Browsing Dissertations, Theses, and Projects by Title
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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 ... -
A biblical and theological defense of a multi-intentioned view of the extent of the atonement
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2008-12)The purpose of this dissertation is to develop, explain, and defend, both biblically and theologically, a multi-intentioned view of the extent of the atonement. A multi-intentioned view holds that God had general intentions ... -
A Biblical and Theological Vision for the Revitalization of Churches
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-01-02)With thousands of churches dying every year in North America, many pastors have started exploring the concept of church revitalization. Methodology books are beginning to fill the shelves of Christian bookstores, and as ... -
Biblical Counseling in Homeschool Cooperatives: Bringing Scriptural Help to Homeschool Educators and Students
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Ministries, 2022-11-01)Christian homeschool cooperatives provide a rich environment for biblical counseling. These cooperatives are rooted in biblical truth and therefore have a ready foundation for addressing problems faced by teachers, parents, ... -
A biblical critique of Jeffrey Arnett's theory of emerging adulthood
(2016-10-27)ABSTRACT A BIBLICAL CRITIQUE OF JEFFREY ARNETT’S THEORY OF EMERGING ADULTHOOD Brian Howard Honett, DEdMin The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2016 Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Brian C. Richardson Jeffrey ... -
The Biblical Design Purpose of Sex Applied to Issues of Personal Sexuality
(The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2025-12)This dissertation argues that the Bible provides a clear, inherent design purpose for human sexuality and that this design serves as the measure for determining ethical sexual activity. Historically, both Western civilization ... -
A Biblical Examination of Empathy and Its Implications On the Ministry of God’s Word
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2023-01-30)This thesis will argue that empathy is a disposition of love that willingly resonates with the experience of another image-bearer. This disposition is an activity that conveys God’s chief design purpose for human relationships, ... -
Biblical Foundations for Reaching Special Needs Families Through Summit Baptist Church in Wiggins, Colorado
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-10-26)Special needs and disabilities among Americans is growing and the church is missing an opportunity to reach this people group. The Bible and Christian ministries continually display a relationship with the helpless, disabled, ...