Dissertations, Theses, and Projects: Recent submissions
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Justified: A sacred cantata based on Paul's doctrine of Justification
(2008-08-15)Justified is a musical work for choir and orchestra that uses prose Scripture alone as its source of text. The text incorporated is drawn from Romans chapters 3-11 with additional text from Genesis 15 and 17 and 2 Timothy ... -
Jesus' resurrection as the climactic semeion in the Fourth Gospel
(2008-10-17)The purpose of the dissertation is to examine the scope of the pronoun "these" in the purpose statement of the Fourth Gospel (20:30-31). Chapter 1 sets forth the problem, thesis, method, background of this study. This ... -
Implementation of strategic planning in church ministry
(2008-05)This dissertation explores the relationship between strategy execution and its impact on church leadership as indicated by the church's growth or non-growth. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the context, research problem ... -
Humiliation and exaltation: Intertextuality and the influence of Daniel 4 on Philippians 2:6-11
(2008-10-24)The thesis of this study is that the story of Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel 4 lies behind Philippians 2:6-11 as its primary background and literary framework. Chapter 1 provides a brief survey of the debate concerning the ... -
Father absence during childhood and its impact on adult males with implications for Christian ministry
(2008-05-13)The objective of this dissertation was to examine the impact of father absence during childhood on adult males and to identify implications for Christian ministry. Information from the field of psychology, the men's movement, ... -
Essential leadership competencies for U.S. Air Force wing chaplains
(2008-12-15)This dissertation examines essential leadership competencies for U.S. Air Force wing chaplains serving at the intersection of ministry and military leadership. The research problem is framed as a leadership development ... -
Divine sovereignty and the religious problem of evil: An evaluation of evangelical models
(2007-11-06)This dissertation evaluates three evangelical models, namely, Open theism, Arminianism, and Calvinism in terms of how these models of divine sovereignty function to comfort suffering Christians. Central to this evaluation ... -
An evangelical analysis and critique of feminist Christology
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2008-12-12)This dissertation analyzes the person and work of Christ in feminist theology, with particular attention to feminist critiques of traditional Christology. Chapter 1 is a brief introduction of the dissertation's thesis and ... -
An assessment of dropout rates of former youth ministry participants in conservative Southern Baptist megachurches
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2008-12-05)The purpose of this study was to examine the claim that 70 to 90% of youth ministry graduates from conservative Southern Baptist churches leave the church after high school graduation. In order to accomplish this goal, the ... -
An appraisal of Korean Baptist missions in Kazakhstan, Central Asia
(2008-03-20)This dissertation surveys Korean Baptist missionaries' work in Kazakhstan and recommends some effective strategies for twenty-first-century missions for Korean missionaries. The writer presents major emerging issues in ... -
An analysis of the integration of faith and learning in evangelical secondary schools
(2008-05)This dissertation examined the perceptions of administrators regarding the factors necessary for integration of faith and learning within secondary education. Chapter 1 introduced the importance of integration in faith and ... -
An analysis of the relationship between the conflict management styles of terminated pastors and selected contextual factors
(2008-05)The purpose of this research was to determine whether or not relationships existed between the conflict management styles of terminated pastors and selected contextual factors. This study should help pastors to better ... -
An analysis of the Ga-Jung Church's evangelistic strategies and their impact on church growth
(2008-10-23)This dissertation examines the Ga-Jung Church's evangelism strategies and their impact on church growth. Chapter 1 addresses the Ga-Jung church as a renewal model, which is directed toward conversion church growth based ... -
A director's guide for staging the song cycle "Songs of Fields and Prairies" by Jocelyn Hagen
(2008-05-05)This dissertation presents a director's guide for a dramatic staging of the song cycle, Songs of Fields and Prairies , by Jocelyn Hagen (b. 1980). Chapter 1 explores the relationship of the song cycle to twenty-first-century ... -
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, ... -
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 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 ... -
The teaching of Appalachian cultural values in Appalachian Bible colleges
(2007-05-18)The research purpose as stated in the first chapter of this dissertation is to examine, in Bible colleges that are located in and sending graduates to the Appalachian area, the faculty perceptions of their inclusion of ... -
Witnessing with the Holy Spirit: Pneumatology and missiology in evangelistic theory
(2007-08-15)This dissertation demonstrates that a biblical theology of the Holy Spirit's work in evangelism, when integrated with soteriological and missiological insights, provides the basis for evangelistic communication that depends ... -
Violence and Matthew: A reconsideration of Matthew 11:12
(2007-11-09)This thesis resolves the interpretational problem involved in Matthew 11:12 by asserting that in Matthew 11:12 [biazetai ; Special characters omitted.] is best understood as middle voice with a meaning of "the kingdom of ...