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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"Evangelical Church"”.
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Negotiating Community : An Ethnographic Study of an Evangelical Church.
Evangelical Christianity is commonly interpreted in terms of an ongoing reaction to a religiously and morally defunct modernity. Some commentators argue for its popularity on the grounds that it compensates for the discontents of modernity, offering certainty in a context of uncertainty, clarity …
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Exploring Gender Roles and Gender Equality within the Evangelical Church
… roles and gender equality among members of the Evangelical Church and to determine whether these perceptions differ by gender. The evangelical community’s ideologies and values have come to shape social and political dialogues within the United States. A key component of the faith is …
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Free to be: North Korean migrants and the South Korean evangelical church
… heroes and heroines, today it is only the evangelical church that invites them to criticize the North. I argue that North Korean migrants’ conversion to Christianity is a cultural project with considerable political and ideological hues that reveals the key characteristics of South Korean …
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The ordination of women in the Africa Evangelical Church of Southern Africa : a practical theological exploration
Ordination in the Africa Evangelical Church of Southern Africa has been subject to male exclusivity since autonomy in 1962. This practice was carried over from the founding mission organization, the Cape General Mission. The AEC is part of the larger “evangelical” denominations which for many years …
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The missionary vision in the Italian Evangelical Church starting from the Unity of Italy to the present day
… the development of the Pentecostal Protestant Churches in Italy from the time of the Unification of Italy. Italy is a predominantly Roman Catholic country, strengthened by the fact that the main centre of Catholicism, the Holy See, is situated in the very heart of the country. Throughout the …
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To what extent is there a silence in regards to the issue of abortion within the contemporary evangelical church in the UK?
… may ask “what, if any, is the response of the evangelical church?” Therefore, the aim of this thesis seeks to answer the question “To what extent is there a silence in regards to the issue of abortion within the contemporary evangelical church in the UK?”. Whilst drawing from an extensive …
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Toward a theological response to prostitution: listening to the voices of women affected by prostitution and of selected church leaders in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
… in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and of selected evangelical church leaders in that city, could contribute to a life-affirming theological response to prostitution. The thesis engages sociological and theological sources to interpret the data gathered; contextual Bible study sessions provided …
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Bottom-up Methodologies in Emerging Models
… shift of doctrine and praxis within the American evangelical church and a simultaneous development of new methodologies in social justice organizations in these response movements.</p>
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Latino Evangelicals: How Their Multiple Identity Influences Their Political Preferences
<p>The pews of the American Evangelical church are browning, and so is the Evangelical voting bloc. Latino immigrants are fueling the growth of the Evangelical church in America and Latinos have the potential to influence the Evangelical voting bloc writ large. However, we have a limited …
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A comparative investigation of the differing responses to the good news of the Gospel among the highland and jungle Quechua Indians of Ecuador
… culturally? This is one of the problems that the evangelical church is facing in some areas of Ecuador today. After many years of labor in some areas there has been little fruit, while in others there has been an abundant harvest - even to the amazement of some of the missionaries involved. It is …
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A Way Forward: An Alternative Way for Understanding What the Bible is and how it is Understood
… is in decline. Millennials are leaving the evangelical churches of their youth in droves, but they aren’t leaving the idea of God or spirituality. Statistics show that the theology of the fundamentalist/conservative evangelical church is contributing to this exodus of Millennials, …
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All We Have is Christ: The Centrality of Union with Christ in the Church's Corporate Worship
… that union with Christ gives definition to the church and should thus be central in the church’s understanding and practice of corporate worship. Chapter 1 discusses the functional theology expressed in the corporate worship of today’s evangelical church, contending that it often misunderstands …
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Church Sponsored Service Through the Lens of Self Determination Theory: A Case Study
… and divergent meanings associated with church-sponsored service among a critical array of stakeholders in a thriving evangelical church. In a vivid portrait gleaned from observations, interviews and documents, SDT's theoretical lens shaped the questions, informed the data, and inspired …
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Martyrs at the Hearth: The Social-Religious Roles of Resistance Women During Nazi Germany
… the working classes, and the established churches. The Catholic Church, under the leadership of Pope Pius XI, entered into a non-interference agreement with Hitler, but the Evangelical Church experienced a severe split. From this division grew the Confessing Church. A number of leaders …
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Evangelical women negotiating faith in contemporary Scotland
… twenty one Christian women associated with the evangelical Christian community in Scotland. It describes the symptoms of constriction, paralysis and impasse which some of these women report and explores the reasons for their interpretation of their symptoms as signs of spiritual sickness. It …
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A comparative analysis of younger and older pastors' perceptions of leadership
… one with a question raised by critics of the evangelical church within the Emerging Church movement concerning the substitution of a CEO model of pastoral ministry. This question caused the researcher to examine a literature base to establish the credibility of the criticism. Pertinent …
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Vaccines at the Intersection of Religion and Politics
… introduced a new wave of vaccine hesitancy, with evangelical Christians as leading actors in the movement away from vaccines in the United States. The present study investigated factors related to vaccine hesitancy and sources of health-related information among members of evangelical Christian …
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Utilization of Human Resources as a Capital of Investment: A Comparison Between Evangelical Churches in Shinyanga Municipal and Børkop Municipal in Denmark
… as a capital of investment: A comparison between evangelical Churches in Shinyanga municipal Tanzania and Børkop municipal in Denmark. The general objective was to investigate the utilization of human resources as a capital of investment supported by empirical studies on the subject as a …
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Live the Vision church culture: an ethnographic case study and theological inquiry
… giving, focusing specifically on Live the Vision church culture (LTVCC) as an ideal type of church culture related to financial giving. LTVCC has been identified by sociologists as a promising approach to address the problem of the decline in giving among American Christians and its underlying …
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The influence of Delton Lynol Alford's life and work on the musical heritage of the Church of God
… his work and theological beliefs influenced the Church of God's evangelical church music heritage; second, a review of selected compositions and other writings, including a catalogue and discography of Alford's published and unpublished works. The dissertation is divided into seven chapters: …
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