Dissertations, Theses, and Projects: Recent submissions
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Diaspora Missions Among Asian Americans in Rural Counties in Tennessee
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2019-11-14)The field of diaspora missiology has erupted over the past fifteen years as a legitimate subfield of missiology. Diaspora missiology studies occur at the intersection of missiology and migration theory with an emphasis on ... -
Classical Christian Education and Racial Representation: A Mixed Method Study
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2019-11-22)ABSTRACT CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN EDUCATION AND RACIAL REPRESENTATION: A MIXED METHOD STUDY Miranda Renea Webster, Ed.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2019 Chair: Dr. Jeffrey Michael Horner This ... -
Secular Students’ Perceptions of Christian Rhetoric: A Phenomenological Study
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2019-11-01)Generation Z is the most spiritually detached generation in United States history with twice as many self-identified atheists as all other generations combined. These facts mandate a serious examination of how Christians ... -
Transforming the Leadership Development Culture in Church Revitalizations: A Mixed Methods Study
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2019-10-26)As the church in North America declines, many search for answers to turn the tide. One avenue is church revitalization: turning plateaued or declining churches into growing churches once again. The purpose of this study ... -
Transforming The Discipleship Culture In Church Revitalization: A Mixed-Methods Study
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2019-10-22)The numbers are alarming. Almost seventy-four percent of churches within the SBC are either in a state of plateau or decline. The church at large has a responsibility to reverse the trend and move the collective church ... -
The Lived Experience of African American Pastors: A Phenomenological Study
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2019-11-08)This study uniquely aims to ascertain how African American pastors, serving in predominately African American churches, perceive how the intersection of race and faith has impacted their lived experience. Furthermore, in ... -
Just As I Was: The Presence of Sacramentalism in the Methods of Southern Baptist Revivalism
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2019-09-07)David Robert Denis, Th.M. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2019 Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Gregg Allison This paper will argue that Southern Baptists in the revivalist tradition have unknowingly adopted a ... -
The Guardian-Priesthood, the Special Presence of God, and Church Discipline: A Biblical-Theological Understanding of the Priesthood
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2019-10-24)This dissertation contends that the priesthood consists of people who, divinely granted access to the presence of God, are entrusted with serving God by guarding the holiness of his temple and his people through attending ... -
Transforming the Prayer Culture in Church Revitalization: A Mixed Methods Study
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Church Ministries, 2019-10-26)Churches within the U.S. continue to decline at an alarming rate. Southern Baptist churches close their doors at a rate of approximately 1000 churches every year. Consequently, churches must be revitalized because church ... -
Tracing the Old Testament Canon Through Time: The Necessity of a Diachronic Approach to Compilational Criticism
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2019-11-07)This dissertation argues that multiple arrangements are needed to account for all of the compilational features within the Old Testament. Therefore, compilational criticism must examine multiple, historical arrangements ... -
Only the Messenger: Donald Grey Barnhouse's Illustrative Preaching as a Commitment to Biblical Authority
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2019-11-11)This dissertation answers the question of how Donald Grey Barnhouse’s sermon illustrations served his homiletical commitment to the authority of the Bible. Illustrations communicate truth “by the shortest route and in the ... -
The Relation of the Text of the Beatty Gospels to the Caesarean Text
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Indigenous Churches in China
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Daniel Parker's Doctrine of the Two Seeds
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Essential Post-Adoption Services For The Local Church: A Multi Case Study
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Church Ministries, 2016-08-25)The purpose of this study was to identify the key post-adoption support services (PAS) of selected exemplar churches in order to describe these practices and to suggest what an effective post-adoption ministry could look ... -
It Is Written: Matthean Discourse and Its Implications for Contemporary Discipleship
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2019-04-22)This thesis seeks to establish that the five major discourses in the gospel of Matthew were intended to be used by the church for the discipleship of its members. This body of teaching is referred to by Christ in his great ... -
Deepening Discipleship During Corporate Worship at Refreshing River of God Fellowship in Ephrata, Pennsylvania
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2019-04-03)Chapter 1 sets the purpose, goals, requirements, and methodologies for this project. Chapter 2 establishes the theological foundation for biblical meditation, reviewing the practice of meditation in the Old and New Testaments ... -
Decisive Leaders: A Paradigm for Overcoming Paralysis in Organizations
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2019-04-01)The purpose of this project was to identify and understand the dynamics of decisive leadership in teams. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the purpose, rationale, and goals of the project, as well as an overview of the ... -
Recovering Biblical Church Membership at Mt. Hebron Baptist Church, Connelly Springs, North Carolina
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2019-04-19)ABSTRACT RECOVERING BIBLICAL CHURCH MEMBERSHIP AT MT. HEBRON BAPTIST CHURCH, CONNELLY SPRINGS, NORTH CAROLINA Eric Byron James, D.Min. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2019 Faculty Supervisor: Dr. ... -
Leading Church Renewal Through Expository Preaching at First Baptist Church Mount Washington in Mount Washington, Kentucky
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2019-03-19)LEADING CHURCH RENEWAL THROUGH EXPOSITORY PREACHING AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH MOUNT WASHINGTON IN MOUNT WASHINGTON, KENTUCKY Scott Cameron Ford, Jr., D.Ed.Min. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, ...