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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Baptisms"”.
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Baptized by blackness: manumittive baptisms in antebellum Georgia & Black Catholicism's sacramental subversion of an antiblack world
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2023-09-01 without embargo terms
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Seasonality and early modern towns: the timing of baptisms, marriages and burials in England, 1560-1750, with particular reference to towns
The thesis examines the seasonality of baptisms, marriages and burials in early modern towns, and demonstrates that seasonality (which measures how the frequency of vital events varied through the year) is a useful method of examining aspects of social history. Chapter 1 looks at the background to …
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Scripture as Architecture
… and accommodates weddings, funerals, and baptisms. These functions are performed in obedience to the Word of God. They are expressions of Scripture. In the past, the church building itself expressed Scripture. The cruciform plan of the great cathedrals was the most profound example, …
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The Relationship between Selected Ministry Factors and Effective Local Church Youth Evangelism: A Delphi Study
… of churches in the top 100 churches in youth baptisms in the Southern Baptist Convention in 2008 served as the population for the study. This researcher used a three round delphi technique to discover the relationship between essential ministry factors and effective youth evangelism in the …
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Native Subordination Through The Franciscan Institutions During The Sixteenth Century
… 1967, 378), resulting in some nine million baptisms by 1537.</p> <p>Although the Virgin de Guadalupe proved to be a substantial contributing factor for conversion in New Spain, I will argue that these scholars have given disproportionate emphasis to the Virgin, in the process neglecting the …
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A Portfolio of Original Compositions (Anselm McDonnell)
… of His Majesty mvt VI<br/>9. Enturfment<br/>12. Baptisms in Solway Firth &<br/>13. Engines of Babel</b>
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An analysis of open and closed Sunday school groups in growing Southern Baptist churches
… the Sunday school and an increased number of baptisms. Overall, there was a general decrease in average weekly worship attendance as the degree of significance in evangelism increased. There was a general increase in adult Sunday school enrollment as the perceived significance of fellowship …
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The Anglican church in Victorian Liverpool and its work with the Labouring poor
… neighbourhood purposes (in the celebration of baptisms). Although success in one of these fields did not automatically entail success in the others, such churches, created the sentiment expressed by Victorians of 'our church.' The Anglican Church in late Victorian Liverpool was able to adapt to …
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Family Ministry and Evangelism: An Empirical Study of Family Ministry Engagement and Baptism Ratios in the Southern Baptist Convention
… the ratio of average weekly attenders to baptisms within those congregations. This data was then used to conduct the analysis portion of the study. Chapter 4 contains the analysis of the information gathered through this empirical study. The variables of family ministry engagement and …
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Reduction of pollution levels in the Chatty River through Sustainable Drainage Systems: A case study of the Bethelsdorp River sub-catchment
… cleansing ceremonies by traditional healers, and baptisms by the Zion Church. SuDS are appropriate for a range of contexts and purposes for example to minimise the impact of development on stormwater quality while maximising amenity and biodiversity through a suite of interventions designed to …
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The Processes, Events and Characteristics Associated with the Leadership Emergence of New Believers in the Contemporary Movement of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the United States
… losses (Knott, 2016; Trimm, 2023). After all the baptisms, membership transfers, professions of faith, and accessions, the worldwide Seventh-day Adventist Church is netting one new member per church per year. Since 1965, roughly 4 out of 10 new members have chosen to leave (2023). While the …