Dissertations, Theses, and Projects: Recent submissions
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A leader behavior profile analysis of senior pastors in growing Southern Baptist churches
(2004-05-14)Churches are struggling with issues of leadership. There is a need to explore and understand how leadership is used in the local church. Senior pastors are in a position to have a positive impact on the growth of the church, ... -
A generational apportionment analysis of perceived ministry tasks in relationship to the spiritual giftedness of senior pastors
(2004-05-14)This dissertation analyzed the relationship of spiritual gifts identified by senior pastors in Southern Baptist churches in relationship to perceived tasks of ministry across generational apportionments. The catalyst for ... -
A 360-degree analysis of the leadership styles of Southern Baptist ministers of youth
(2004-05-14)This dissertation is a 360-degree analysis of the leadership styles of Southern Baptist ministers of youth. Many experts in the field of youth ministry agree that there is a current crisis in this field. Though many possible ... -
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, ... -
Abraham and the exile in Galatians 3:1-14
(2004-12-07)This dissertation examines the thesis that Paul, in Galatians 3:1-14, is making a prophetic statement to the Galatians in which he interprets the story of Israel from Abraham through the Exile to provide an historical ... -
The worship of the New Testament church: A grammatical and contextual analysis of first-century Christian devotion
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2003-12-03)This thesis examines the nature of New Testament church worship and seeks to understand the concept of worship among first-century Christians. Chapter 1 describes the misconceptions held by present-day worshipers and ... -
The restoration theme in the Book of Revelation: From creation to new creation
(2003-05-06)This dissertation demonstrates that the restoration theme is the large theological framework for interpreting Revelation with intertextual connections with Genesis as well as other OT books and intertestamental literature. ... -
The perceived needs of high school male adolescents and the implications for mentoring adolescents of divorced parents
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2003-05-01)The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceived needs of high school male adolescents and study possible implications for mentoring those of divorced parents. The researcher defines adolescents, discipleship, ... -
Theological tenets of the evangelistic ministry of John Piper during the years 1980-2002
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2002-12-20)This dissertation delineates the theological tenets of John Piper's evangelistic ministry at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis. In addition to his basic conservative, evangelical presuppositions, there are four ... -
The location of Solomon's Temple on the Temple Mount: An analysis of various theories
(2003-12-01)This thesis evaluates theories on the location of the Jerusalem Temple. Chapter 1 introduces the debate and identifies the Temple Mount as Mount Moriah. Chapter 2 examines the length of the cubit through literary and ... -
The influence of Sun-ju Kil, Ik-du Kim, and Young-do Yi on Protestantism in Korea
(2003-05-01)This dissertation examines the three greatest Korean evangelists in the early twentieth century when the gospel came to Korea and settled down. As known widely, the Korean church has grown rapidly and marvelously for the ... -
Examining the impact of a psycho-spiritual educational model of marriage enrichment on seminary couples: A pilot study
(2003-12-02)This dissertation examines the effectiveness of an educationally based model of marriage enrichment that integrates psychological thought with the joint practice of the spiritual disciplines. Chapter 1 presents a rationale ... -
The imputation of Christ's righteousness: A study of key Pauline texts
(2003-11-03)[Greek terms romanized in description] This dissertation explores the question of whether Paul teaches that Christ's righteousness is imputed to the believer. Chapter 1 surveys various historical trajectories beginning ... -
The impact of family life centers and church recreation programs on ministry involvement
(2003-05-16)The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the effectiveness and impact of the methodologies and use of recreation facilities used in the recreation ministry of Southern Baptist churches in meeting the ministry goals ... -
The impact of institutional core values on traditional students at a Southern Baptist college
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2003-12-17)This dissertation examined to what degree traditional students were impacted by the institutional core values at a Southern Baptist college. The subjects of mission statements, core values, and college impact were defined. ... -
The impact of the church planting process and other selected factors on the attendance of Southern Baptist church plants
(2003-05-06)This dissertation examines the impact of the Church Planting Process and other selected factors on the attendance of Southern Baptist church plants. Chapter 1 introduces the Church Planting Process and its place in Southern ... -
The faith of Jesus Christ: an analysis of Paul's use of pistis Christou
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2003-12-01)[Greek words romanized in title and description] This dissertation defends the thesis that the Pauline phrase, pistis Christou ("faith of Christ" [Rom 3:22,26; Gal 2:16, 20; 3:22; Phil 3:9; Eph 3:12]), in its various contexts, ... -
The failure of the Twelve in the Gospel of Mark: A classification of the evidence
(2003-12-05)This thesis examines the accounts of the Twelve's failures as they are provided in the Gospel of Mark and seeks to classify these failures into coherent categories. Chapter 1 offers grounds for studying these accounts of ... -
The divergence of Donald McGavran's church growth movement in North America, 1955-2000
(2003-12-01)This dissertation demonstrates that a divergence of Donald McGavran's Church Growth Movement (CGM) has occurred in North America from 1955 to 2000. As a result of this divergence the force of the movement has weakened, ... -
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 ...