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Charles Simeon: Parish Pastor, Evangelical Exemplar
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2024-12)This dissertation argues that the driving force behind Charles Simeon’s storied ministry was a robust pastoral theology. While due attention has been given to Simeon’s preaching, his pulpit formed only one feature of a ... -
The Symbiotic Nature of Spiritual Formation and Missional Context
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Ministries, 2024-12)To engage the postmodern West, the church must capitalize on the symbiotic nature of spiritual formation and missional context. Chapter 1 explores existing literature in the field and identifies the gaps that needed to be ... -
Training Church Leaders of the Auburn, Alabama, Community in Biblical Counseling Through the Owen Center
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Ministries, 2024-12)This project strives to provide training in biblical counseling for pastors and ministry leaders in Auburn, Alabama, through The Owen Center. Chapter 1 presents the ministry context and history of The Owen Center, a biblical ... -
The Symbiotic Nature of Spiritual Formation and Missional Context
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Ministries, 2024-12)To engage the postmodern West, the church must capitalize on the symbiotic nature of spiritual formation and missional context. Chapter 1 explores existing literature in the field and identifies the gaps that needed to be ... -
Training Future Teacher and Leaders in Biblical Hermeneutics at Trinity Baptist Church of Valdese, North Carolina
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2024-12)This project was designed to train future teachers and leaders of Trinity Baptist Church of Valdese, North Carolina in biblical hermeneutics. The training process involved assessing and increasing the knowledge of current ... -
Equipping Members of Milton Seventh Day Baptist Church in Milton, Wisconsin, for Biblical Discipleship
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Ministries, 2024-12)he purpose of this project was to equip members of Milton Seventh Day Baptist Church in Milton, Wisconsin, for biblical discipleship. Chapter 1 presents the history and ministry context of Milton Seventh Day Baptist Church ... -
Developing a Discipleship Strategy for Building a Vibrant Youth Ministry in Eden Garden Christian Center in Louisville, Kentucky
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2024-12)This project aimed to develop a discipleship strategy for building a vibrant youth ministry at Eden Garden Christian Center in Louisville, Kentucky. The focus of this project evolved to address the doctrinal and spiritual ... -
A Christian Epistemological Analysis of Brian Boyd’s Biocultural Approach to the Origins of Narratival Structure
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2024-12)This dissertation addresses the limitations of naturalistic frameworks, particularly Brian Boyd’s biocultural model, in accounting for the origins and coherence of storytelling principles. This study argues that Christian ... -
A Historical and Theological Analysis of Latin America’s Theology of Missions From 1900 to 2023 With a Focus on Réne Padilla
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2024-12)This dissertation presents a historical and theological analysis of Latin America’s theology of missions from 1900 to 2023, focusing on how René Padilla’s missiological theology influenced the Latin American continent’s ... -
Worship as Witness: The Subject and the Glory of God
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2024-12)In recent years, worship leaders, scholars, and pastors alike have leveled concerns about increasing individualism in worship practices and song lyrics. The difficulty in reconciling the individual spirituality of each ... -
What to Do About the Dreamer? A Theological Evaluation of Dreams and Visions That Aid Muslim Conversions to Christianity
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2024-12)There are increasing reports of dream or vision experiences that significantly influence or aid Muslim conversions to Christianity. These experiences elicit many questions about how one should evaluate, receive, affirm, ... -
The Martyr as Model in John Foxe’s Book of Martyrs
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2024-12)John Foxe’s Actes and Monuments of These Latter Perilous Days Touching on the Matters of the Church is without doubt one of the most influential books of the English Reformation. Under its more colloquial name, “Foxe’s ... -
Digital Media Use and the Christian Formation of College Students: A Case Study
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2024-12)Digital and social media have become incorporated into daily life as access to the internet has increased. Every invention has the possibility of positive and negative effects and influences. As educators seek to disciple ... -
Children’s Catechisms as Resources for Discipleship and Apologetics in England, 1549–1642
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2024-12)The text-based thesis examines how catechisms, specifically adapted for use with children, functioned as a tool for the discipleship of children’s faith and were used apologetically to defend Christian doctrine within the ... -
De Impassibilitate Et Satisfactione: An Examination of the Methodological Implications of Trinitarian Classical Theism for the Doctrine of the Atonement
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2024-12)Two trends are taking place in evangelical theology. First, the last decade has borne witness to a renaissance of Trinitarian theology. Books have proliferated regarding social and classical Trinitarianism with a marked ... -
Finding God Within: A Systemization and Evaluation of the Writings of Warren Felt Evans
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2024-12)This dissertation systematizes and evaluates the published and unpublished writings of nineteenth-century religious philosopher Warren Felt Evans. Evans was the first published writer for the metaphysical religious movement ... -
The Redemptive Function of Theological Anthropology for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Biblical Counseling
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Church Ministries, 2024-12)Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a psychological category that aims to describe the condition of a person who regularly experiences unwanted, intense, and distressing ruminations or obsessions that are temporarily ... -
A Widow’s Hope in Late-Life Spousal Loss: A Biblical Response to Meaning-Making and Continuing Spiritual Bonds
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2024-12)Widowhood is considered one of the most stressful and life-altering experiences that can cause a loss of meaning and purpose in life. Bereavement brings mortality to the forefront, raising questions related to life’s ... -
Counseling in the Spirit of Christ: Union With Christ and the Pneumatology of Biblical Counseling
(School of Missions and Evangelism, 2024-12)Biblical counseling happens in union with Christ by the Spirit as believers speak the truth of God in the love of God to the people of God so that they may become more and more mature in Christ. A pneumatology of biblical ... -
A Theological Framework for Assessing Verbal Oppression in Marriage
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2024-12)In this dissertation, I argue that because language originates in the triune God, married image bearers are commanded to use language in ways that reflect God’s character, function according to his purposes, and conform ...