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Showing 1 to 20 of 138 for “"Denomination"”.
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Intimate Partner Violence in a Conservative Christian Denomination: Prevalence and Risk Factors
… intimate partner violence (IPV) in a Christian denomination. To date, no studies have been found in the literature that looked at IPV in a Christian denomination in South America, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Little is known regarding how church members from these countries experience …
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Making ministers, making Methodism: an anthropological study of an English religious denomination.
This study employs the methods of social anthropology to analyse the social and cultural dynamics of contemporary English Methodism. My initial premise is that a key aspect of Methodism is the holding together of the conflicting values of egalitarianism and hierarchy. By focusing on the making of …
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Understanding the leadership development experiences of executive church denomination leaders: a phenomenological approach
… faced by executive church leaders, and their denominations, requires knowledge which specifically supports their development as high level leaders. This study builds on “lessons of experience” research and explores the leadership development experiences of executive church denomination …
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Planting Missional Mennonite Churches in Complex Social Contexts as the Denomination Undergoes a Paradigm Shift in Ecclesiology: a Multiple Case Study
… in complex social contexts while relating to a denomination in the midst of an ecclesial paradigm shift in mission.</p> <p>Method. This qualitative research used a multiple case design with an emphasis on narrative inquiry. Data collection involved conducting semi-structured interviews with …
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English and Welsh Baptists in the nineteen thirties : a study of political, social and religious crisis
This thesis sets out to examine the Baptist denomination in Britain during the 1930s. Its contention is that by this stage of their history Baptists were confused both about their denominational identity and about the role they could best play within contemprary society. From what appeared to be a …
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Strengthen What Remains: The Rhetorical Situation of James Montgomery Boice
… years of his pastorate in order to reclaim the denomination for orthodoxy. His efforts toward reclamation are principally grounded through the content of his preaching and writing, which was affected by this rhetorical situation. Chapter 1 states the thesis, which attempts to answer two major …
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The Roles and Contributions of Women in Nazarene Higher Education, 1895-1980
… swept across the United States of which a denomination called the Church of the Nazarene developed. An essential part of that denomination's formation was an educational system which would provide the Church of the Nazarene with educated clergy and laity to secure the future of the …
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A Century of Adventism in Wales 1885-1985 A History of Seventh-day Adventism in Wales and the Border Counties
… Seventh-day Adventist Church grew out of an interdenominational Second Advent Movement which spread rapidly through England, France, Switzerland, Germany, Scandinavia and the Northern United States during the first half of the nineteenth-century. For a hundred years they have had a small presence …
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An Exploratory, Correlational, Self-Rater Study on Authentic Leadership Values of Adventist Local Conference Chief Financial Officers in the United States
… church and provide financial leadership, yet the denomination does not know how treasurers develop their values and leadership capacity as financial administrators. This study examined how treasurers compare with the leadership values of morality, integrity, and fairness prevalent today in …
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The Southern Baptist Convention and civil rights, 1954-1995
… appealed to evangelical theology to move their denomination on the race issue. Southern Baptist seminaries and colleges gradually integrated and appropriated conservative theology to gain support from the denomination. African Americans felt evangelical theology logically demanded racial …
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Attitudes and Beliefs of Christian Denominations Toward Mental Health
… toward mental health services in the varying denominations of Christian churches. Specifically, the objective of this study was to identify the effects of Christian denomination on attitudes toward seeking mental health treatment and to identify whether there are racial and age differences …
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A portfolio analysis based on the leverage effect of exchange rates on JSE stocks
… leverage or play, according to the currency denomination of revenues earned and costs incurred by the company. Beta coefficients are estimated for the three groups and expected returns are calculated for the different investors, which are predetermined by their future exchange rate …
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Scotland’s Forgotten Theologian: The Life, Theology, and Legacy of Patrick Fairbairn (1805-74)
… as one of the leading figures in the denomination, particularly<br/>within the sphere of education. After his death, Fairbairn exercised a significant influence on Reformed Old Testament interpretation, and his works on typology and prophecy continue to be extensively interacted with, …
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Our Master’s Legacy: Belief and Ritual in Mission De L’esprit Saint
… De L’Ésprit Saint is a Quebecois religious denomination which believes that their founder was the physical incarnation of the Holy Spirit, and the movement strives to continue the teachings which were laid down during his lifetime. The major components of Mission theology and history, as …
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The Avondale School and Adventist Educational Goals, 1894-1900
… regarded by some Seventh-day Adventists as the denomination's model school. At the time when the pioneers were establishing the school they spoke and wrote about their educational goals and methods in a variety of contexts. Since that time the denomination has published many of the statements on …
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Estudio analítico de compuestos volátiles en vino: caracterización quimiométrica de distintas denominaciones de origen
… to the analysis of wine samples from five Denomination of Origin ( Rioja, Navarra, Valdepeñas, Cariñena y La Mancha). Several types of fibres were studied and the extraction method was optimised. The fibre that proved to be the best to analyse this type of samples was Carbowax/ …
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When Saints Speak: Stories of Spirituality From Senior Southern Baptists
… included conversion and the Southern Baptist denomination connection with spirituality.
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T. T. Eaton and the Politicization of Baptist Ecclesiology
… between Southern Baptist churches and the denomination. Chapter 2 traces the influences of Eaton’s formative years among Tennessee Baptists. Eaton became an avid supporter of denomination institutions for higher education and was an active participant in state convention meetings, where he …
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The significance of two major transitions in music education within the Church of God
… God (COG), Cleveland, Tennessee. A Pentecostal denomination with its roots in the South, the COG uses a rich mixture of musical styles derived from regional culture and shaped by its religious outlook. Since education occurs in any social institution, and since the COG has the highest percentage …
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