Browsing Dissertations, Theses, and Projects by Title
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A Comparison of the Non-Aligned Texts of Qumran to the Masoretic Text
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2018-11-30)Contrary to Emanuel Tov’s analysis that fifty-five texts from Qumran are exclusively identified as textually non-aligned, a more cautious analysis of each text demonstrates that once the few ambiguous texts are excluded ... -
A Competency Model for Church Revitalization in Southern Baptist Convention Churches: A Mixed Methods Study
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-01-02)The need for revitalization in the modern American church is well documented. In the Southern Baptist Convention alone, 1,000 churches close their doors every year. Despite an increase in the overall number of churches in ... -
A Competency-Based Model for Gospel-Centered Vocational Education
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2020-11-10)This qualitative multicase study explored the key features characterizing competency-based, gospel-centered vocational education with the intent to construct a framework for an institutional model replicable to a Majority ... -
Competing Visions: A Rhetorical Analysis of the Southern Baptist Convention Pastors’ Conference and SBC Forum, 1961-1991
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2017-05-31)This dissertation argues that the pulpit rhetoric of the Pastors’ Conference and SBC Forum portrays the Conservative Resurgence as a competition between conservative and moderate visions for Baptist identity as ... -
A Comprehensive Ordinance: A Biblical, Theological, and Formational Case for Threefold Communion
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-04-15)The night before Jesus died, the Lord presided over three important aspects in the upper room with his disciples. The Gospel accounts tell that Jesus ate a meal with the disciples, washed their feet, and shared the bread ... -
The concept and practice of Christian fellowship: the connectional and inter-denominational aspects thereof, among seventeenth century English Baptists
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The concept of holiness in the Pauline epistles
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2004-06-18)This dissertation has attempted to define Paul's concept of holiness and how he develops and applies the concept in his letters. This task has focused on Pauline theology, conducting an in-depth exegetical study on various ... -
The Concept of the Kinsman in the Biblical Doctrine of Redemption
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The conceptualization and perception of servant leadership in Christian higher education
(2003-05-16)This dissertation examined the conceptualization and perception of servant leadership among Christian institutions of higher education. The current crisis in leadership was explored, in particular in Christian higher ... -
Condemning rejection: the basis of God's condemnation of humanity
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2016-10-27)The purpose of this research was to look at what sin or sins was human condemnation based on primarily. This study takes a look at the words or concepts, passages, and interpretations of the text and doctrines associated ... -
A conductor's guide to selected sacred choral works composed between 1980 and 2005 by Korean composers
(2006-08-21)This dissertation introduces seven selected sacred choral works, each composed by a different Korean composer, along with a historical survey of Korean sacred choral music and a guide to Korean diction. Chapter 1 states ... -
"Confident of Better Things": Assurance of Salvation in the Letter to the Hebrews
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2012-12-14)This dissertation contends that interpreters have underestimated assurance of salvation in the Letter to the Hebrews and the author's confidence in his recipients' salvation. Chapter 1 considers the history of research, ... -
The conflict between faith and experience and the editing of Psalms 73–83
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2019-04-29)This study evaluates Psalms 73–83 from an editorial-critical standpoint. Chapter 1 focuses on methodology. Chapter 2 highlights aspects of precedent research that demonstrate this study’s need: (1) lack of consensus over ... -
Conflict Management Among Church Elders: A Delphi Study
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-11-30)This Delphi study was conducted in an effort to enhance church elders’ ability to manage conflict amongst themselves in ways that honor God and benefit the church. With a firm commitment to building upon the biblical ... -
Conflict Management Styles of Pastors and Organizational Servant Leadership: A Descriptive Study
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2011-04-26)The purpose of this descriptive correlational study was to examine the relationship between the conflict management styles among senior pastors and the perceived organizational servant leadership tendencies in their churches. ... -
Conflict, Change, and Conversion: Four Decades of Conversion Among Baptists in Croatia 1970-2010
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2016-01-12)CONFLICT, CHANGE, AND CONVERSION: FOUR DECADES OF CONVERSION AMONG BAPTISTS IN CROATIA 1970-2010 Eric Kane Maroney, Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2015 Chair: Dr. M. David Sills Evangelicals ... -
Conformity to Christ: An Exegetical and Theological Analysis of Paul's Perspective on Humiliation and Exaltation in Philippians 2:5-11
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2017-05-31)This dissertation presents a threefold thesis. First, Paul is presenting a parallel in Philippians 3:7-11 from his own life by echoing back to Christ’s life and ministry in Philippians 2:5-11. Second, the theme of conformity ... -
A congregational model for racial reconciliation in the Church
(2008-08-11)This dissertation examines the state of racial reconciliation in the Christian church in the United States and suggests a congregational approach to better deal with the sin of racial prejudice still present in the church, ... -
The Congregation’s Understanding of Worship at Pisgah Presbyterian Church, Versailles, Ky
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Ministries, 2021-10-06)This project was designed to discover the congregation’s understanding of worship at Pisgah Presbyterian Church in Versailles, KY. It contains five chapters: chapter 1 presents an introduction to this project. Chapter 2 ... -
Connecting With the Heart of God in Grief: Employing Narrative in Christian Bereavement Care
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-01-02)This thesis argues that Christian bereavement care needs to proceed from a solid biblical foundation in determining the goal (receiving comfort from God), model (by focusing on communion with God), and method of care ...