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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Church governance"”.
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“Que(e)rying Religious Activism: Culture, Identity, and the Politics of Family in Unitarian Universalist Churches”
… practices in two Unitarian Universalist (UU) churches considered “Welcoming Congregations”. Analysis of data generated from participant observations, in-depth interviews, and church and denominational texts highlight how structures of church governance, materiality, and history intersected …
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'The grave and solemn Earl' : a political study of John Kennedy, sixth Earl of Cassillis during the Covenanting movement, 1637-1651
… asserted their right to uphold Presbyterian church governance and rebelled against the monarch. John Kennedy, sixth Earl of Cassillis, was a committed Covenanter and powerful nobleman in the south of Ayrshire. Cassillis has been overlooked as a major operator in the Covenanting Movement by …
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Reforming reformed church polity in South Africa's Black Reformed Churches (RCSA) : an African decolonial approach
The issue of decolonising the Reformed church polity in Africa and South Africa has its roots in the history of colonialism and missionary activity on the continent. The black Reformed churches in South Africa still operate primarily from within the Europe mindset especially in terms of church …
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The Use of Social Power Bases by Southern Baptist Leaders: A Mixed Methods Study
… on social power in the context of evangelical churches shows that little or no quantitative research has been conducted on this topic. The chapter presents a brief overview of the research design. Chapter 2 reviews the literature on social power bases using the Raven taxonomy of 1992. It also …
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The Twofold Reign of Christ: A Baptist Approach to Two Kingdoms Theology
… kingship and entails: (1) a maximalist form of church governance as regenerate membership and congregationalism in keeping with new covenant positive laws are ordered to their supernatural/heavenly ends in Christ, and (2) a perfectionist form of civil governance, ordained to exercise prudence …
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Ondersteuning van sendelinge deur die Nederduitse Gereformeerde Gemeentes in die oostelike Sinode : 'n missiologiese benadering
Die motivering van hierdie navorsing word gevind in die wete dat die wêreld vandag gebroke en stukkend is en dat mense die versugting het na: “deel wees in en van God se plan” om sodoende ’n verskil in die wêreld te kan maak. Ons kan beswaarlik sê dat God ons nie in die 21ste eeu uitdaag om nuut en …