Dissertations, Theses, and Projects: Recent submissions
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Four Practices Correlated to a Sense of Belonging in a Church
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2023-12)This dissertation examines the communal practices of mutual support, vulnerability, forgiveness, and accountability as well as their correlation with the sense of belonging that members feel in regard to a church community. ... -
A Theological Analysis of the Educational Method of Maria Montessori Using an Inverse Consistency Protocol
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminaryBilly Graham School of Missions and Evangelism, 2023-05)The Montessori approach to education has been embraced by a wide variety of educators around the world. Ironically, though, as secular educators have accepted Maria Montessori’s pedagogical methods, little research has ... -
Equipping Lay Leaders of Cape Bible Chapel in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, to Create a Community of Biblical Counseling
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminaryBilly Graham School of Missions and Evangelism, 2023-12)The purpose of this project is to train the key lay leaders of Cape Bible Chapel in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, to counsel those under their care for the further development of the church’s community of disciples. Chapter 1 ... -
Training in the Members of Faith Baptist Church In Claremore, Oklahoma, in the Christiconic Hermeneutic
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2023-12)This project sought to equip members of Faith Baptist Church to grow in their knowledge and practice of biblical hermeneutics. Chapter 1 presents the ministry context of Faith Baptist Church and the goals of the project. ... -
Place and Pedagogy: Sunday School in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2023-12)This dissertation explored the development of Sunday School in England as it transitioned from a program that was society-based to a church-based educational ministry. Primary emphasis is given to Sunday School’s placement ... -
A query in Baptist history : the Philadelphia Association, was it in its organization and early history strictly Calvinistic?
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The date and authorship of Zechariah 9-14
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The problem of revelation and reason in the writings of Emil Brunner
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Entropy and Renewal: The Pauline Concern and Paradigm for Church Revitalization
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2022-04-22)That the North American church is in a season of sharp decline is a well-studied and well-established factual reality. In our own Southern Baptist Convention, studies indicate that as many as nine out of every ten churches ... -
Integrating Faith and Reason in the Classroom at Mccallie School in Chattanooga, Tennessee
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2021-10-19)The integration of faith and reason is necessary to equip the young men of McCallie to fully prepare them for life. From a biblical perspective, knowledge is tapered by truth and love. First Corinthians 8:1 speaks to what ... -
The history of Arminianism and Calvinism among Baptists in America
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Christian Curriculum Emphases and Academic Rigor: A Mixed Methods Study
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2023-06-19)Chapter 1 of this study explores the relationship between Christian curricular emphases and academic rigor among Christian secondary schools. It uses convergent data transformation methods to analyze published curriculum ... -
“Eminent Spirituality and Eminent Usefulness”: Andrew Fuller’s Contribution to the Revitalization of the Particular Baptists in the Long Eighteenth Century
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2023-05-01)Andrew Fuller was convinced that eminent spirituality in a minister would usually be attended with eminent usefulness in the ministry. Chapter 1 introduces the thesis and argues that this foundational conviction drove ... -
Singing the Self: Exploring the Role of Congregational Song in Identity Formation
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Church Ministries, 2023-04-30)This dissertation evaluates aspects of identity formation research, drawn fromthe social sciences, and interprets the findings from a Christian theological perspective. I argue that liturgical practices provide believers, ... -
Best Practices in Leading Organizational Change in the Local Church: A Multi-Case Study
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2023-04-30)This dissertation was designed to identify best practices for leading organizational change in the local church ministering in an urban context. The dissertation also sought to determine whether the leadership in the local ... -
The Middle Voice in the Septuagint and the Greek New Testament
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2023-04-29)The Hellenistic Greek verbal system was capable of communicating three voices: active, middle, and passive. Of these, the middle voice has long proven the most difficult for English speakers to understand. Questions exist ... -
Walking in the Spirit in Galatians: Comparing Obedience and Agency in Galatians, 1QS, and 4 Maccabees
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2023-04-28)The focus of this work is on divine and human agency and walking in obedience. This dissertation examines what Paul says about divine and human agency with regard to walking by the Spirit in Galatians, focusing on 5:16–25, ... -
Male and Female, He Created Them: Gender in the Context of Human Embodiment
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2023-04-22)In this dissertation, I develop a conception of gender that (1) holds that men and women share a common humanity that is grounded in their mutual creation in the image of God and results in the expression of common human ... -
A Christocentric Interpretation of Hosea 1-3: An Application of Sidney Greidanus's Contemporary Hermeneutical Method
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2023-04-18)Many hermeneutical approaches have been utilized to interpret the Old Testament in light of Christ throughout church history. Sidney Greidanus, in his Preaching Christ from the Old Testament, has formulated a ... -
Responses to the Messianic Claim: Characterization as Rhetorical Device in the Gospel of Matthew
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2023-05-10)While the Gospel of Matthew has long been recognized as having a distinctly “Jewish” orientation, the decades following World War II witnessed a growing interest among scholars asking whether Matthew could be regarded as ...