate pastors in churches in Korea
(2005-05-13)This dissertation examines the relationship of senior pastor leadership style and the job satisfaction of associate pastors in churches in Korea. In order to analyze leadership theories, the criteria of leadership have ... -
An analysis of transtheoretical stages of change in the formation of a spiritual discipline
(2004-05-14)This study explored the degree to which the Transtheoretical Model of change (TTM) predicts the decisional balance (how pros weigh against cons), processes relied upon, and temptation response in the stages of change when ... -
An analysis of worldviews of West African immigrants to Greater Cincinnati and their missiological implications
(2007-06-14)This dissertation is an ethnographic investigation of West African immigrants to Greater Cincinnati. It seeks to portray their cultural identity with the underlying motive of understanding their worldviews and their ... -
The apologetic of James P. Boyce
(2009-04-23)This dissertation explores the apologetic approach of the founder of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, James P. Boyce. Chapter 1 begins with a brief biographical sketch of the life of Boyce, a statement on apologetics ... -
An appraisal of Korean Baptist missions in Kazakhstan, Central Asia
(2008-03-20)This dissertation surveys Korean Baptist missionaries' work in Kazakhstan and recommends some effective strategies for twenty-first-century missions for Korean missionaries. The writer presents major emerging issues in ... -
The Arsenal of the Hebrew Kings and their Neighbors: A Description of Biblical Weapons in the Iron Age
(2010-05)This dissertation is a detailed study of biblical weapons of the monarchy period. It gathers in one place relevant data from the biblical text, the ancient artistic illustrations, and the archaeological artifacts. By ... -
An assessment of pastors' moral development stage related to conflict management styles
(2005-05-08)This dissertation is an assessment of senior pastors' moral development stage and its relation to how they manage conflict. As pastors understand how they reason and how they deal with conflict, they will be better prepared ... -
An assessment of the missional model of graduate theological education: A case study
(2009-12-11)Background. Leadership development from a missional perspective is a model being utilized by academic institutions within graduate theological education. Many of the academic institutions utilizing the missional model are ... -
The atonement in Lukan theology
(2008-11-03)This dissertation examines the narrative of Luke-Acts in order to assess the widespread scholarly assertion that Luke either rejects or minimizes atonement theology in his presentation of the death of Jesus. Chapter 1 ... -
Baptists and religious liberty: 1700-1900
(2006-05-04)This dissertation examines the theological and historical understanding of religious liberty and separation of church and state among seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth-century American Baptists. Chapter 1 provides a brief ... -
The battle for the gospel in counter-cult ministry: Is affirming the deity of Christ a necessary epistemological component of saving faith?
(2005-05-02)The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate and evaluate whether one must affirm the deity of Jesus as a necessary epistemological component of saving faith. Chapter 1 defines the two competing views currently being ... -
Beliefs about gender roles and issues held by undergraduate students in selected Christian higher educational institutions
(2005-05-01)This dissertation examines male and female college students' Scriptural interpretations of gender issues in Christian higher educational institutions. The purpose is to determine what the future leaders of the body of ... -
The Bible and Christian experience in the revival movements of Charles G. Finney and Asahel Nettleton
(2006-05-11)This dissertation examines the reason for the different views of Charles G. Finney and Asahel Nettleton on the New Measures. Chapter 1 addresses the historical background of the research on their different views on the New ... -
A call to covenant love: Text grammar and literary structure in Deuteronomy 5-11
(2005-05-03)In contrast to past stylistic approaches to Deuteronomy 5-11, this study applies a textlinguistic approach to discern literary structure and agenda. Chapter 1 summarizes a number of contemporary literary studies devoted ... -
A Case for the Traditional Translation of the Shema, Hear, O Israel: The Lord Our God, the Lord Is One
(2010-05)This dissertation investigates the evidence to determine the best English translation for the Shema (Deut 6:4), by analyzing the historical interpretation of the verse through the last 2500 years, and the pertinent ... -
Catechetical instruction as an educational process for the teaching of doctrine to children in Southern Baptist churches
(2004-05-14)This dissertation investigates the use of the catechism as a process for teaching doctrine to children in Southern Baptist churches. It examines the historical rationale for using catechisms with children in Protestant ... -
The cause of Christ and truth: Arguments for the deity of Christ in the anti-Socinian writings of John Gill, Dan Taylor, and Andrew Fuller
(2008-11-04)This thesis examines the arguments for the deity of Christ in the anti-Socinian writings of three Baptist pioneers: John Gill, Dan Taylor, and Andrew Fuller. Chapter 1 examines the origins and doctrines of Socinianism, ... -
Characteristics of pastoral support of children's educators in the PC (USA)
(2003-05-01)Children's ministries in the local church play a significant role in church growth. The purpose of this research, therefore, was to explore the characteristics of pastoral support of children's educators in PC (USA) ... -
A Christian response to postmodern elements in Japanese society
(2002-12-19)This dissertation explores a Christian response to postmodern elements in Japanese society. Chapter 1 states the basic problems of postmodernism and shows the thesis that a Christian response to postmodern Japan is ... -
Codex Washingtonianus as an illustration of the need for the discipline of apparatus criticism
(2005-04-13)This dissertation documents 1520 discrepancies that occur in the critical apparatus of the 27 th edition of the Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece with respect to the biblical manuscript Codex Washingtonianus and calls ...