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Perceptions of ministerial effectiveness by leaders of urban churches in the Southern Baptist Convention
(2005-05-13)The assumption of the current study is that urban areas are of great significance in God's economy for the building of His Kingdom. For this reason, great attention should be given to the well-being of urban local churches. ... -
Perceptions of the value of national accreditation by Baptist Church weekday early education program directors
(2005-05-13)The purpose of this study was to explore and analyze the perceptions of the value of NAEYC Academy Accreditation by a select group of Baptist Church Early Care and Education Weekday Ministry program directors. Data emerging ... -
On a white horse: The triumph of the anti-beast in Revelation 19
(2005-04-23)This dissertation is an historical-critical treatment of the apocalyptic symbolism used to describe Christ in Revelation 19:11-21. Chapter 1 presents the dilemma of inadequate explanation for many elements in the text. ... -
Justification as the work of the Holy Spirit and its relation to other spiritual realities in Galatians and Romans
(2005-12-05)This dissertation investigates the work of the Spirit in Paul's idea of justification and its relation to other spiritual realities. Paul views justification as a work of the Spirit by which God raised Christ from the dead ... -
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 ... -
III-h verbs in biblical Hebrew: A study of short and long forms with special attention to the wayyiqtol conjugation
(2005-12-02)This dissertation studies III-h verbs in Biblical Hebrew that may be rendered as either short or long in the Hebrew Masoretic text ( wayyiqtol , yiqtol , Imperative). In chapter 1, a general examination of all 5,027 possible ... -
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 ... -
A theological and marital interactional analysis of African American Christian couples
(2005-04-07)The primary purpose of this dissertation was to examine fifty African American Christian couples in the Black Church using an observational research design that considers the influences of religiosity, spirituality and the ... -
A relationship analysis between mentoring and leadership development within the United Pentecostal Church International
(2005-05-01)The Oneness or Apostolic movement, which the United Pentecostal Church International (UPCI) is a part of, has historically had minimal formal educational requirements for ministerial licensure. In lieu of formal educational ... -
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 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 Bible college training in relationship to ministry satisfaction and persistence in Christian service
(2005-05-01)This dissertation examines how satisfied Bible college graduates were with their Bible college training, along with the degree of impact, if any, that their training had toward their persistence in their area of Christian ... -
An analysis of Sunday School factors leading to effective assimilation in selected Baptist churches in Georgia
(2005-05-01)This dissertation has explored factors within the Sunday School ministry that contribute to the process of church membership assimilation. The research addresses the reality that Sunday School is an effective tool for ... -
An analysis of the impact of and the relationship between team ministry and members' spiritual maturity
(2005-12-03)This study analyzes the impact of and the relationship between being a part of a ministry team and its pastors' spiritual maturity. The study examined the correlation between being a part of an effective team ministry and ... -
An analysis of leadership styles of pastors of growing ethnic churches of the Florida Baptist Convention
(2005-12-03)The purpose of this descriptive-quantitative study was to identify leadership styles, specifically the transformational and transactional leadership of pastoral leaders of growing ethnic churches of the Florida Baptist ... -
African American sacred rhetoric: An African American homiletic style informed by Western tradition
(2005-09-01)This dissertation examines the relationship between a stream of African American preaching and a stream of Western tradition. In this instance, Western tradition is narrowed to some aspects and characteristics of Scottish ... -
A comparative analysis of senior pastor perceptions and practices of servant leadership
(2005-05-13)This dissertation examined the relationship between senior pastors' perceptions and practice of servant leadership. There is a great need for servant leadership in the pastoral ministry. Many pastors know about servant ... -
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 ... -
Translation technique in the Greek Lamentations
(2004-12-03)On the basis of an analysis of the Greek Minor Prophets Scroll from Nah[dotbelow]al Hever (8Hev gkXII), Dominique Barthélemy theorized that a pre-Christian recension of OG exists and that it bears a close relationship to ... -
The relationship between discipleship training and transformative learning in Korean Presbyterian congregations
(2004-05-14)This study was designed to investigate and analyze the relationship between learning in the process of discipleship training and transformative learning in selected Korean Presbyterian congregations. Three Presbyterian ...