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Showing 1 to 20 of 132 for “"Christian Denominations and Sects"”.
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On the edges: Mennonite peacemakers on Christian peacemaker teams
This study explores how Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) members’ self-conceptions change throughout the course of their involvement with the CPT. To address this issue, I produce an ethnographic life history account of two members of CPT, Keith Rempel and Lena Siegers. This thesis offers both a …
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American fundamentalism and nuclear deterrence a critique
… plays in securing a better world for our own and future generations. The other trend is the rise of the New Christian Right and its mixing of religion and American patriotism. These two trends have come face to face in the New Christian Right’s emphasis on restoring American superiority in its …
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Resource Allocation in Seventh-day Adventist Elementary Schools: an Educational Production Function Study
<p>Problem. Scarce resources and declining student achievement, heighten the need for schools to examine the resource allocation function more closely than ever to ensure that resources are being used most effectively. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of selected school …
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A Study of Parental Attitudes Regarding Secondary Boarding Schools of the Mid-America Union of Seventh-day Adventists
… existed between the declining enrollment and parental attitudes concerning the boarding academies.</p> <p>Method. A five-page Likert-type scale survey was used to gather information from randomly selected parents of high-school-age students in the Mid-America Union. Seven sub-hypotheses …
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A Study of Selected Variables Dealing with Continuing Education Interests of Seventh-day Adventist Pastors and Judicatory in the North American Division
<p>Background and Purpose of the Study. The study grew out of an increased Seventh-day Adventist interest in continuing education for ministry in the church's North American Division. This interest had generally been accompanied by a lack of current data for careful planning and development of …
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A Study of Teacher Motivation in Five Selected Seventh-day Adventist Colleges in the United States
… of this study was to determine what positive and negative motivating factors affect teachers at Seventh-day Adventist colleges, to determine if these factors are different for public university teachers as identified in a similar study by Morgan, and to determine what factors influenced …
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Frederick Griggs, Seventh-day Adventist Educator and Administrator
… defining the scope of the educational program, and building the structure and organization necessary to achieve and maintain an educational system. Despite his considerable contribution to Adventist education, there has been no comprehensive investigation of his life.</p> <p>Method. This study …
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The Effects of Regional Accreditation on the Achievement of Aims, Goals, and Mission of Seventh-day Adventist Academies in the United States as Perceived by Principals and Teachers
… No studies were found on principals' and teachers' perceptions of the effects of regional accreditation on the aims, goals, and mission of Seventh-day Adventist academies in the United States. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine the principals' and teachers' …
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The Empirical Development of an Instructional Product for the Training of Seventh-day Adventist Literature Evangelists
… product development method of Baker and Schutz (1971) served as the basis for this research. After the need for the product was established, a series of behavioral objectives was written. The criteria for evaluation of the behavioral objectives were obtained from current sales …
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Job Satisfaction Among Teachers in Seventh-day Adventist Schools and its Relationship to Commitment and Selected Work Conditions
… their commitment to the church, to SDA schools, and even to Christianity. Given the important role teachers play in the formation of young people, the purpose of this study was to determine the degree of teachers' job satisfaction and its relationship to commitment and selected work …
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Characteristics of Hispanic Seventh-day Adventist Adolescents Who Attempted Suicide
… present study sought to contribute to the understanding of Hispanic youth suicide and its association with acculturation, family, religion, and gender in a sample of Hispanic Seventh-day Adventist adolescents.</p> <p><em>Method</em>. The data used for this study came from the <em>Avance</em> …
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Aims of Education in the Writings of Ellen White
<p>Problem. Ellen White’s educational philosophy and its application to the aims of education have not been systematically or thoroughly addressed within the parameters and demands of a graduate thesis. The present dissertation explores the aims of education, especially the ultimate aims of …
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Factors Influencing Enrollment Trends in Seventh-day Adventist Boarding Schools on North America
… the more important factors related to increasing and declining enrollment trends.</p> <p><em>Method. </em> A basic causal-comparative study was conducted involving two groups of Seventh-day Adventist boarding academies, one with an increasing and one with a declining enrollment trend. A survey …
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Reasons Seventh-day Adventist Parents Gave for Not Sending Their Children to Seventh-day Adventist Elementary and Secondary Schools
<p>Problem. The Seventh-day Adventist elementary and secondary schools in the USA show a continuous enrollment decline. This study’s goal is to explore the reasons SDA parents give for why they do not send their children to SDA schools.</p> <p>Method.</p> <p>The participants were limited to the …
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Staying in Ministry: a Qualitative Study of Seventh-day Adventist Women Pastors
… women clergy serving in the United States and what contributed to their longevity in ministry.</p> <p><em>Method</em>. This qualitative study followed a narrative design. Data from the purposive sample were obtained through face-to-face, semi-structured interviews. The constant comparative …
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Acknowledged and Perceived Reasons for Non-Attendance at Christian Churches in the Pacifica Community, a Suburb of San Francisco, California
… research on the reasons for non-attendance at Christian churches in America has been conducted, it is not known how these reasons apply to the Pacifica community of California, a suburb of San Francisco. Furthermore, little, if any, research has been conducted to compare the reasons for …
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Welcoming the stranger: An exploration of the nature of the work of Mennonite Christians in the work of refugee assistance in the region of Waterloo
Mennonite Christians in the Kitchener Waterloo region have been involved in the work of refugee assistance for the past 25 years as an expression of their Christian faith. Their involvement is primarily in two forms. One form of refugee assistance is through providing sponsorship to refugees from …
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Socialization or hermeneutics? The fundamental cause of conflict over sexual morals in the United Church of Canada
… whether to approve of homosexual sexual activity and to ordain people who engage in homosexual sex. Official and unofficial organizations within the church, seeking to reduce the conflict and resolve the issue have stated that differences in Biblical hermeneutics is the underlying problem. This …
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Goodloe Harper Bell, Pioneer Seventh-day Adventist Christian Educator
… Adventist church operates a worldwide system of Christian education. The pioneer educator who played a most significant part in laying its foundations was Goodloe Harper Bell (1832-1899).</p> <p>Bell was a public school teacher in central Michigan from 1851 through 1866. He became a Seventh-day …
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