Browsing Dissertations, Theses, and Projects by Title
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A Baptist doctrine of ordination studied in confessional tradition, the works of J.R. Graves and R.B.C. Howell and actual practice in Kentucky
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Baptist Teachings and Practices on Baptism in England 1600-1689
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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 ... -
Be the Example: Christ-Centered Followership in the Pastoral Epistles
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2020-11-30)The vast majority of the leadership literature the last century concerned itself with the traits, behaviors, and abilities of leaders. Followers and following, in contrast, received scant attention. The burgeoning discipline ... -
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 ... -
Benjamin Wallin: A Respectable Minister's Proclamation of the Gospel in Eighteenth-Century London
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2021-12-06)This dissertation introduces the work of the eighteenth-century Particular Baptist London minister Benjamin Wallin. After providing an overview of Wallin's life and ministry, the dissertation turns to an examination of his ... -
Best Practices for Online Theological Ministry Preparation: A Delphi Method Study
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2015-03-31)John Beck Cartwright, Jr., Ed.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2014 This doctoral thesis intended to provide a clear vision of best practices in the area of online theological ministry training at the ... -
Best Practices in Leading Organizational Change in the Local Church: A Multi-Case Study
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2016-01-12)The current study was designed to identify embedded best practices for leading organizational change in the local church ministering in an urban context. The study also sought to determine whether it was possible for the ... -
Best Practices in Leading Organizational Change in the Local Church: A Multi-Case Study
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2023-04-30)This dissertation was designed to identify best practices for leading organizational change in the local church ministering in an urban context. The dissertation also sought to determine whether the leadership in the local ... -
Best Practices of Global Leaders at Liberty Live Church
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Ministries, 2021-04-16)This project was designed to help leaders in the local church embrace and excel in their God-given calling. This project addresses global leaders in multisite churches, but the principles are also applicable to associate ... -
Best Practices Of Online Undergraduate Spiritual Formation At Select Institutions Of Christian Higher Education: A Delphi Study
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-01-02)The purpose of this research project was to establish consensus among experts regarding best practices of online undergraduate spiritual formation with a specific focus on the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities ... -
Between rule and responsibility: The role of the 'AB as agent of righteousness in Deuteronomy's domestic ideology
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2007-11-05)This dissertation explores the relationship between the ancient Israelite HOH and the members of his family as portrayed in the prescriptive texts of Deuteronomy. In choosing the prescriptive texts, this study distinguishes ... -
Between the Times: Preaching 1 Peter to Valley Baptist Church in Appleton, Wisconsin
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2023-12)This project aimed to explore and practice how biblical theology and biblical-theological methods inform the preaching of 1 Peter to Valley Baptist Church in Appleton, Wisconsin. Chapter 1, an introductory chapter, defines ... -
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 ... -
Bible storying: A recommended strategy for training church leaders in oral societies
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2005-05-04)This dissertation identifies three countries where the Bible storying strategy has been utilized for training local church leaders. Chapter 1 introduces and defines chronological Bible storying and the need for it in ... -
Bible Women: Evangelism and Cultural Transformation in the Early Korean Church
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2015-06-18)When Protestant missionaries first arrived on the Korean peninsula in the 1880s they encountered religious syncretism being practiced in a socio-cultural environment which prohibited all interaction between the predominantly ... -
A biblical analysis of Donald A. McGavran's harvest theology principle
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2008-10-24)This dissertation provides a biblical analysis of McGavran's harvest theology principle as it relates to the relationship between faithfulness in the evangelistic task and actual numerical church growth. Chapter 1 introduces ... -
A Biblical Analysis of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy and Its Use in Biblical Counseling
(The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2024-05)This thesis argues that Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is incompatible with Scripture and the precepts of biblical counseling.” The first chapter is an introduction to the topic of EMDR therapy ... -
A Biblical and Historical Appraisal of Concupiscence with Special Attention to Same-Sex Attraction
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2019-12-13)This dissertation contends that same-sex attraction, since it is a form of concupiscence, is always sinful, morally culpable. Chapter 1 defines concupiscence and summarizes the historical and contemporary debate between ...