Dissertations, Theses, and Projects: Recent submissions
Now showing items 721-740 of 1884
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Honor and Shame in Ecuador
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2020-05)Chapter 1 introduces the question of using honor and shame by showing how honor and shame have helped to shape missiology. The problem of the role and use of honor and shame Ecuadorian culture frames the remainder ... -
The Impact of Servant Leadership and Christ-Centered Followership on the Problem of Police Brutality Against Minorities
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2020-12)This thesis proposes that a law enforcement leadership model predicated on Christ-centered followership with a biblical metaphorical shepherding framework enhanced by servant leadership can shape individual officers and ... -
An Embryonic Ecclesiology Enabling Church Planting Movements to Flourish
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2019-12)This dissertation proposes an ecclesiological rubric for evaluating church planting strategies and methods. The result of these evaluations will be establishing churches that flourish where they are planted. A flourishing ... -
The Singing Lion of London: Hymnody as a Pedagogical And Doxological Tool in The Pastoral Ministry of Charles Spurgeon
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Church Ministries, 2020-05)Charles H. Spurgeon (1834-1892) placed a high priority on hymnody as a pedagogical and doxological tool within the life and public worship of the local church. As pastor of London’s Metropolitan Tabernacle, he quoted hymns ... -
Reaching the Secular City: A Practical Model for Brazilian Urban Missionaries Through the Lens of Lesslie Newbigin
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2020-05)ABSTRACT REACHING THE SECULAR CITY: A PRACTICAL MODEL FOR BRAZILIAN URBAN MISSIONARIES THROUGH THE LENS OF LESSLIE NEWBIGIN Wendal Mark Johnson, PhD The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2020 Chair: ... -
An Argument for Close Communion in Baptist Life
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2020-05)This dissertation argues that believer’s baptism by immersion should precede communion as prerequisite to it, due to the explicit example of the New Testament, the assumed pattern that all believers are baptized, and a ... -
The Spirit-Led Preaching of Charles H. Spurgeon
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2020-05)This dissertation centers on the role the Holy Spirit played in the pulpit ministry of Charles Haddon Spurgeon. It argues that Spurgeon was a Spirit-led preacher by examining six criteria of the Holy Spirit’s ministry for ... -
The Influence of Harold Best's Music through the Eyes of Faith and Unceasing Worship on Select Worship Authors and Educators
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2020-05)This dissertation examines the impact of Harold Best’s Music through the Eyes of Faith (1993) and Unceasing Worship: Biblical Perspectives on Worship and the Arts (2003) on seven representative worship authors and educators. ... -
The Doctrine of Indulgences to the Reformation
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The Triennial Convention, 1814-1845 : A Study in Baptist Co-operation and Conflict
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Campbell and “Expository Apologetics”: Presuppositionalism Critiques Campbell’s “Original Gospel”
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2019-12)Presuppositional apologetics has emerged in the last century as a singular yet complex answer to modern and postmodern attacks on the gospel. For Campbellite Christians who hold to evangelical confession and identity, the ... -
Increasing the Knowledge of First-Level Doctrines Among the Members of Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church in Shelbyville, Indiana
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2019-11-25)This ministry project was designed to teach first-level doctrines at Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church in Shelbyville, Indiana. The purpose of this intervention was to assist leaders and members of Mt. Pisgah to think theologically ... -
Bridging the Gap: Engaging Adolescent Listeners through Expository Preaching
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2019-11-30)BRIDGING THE GAP: ENGAGING ADOLESCENT LISTENERS THROUGH EXPOSITORY PREACHING John Andrew Gardner, DMin The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2019 Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Michael E. Pohlman The goal of this ... -
Equipping Personal Evangelists at Life Community Church in Owensboro, Kentucky
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2019-08-22)Chapter 1 builds an argument for the need to equip church members to become personal evangelists. The chapter outlines the context of Life Community Church, a church plant located in Owensboro, Kentucky, and the reasons ... -
Introducing Biblical Counseling at Towaliga Baptist Church in Jackson, Georgia
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2019-11-18)INTRODUCING BIBLICAL COUNSELING AT TOWALIGA BAPTIST CHURCH IN JACKSON, GEORGIA Jason Leonard Sanders, DMin The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2019 Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Stuart W. Scott This ... -
Strengthening Multiethnic Fellowship at Christ Baptist Church in Polokwane, South Africa
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2019-10-30)This project set out to strengthen multiethnic fellowship at Christ Baptist Church in Polokwane, South Africa. The project was undertaken because of the past and current waves of racial tension in South Africa, which have ... -
Developing an Apologetics Ministry at LifePoint Church Indy in Indianapolis, Indiana
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2019-04-17)This project was designed to develop a curriculum for apologetic training at LifePoint Church Indy (LPCI) in Indianapolis, Indiana, that allowed members and attenders to be trained in apologetics and to be more confident ... -
Developing a Pastoral Training Program at First Baptist Church of Enterprise, Alabama
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2019-12-03)ABSTRACT DEVELOPING A PASTORAL TRAINING PROGRAM AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF ENTERPRISE, ALABAMA Kaleb Tillman Wimberly, DMin The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2019 Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Robert L. ... -
Catechizing the Members of Creek Road Baptist Church in Sharonville, Ohio, in the Decalogue: A Mixed Methods Study
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2019-10-24)CATECHIZING THE MEMBERS OF CREEK ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH IN SHARONVILLE, OHIO, IN THE DECALOGUE: A MIXED METHODS STUDY David Bruce Smith, DEdMin The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2019 Faculty Supervisor: Dr. ... -
Resourcing Members of Highlands Community Church, Renton, Washington, to Minister to Bereaved Parents
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2019-11-20)Jesse Austin Campbell, D.Min. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2019 Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Michael E. Pohlman The gospel of Jesus Christ is the only meaningful hope to be offered parents bereaved by ...