Browsing Open Access Dissertations and Theses by Title
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The Relationship between Selected Ministry Factors and Effective Local Church Youth Evangelism: A Delphi Study
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2010-05)The purpose of this research was to determine the relationship between selected ministry factors and effective youth evangelism in the local church. Youth ministers of churches in the top 100 churches in youth baptisms ... -
The relationship between sense of humor, leader-follower distance, and tenure in pastoral ministry
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2009-05-15)Background . Sense of humor has been shown to affect the personal dynamics of leadership in many ways: it opens channels of communication, improves social relations, enhances performance, and provides a coping mechanism ... -
The relationship between servant leadership and team effectiveness of deacon ministries in Southern Baptist churches
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2009-12-11)This dissertation contained quantitative research elements to determine correlations between servant leadership practices and team effectiveness in deacon ministries in the local church. This study attempted to advance the ... -
The relationship between the lead pastor's emotional intelligence and pastoral leadership team effectiveness
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2007-05-18)The purpose of this research was to examine the nature of the relationship among the four major emotional intelligence realms--that is, Identify, Use, Understand, and Manage--of pastoral team leaders to the level of ... -
The relationship between the practice of Christian spiritual disciplines and Internet pornography use among Christian college students
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2009-12-11)This dissertation examined the relationship between the practice of Christian spiritual disciplines and Internet pornography use among Christian male college students. The problem of Internet pornography use by Christians ... -
The relationship between youth ministry involvement and faith maturity in first-year students in a Christian college
(2004-05-14)One of the central priorities for youth ministry professionals, both pastors and parachurch workers, is the development of mature faith in adolescents. Research on adolescent religiosity has provided some insight into the ... -
The Relationship of the Perception of Divine Calling with Identity Development and Purpose in Christian Adolescents
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2010-12)This dissertation explored the possibility of quantifying and measuring the experience of divine calling to develop and utilize a biblically based instrument, the Vectors of Calling Survey (VCS), with older Christian ... -
Relay Succession in the Senior Pastorate: A Multiple Case Study Method
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2011-12-14)The purpose of this research was to articulate the process and principles of relay succession in the senior pastorate within the Church of God (COG). The research was accomplished through three phases and four case ... -
Religious Liberty in Contemporary Evangelical Social Ethics: An Assessment and Framework for Socio-political Challenges
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-06-07)Based on a review of the academic literature, evangelical public theology often lacks a systematic, theologically grounded social ethic concerning religious liberty. The resulting impasse is one where religious liberty ... -
"Remember the Predictions of the Holy Prophets": 2 Peter's Prophetic Use of the Old Testament
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-04-07)This dissertation argues that the author of 2 Peter reads the OT as a prophetically forward-pointing narrative which colors the present time. It does so both by direct promise-fulfillment and by constituting the narrative ... -
Resilience Theory and Christian Formation: A Mixed Methods Study
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2019-11-28)This study explored the unexamined relationship between resilience and Christian formation in first-year college students. The study took place at Boyce College in Louisville, Kentucky. A convergent design was used to ... -
Responses to the Messianic Claim: Characterization as Rhetorical Device in the Gospel of Matthew
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2023-05-10)While the Gospel of Matthew has long been recognized as having a distinctly “Jewish” orientation, the decades following World War II witnessed a growing interest among scholars asking whether Matthew could be regarded as ... -
Resurrection Hope in Daniel 12:2: An Exercise in Biblical Theology
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2013-12-31)This dissertation argues that Daniel relied on earlier Old Testament texts and theological convictions when he expressed the hope of bodily resurrection, and his expression informed and shaped subsequent nonbiblical and ... -
The Retributive Justice of God
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2012-12-14)The primary task of this dissertation is to demonstrate from the Old and New Testaments that given the creation and fall of man, the moral character of God will necessarily express itself in retributive justice so that God ... -
Revelational Foundationalism: A Constructive Synthesis of the Epistemologies of Cornelius Van Til and Alvin Plantinga
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-04-25)Cornelius Van Til and Alvin Plantinga are titans in the arena of Christian philosophy. They both come from Dutch Reformed Calvinist traditions and studied under William Jellema at Calvin College. Yet, their approaches to ... -
Revising evangelical theological method in the postmodern context: Stanley J. Grenz and Kevin J. Vanhoozer as test cases
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2003-11-13)This dissertation examines the theological diversity that is currently developing within North American evangelicalism due to the growing influence of postmodernism and the resulting postconservative shift in evangelical ... -
A Rhetorical Analysis of the Preaching of Asahel Nettleton in The Second Great Awakening
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2017-05-31)ABSTRACT A RHETORICAL ANALYSIS OF THE PREACHING OF ASAHEL NETTLETON IN THE SECOND GREAT AWAKENING Terry Allen Leap, II, PhD. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2017 Chairperson: Dr. Timothy K. ... -
A Rhetoriographical Analysis of Argumentum ad Baculum in the Published Sermons of George Whitefield
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2010-05)This dissertation examines the use of argumentum ad baculum in preaching in general and the sermons of George Whitefield in particular. Argumentum ad baculum has traditionally been considered an informal fallacy of ... -
Richard Fuller and His Preaching
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The Role of "Perfecting" in Donald McGavran's Church Growth Thought
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2012-05-23)ABSTRACT THE ROLE OF "PERFECTING" IN DONALD MCGAVRAN'S CHURCH GROWTH THOUGHT Matthew Donald Spradlin, Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2012 Chairperson: Dr. Charles E. Lawless, Jr. This ...