The Digital Repository of the James P. Boyce Centennial Library: Recent submissions
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An Analysis of the Transition of Sunday School from Society-Based to Church-Based in the Nineteenth Century
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-01-02)This thesis is an examination of Sunday School and the transition of the institution from a society-based program to a church-based program. Primary emphasis is given to Sunday School’s placement under church leadership ... -
"Filled with the Gifts of God": The Holy Spirit as Agent of Virtue Formation in the Participatory Pneumatology of Didymus the Blind
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-01-02)This thesis analyzes the pneumatology of Didymus the Blind as expressed in three of his writings: the Commentary on Genesis, the Commentary on Zechariah, and On the Holy Spirit. It attends specifically to the ... -
Best Practices Of Online Undergraduate Spiritual Formation At Select Institutions Of Christian Higher Education: A Delphi Study
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-01-02)The purpose of this research project was to establish consensus among experts regarding best practices of online undergraduate spiritual formation with a specific focus on the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities ... -
A Biblical and Theological Vision for the Revitalization of Churches
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-01-02)With thousands of churches dying every year in North America, many pastors have started exploring the concept of church revitalization. Methodology books are beginning to fill the shelves of Christian bookstores, and as ... -
Assessing the Impact of Student Involvement in Campus Ministry on Retention and Academic Success: A Mixed Method Study
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-01-02)ABSTRACT ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF STUDENT INVOLVEMENT IN CAMPUS MINISTRY ON RETENTION AND ACADEMIC SUCCESS: A MIXED METHOD STUDY Robert Mark Rasor, Ed.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2017 Chair: Dr. John ... -
Exploring the Impact of Secondary Educational Contexts on College Student Formation and Development
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-01-02)The intent of this study was to explore the impact of secondary educational contexts on college student formation and development. Semi-structured interviews were employed in order to elicit information from participants ... -
Atonement in John: The Death of Jesus in Light of Exodus Typology
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-01-02)Although many in Johannine critical scholarship have argued against viewing Jesus' death as a vicarious atonement (e.g., Bultmann), their arguments have failed to adequately deal with the text of the Fourth Gospel (FG). ... -
Zechariah: Select Problems and Allusive Solutions
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-01-02)This dissertation interprets four particularly perplexing Zecharian texts (1:3, 1:11, 5:5-11, and 11) in light of allusions to other texts in order to exhibit the usefulness of an allusive approach to the interpretation ... -
A New Freshman Composition Pedagogy for Christian Colleges and Universities
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-01-02)Freshman composition instructors at Christian institutions face a disturbing predicament: competing pedagogies, administrative pressure to prove freshman composition’s merit, public clamoring for greater return on the ... -
Connecting With the Heart of God in Grief: Employing Narrative in Christian Bereavement Care
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-01-02)This thesis argues that Christian bereavement care needs to proceed from a solid biblical foundation in determining the goal (receiving comfort from God), model (by focusing on communion with God), and method of care ... -
Theological and Practical Ministry Training for Women in Complementarian Higher Education: A Mixed Methods Study
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-01-02)This explanatory sequential mixed methods study reviews the programs and academic courses for women at complementarian schools of Christian higher education. The literature review historically unfolds the egalitarian and ... -
The Sudan Interior Mission’s Church Growth Approach in Southern Ethiopia: The Formation of a New Amagnyoch Community
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-01-02)ABSTRACT THE SUDAN INTERIOR MISSION’S CHURCH GROWTH APPROACH IN SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA: THE FORMATION OF A NEW AMAGNYOCH COMMUNITY Anteneh Taye Aberra, Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2017 Chair: ... -
Stress and Longevity in Pastoral Ministry: A Phenomenological Study
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-01-02)There is a sad and consistent narrative that permeates the story of so many pastors. After dedicating their lives to advance the gospel and to serve the Bride of Christ, His church, so often the story ends in the tragedy ... -
Promise and Freedom, Flesh and Slavery: Paul's Hermeneutical Key in Galatians 4:21-5:1 in Light of the Themes and the Structure of Galatians
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-01-02)The story of Sarah and Hagar has been treated as one of the foundational stories for the nation of Israel. Yet, Paul, in one deft allegory, will attempt to overturn centuries of theological and historical interpretation. ... -
Supervising Gifted People: A Consideration of the Fivefold Gifts in the Effective Supervision of Missionaries
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-01-02)ABSTRACT SUPERVISING GIFTED PEOPLE: A CONSIDERATION OF THE FIVEFOLD GIFTS IN THE EFFECTIVE SUPERVISION OF MISSIONARIES Donald Stanley Meador, Th.M. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2017 Supervisor: ... -
Eschatology, Cosmic Conflict, and Suffering in 1 Peter
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-01-02)Part of the biblical theology of Satan and the demonic realm includes a depiction of cosmic conflict, wherein earthly events and conflicts are portrayed as a reflection of heavenly ones, and vice versa. While this portrayal ... -
The Spirit of Sonship in the Johannine Corpus
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-01-02)The high Christology and unique pneumatology of John’s gospel has often eclipsed the apostle’s teaching on the relationship of the believer to Christ and the Father through the Spirit in Johannine studies. This dissertation ... -
The Educational Philosophy of Clement of Alexandria in the Stromata
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-01-02)Clement of Alexandria played an important role in the development of Christian educational philosophy in a non-Christian culture in the second-century Roman Empire. Born into a pagan society and educated in Greek philosophy ... -
Family Ministry and Evangelism: An Empirical Study of Family Ministry Engagement and Baptism Ratios in the Southern Baptist Convention
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-01-02)Proponents of a family ministry strategy believe that Christian parents are called to be the primary disciple-makers in their children’s lives and that the church is called to equip parents for that important task. This ... -
Pastoral Training Approaches in the Local Church: A Multi-Case Study
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-01-02)If churches are to thrive and grow, they need skilled, experienced, and spiritually mature pastors. It is also essential that churches develop strategies to equip more of these competent pastors. Many church leaders may ...