Equipping the Members of First Baptist Church Calvert City, Kentucky to Develop the Practice of Personal Devotions.,

Abstract

.ABSTRACT

EQUIPPING THE MEMBERS OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH,

CALVERT CITY, KENTUCKY TO DEVELOP THE

PRACTICE OF PERSONAL DEVOTIONS

James William Ewing, D.Min.

The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2016

Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Joseph C. Harrod

The purpose of this project was to equip members of First Baptist Church (FBC), Calvert City, Kentucky, to develop a daily practice of personal devotions.

Chapter 1 provides the goals, context, rationale, and definitions for this ministry project. It also describes the research methodology and discusses key limitations of the study.

Chapter 2 provides biblical and theological support for of daily personal devotions as a spiritual discipline and then introduces the biblical practices of reading, meditating, and praying over the Word of God.

Chapter 3 examines in detail the practices of devotional reading, meditation, and prayer and then provides an introductory format to help develop and maintain devotions as a daily discipline.

Chapter 4 describes the execution of the ministry project as well and includes statistical and qualitative results.

Chapter 5 offers an assessment of the project purpose, goals, strengths and weaknesses of the project, and concludes with theological and personal reflections.