Browsing Dissertations, Theses, and Projects by Title
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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 ... -
The Consequence of Choice: Culture As Precursor to the Gospel
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2019-11-26)Culture has become a buzzword, but it has also come to occupy an important place in in how we see and understand the world around us. Culture is increasingly being referenced within the church as we wrestle to explain the ... -
Consilia: Catholic Inroads at the Puritan Anti-Catholic Westminster Assembly
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2021-04-15)While historians disagree about many different aspects of the Westminster Assembly (1643–1653), the current historiography is united in seeing the gathering and its members as staunchly anti-Catholic. However, a largely ... -
Contest of Civility: Conformity, Dissent, and the Struggle for Religious Liberty
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-05-03)By the early 1660s, two bordering jurisdictions in colonial America enacted fundamentally divergent political communities. Massachusetts perpetuated civility of conformity, a political formulation that fastened society ... -
A contextualized training program for twenty-first century Korean missionaries
(2004-04-27)This dissertation examines the five major factors used to develop a contextualized missionary training program for Korean missionaries. Chapter 1 defines the subject of missionary training in Korea. The research methodologies, ... -
The Contribution of Ambrose Jessup Tomlinson to Classical Pentecostalism
(The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2024-05)The historiography of Pentecostalism customarily identifies Charles Parham and William Seymour as first-generation founders. Parham and Seymour are unquestionably central to the debut of Pentecostalism in North America in ... -
The Contribution of Karl Barth toward the Formulation of an Evangelical Theology of Religions
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2010-05)The dissertation focuses on Karl Barth's theology as it relates to present issue in Evangelical thought. Chapter 1 states that an Evangelical theology of religions can affirm and apply particular aspects of Barth's ... -
The Copenhagen interpretation of quantum physics: An assessment of its fitness for use in Christian theology and apologetics
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2005-10-20)This dissertation examines the suitability of the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum physics for use in Christian theological and apologetic endeavors. Chapter 1 introduces basic issues in quantum physics in non-technical ... -
The core assemblage of the Iron Age cult in Palestine
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2003-08-11)This dissertation examines the relationship between selected Iron Age cultic sites found in the land of Canaan and their material cultures. The resulting data allows the creation of tentative paradigms reflecting the ... -
The correlation between church leaders' understanding of the issue of child sexual abuse and preventive steps taken within their churches
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2005-05-13)The research examined the relationship between knowledge of faith-based church leaders regarding the facts of child sexual abuse and the practice of child sexual abuse prevention steps utilized within the church. It examined ... -
Counseling Divorced Members for Second Marriages at Donelson Cumberland Presbyterian Church Donelson, Tennessee
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2020-11-06)The purpose of this project was to write a premarital counseling curriculum for Christians preparing to get remarried. In order to write an effective curriculum, seventeen Christian couples in second marriages were ... -
Counted Worthy: A Father's Perspective on the Theology of Suffering
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2020-10-10)ABSTRACT COUNTED WORTHY: A FATHER’S PERSPECTIVE ON THE THEOLOGY OF SUFFERING Connor Ross Bales, DEdMin The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2020 Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Christopher Barton Kouba This ... -
Counterfeit Money or Genuine Gift? Gift, Giving, and Salvation in the Gospel of John
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2013-12-31)This dissertation studies the concept of gift in the Gospel of John, especially as it relates to God's gift of salvation to humanity. Chapter 1 defines the problem of the gift both for New Testament studies as well as ... -
The Courtroom and the Created Order: How Penal Substitution Brings about New Creation
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2010-12)This dissertation argues that penal substitutionary atonement is necessary for transformation of the created order. This assertion answers the charge that an atonement model that deals with forensic judgments, the moment ...