Browsing Dissertations, Theses, and Projects by Subject "Elders (Church officers)"

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    • Conflict Management Among Church Elders: A Delphi Study 

      Lookabaugh, John Henry (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 ...

    • Establishing Unity Among the Pastors and Lay Elders at Calvary Church in Charlotte, North Carolina 

      Reece, Robert (Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2023-03-28)
      This project is designed to establish unity among the pastors and lay elders at Calvary Church in Charlotte, North Carolina. The training process involves assessing and increasing the knowledge of pastors and elders in ...

    • Plurality of Elder Leadership Versus One-Man Authority in a New Testament Church 

      Niemeyer, Douglas J (The Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2024-12)
      The thesis of this paper is that churches should be led, taught, and governed by a plurality of elders, leading the church as a group without a defined single-man authority over them. Chapter 1 contains the thesis statement, ...

    • The Role of the Unpaid Elder in Southern Baptist Churches: A Mixed Methods Study 

      Mehaffey, Thomas A. (Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2020-11-24)
      Scripture teaches that leadership was created by God, a concept illustrated by the creation mandate to man to subdue the earth (Gen 1:28-29). As Michael Wilder and Timothy Paul Jones point out, leadership was not something ...

    • The Role of Unpaid Elders in Southern Baptist Churches: A Mixed Methods Study 

      Rhodes, Scott Alan (Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2020-11-27)
      The purpose of this study was to discover the roles fulfilled by unpaid elders in Southern Baptist churches. This project involved two phases. Phase 1 utilized a forty-five question survey which asked about duties of unpaid ...