Browsing Dissertations, Theses, and Projects by Subject "Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600"

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    • Patterns of Shared Leadership in the Apostolic Fathers 

      Vester, Zachariah Lee (Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2015-03-31)
      While the cumulative history of the early church paints a trajectory towards a strict form of vertical, hierarchical leadership, at least five patterns of shared leadership emerge throughout the Apostolic Fathers that make ...

    • Shaping Church Culture: Table Fellowship, Teaching, and the Spirit in Luke-Acts 

      Hebert, Andrew Clayton (Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Church Ministries, 2021-09-13)
      This dissertation examines Luke-Acts to explore how and to what effect Jesus and early church leaders intentionally shaped the culture of their followers. In Luke, table fellowship was a primary means Jesus used to shape ...