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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Pastoral Leadership"”.
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Pastoral Leadership Practices in Evangelical Multiethnic Congregations: A Multi-Case Study
ABSTRACT PASTORAL LEADERSHIP PRACTICES IN EVANGELICAL MULTIETHNIC CONGREGATIONS: A MULTI-CASE STUDY Raúl Martin Latoni Ramírez, Ed.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2012 Chair: Dr. Hal K. Pettegrew The purpose of this study was to identify and describe the best leadership practices of …
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Church Revitalization and the Role of Pastoral Leadership: A Mixed-Methods Study
… seminary each year and step immediately into leadership of a declining church where they face incomprehensible challenges, and many do it alone. This study examined the condition of Southern Baptist Convention churches over an eleven-year period ending in 2016. Having identified those churches …
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The relationship between the lead pastor's emotional intelligence and pastoral leadership team effectiveness
… is, Identify, Use, Understand, and Manage--of pastoral team leaders to the level of effectiveness of the team he leads. This relationship was evaluated by the lead pastors themselves and the members of their pastoral leadership teams. Three instruments were used in the research process: (1) the …
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Pastoral Leadership of Seventh-day Adventist Pastors in Sub-Saharan Africa and Congregational Giving During 2020-2021: A Grounded Theory Study
… to collect data from a purposive sample of SDA pastoral leaders in Sub-Saharan Africa. The collected data were analyzed using an iterative process consisting of open, axial, and selective coding, thereby facilitating the construction of subcategories and a core category. This analytical process …
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The Competent Church Planting Pastor in Southern Baptist Convention Churches: A Mixed Method Study
… the similarities and differences between pastoral leadership in church planting and church revitalization. This research project seeks to develop a competency model for effective pastoral leadership in church planting that can be used to compare church revitalization leadership in SBC …
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The relationship between pastoral influence tactics, follower outcome levels, and types of congregational change
… between these three variables as they relate to pastoral leadership. In chapter 1, the researcher introduces the topic and exposes the lack of research in influence tactics in ministerial contexts. In addition, the researcher develops five research questions that drive the research process. In …
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Increasing the Understanding of Lake Hills Baptist Church in Schererville, Indiana of Shared Pastoral Oversight
… of Lake Hills Baptist Church of Shared Pastoral Oversight, or a plurality of elders. Chapter 1 serves as an introduction and roadmap to the project. Chapter 2 gives a biblical and theological basis for the project by exegeting Titus 1:5–9, 1 Peter 5:1–2, Acts 14:23, Acts 20:17, James …
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The Spring Street Church in the Age of Abolition
… within the public sphere was influenced by pastoral leadership, a history of racially integrated membership, and a reputation that attracted an activist membership.</p>
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What Do Pastors in German-speaking Europe Perceive as Important Leadership Competencies in Order To Be Effective Pastoral Leaders
<p>Problem</p> <p>Leadership competency models for teaching leadership to pastors in the Seventh-day Adventist Church—if used at all—have been adapted from business leadership models. The curricula for seminary leadership courses and continuing education programs in German-speaking Europe are often …
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Multi-Racial Team Leadership in the Church: A Mixed Methods Study
… diverse, it must be led by racially diverse leadership. But racially diverse leadership teams are rare, and many of the few that exist struggle because of cultural pressure, personal agendas, or leadership incompetence. This thesis focused on both the challenges and the opportunities at the …
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Leadership Training of Ministerial Students in Evangelical Institutions of Higher Education
… and satisfy church expectations. The majority of pastoral preparation is theological in nature, augmented by ministerial skill courses. The hypothesis of this research was that little has been done in the area of leadership development and that an optimum program is needed to serve as a model. The …
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The Pastoral Theology of the Apostolic Fathers
… possessed a stable and unified theology of pastoral identity and work. Historic studies of early Christian leadership sought to justify present ecclesiological structures from apostolic and postapostolic texts, finding mutually exclusive leadership patterns in the New Testament and Apostolic …
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An analysis of leadership styles of pastors of growing ethnic churches of the Florida Baptist Convention
… descriptive-quantitative study was to identify leadership styles, specifically the transformational and transactional leadership of pastoral leaders of growing ethnic churches of the Florida Baptist Convention. This study further examined self-perceptions of transformational and transactional …
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From generation to generation : a qualitative single case study of a Pentecostal church in Central Arkansas' successful growth and retention programs involving young adults.
… study focused on the innovations the church's pastoral leadership implemented to engage young adults. Therefore, the study centers on three distinct categories adapted from Gopalakrishnan and Damanpour's (1997) innovation research theory framework: new technology, administrative structures, and …
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Congregation Activism in the Community: A Study of Faith-Based Leadership
… three specific issues: (a) congregational versus pastoral leadership; (b) the impact that a congregation's faith-based initiatives have on communities; and (c) the impact of initiatives on the spiritual lives of each church's members. The study documented quite different approaches to pastoral and …
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ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE OF A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION: A STUDY OF LOCAL CONGREGATIONS OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
… culture, identification, commitment, and leadership theories to explain how United Methodist Church (UMC) congregations (members and pastors) view the work of the local church and how it differs from the recommendations of the denomination's top leadership. I develop case studies of …
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Exploring leadership conflict among AFM pastors and congregants in Pretoria: a pastoral challenge
This qualitative case study explores leadership conflict affecting Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) pastors and congregants in Pretoria and develops a pastoral-theological healing methodology to care for those wounded by such conflicts. The study investigates the causes and impact of leadership …
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Jointly Operating a Merged Junior Academy: A Case Study of Interracial Cooperation in Seventh-day Adventist Education in North America
… appealing to biblical principles, mobilizing pastoral leadership, and, surprisingly, prolonging the process, a theme that emerged as both a challenge and solution. This pioneering initiative bears significance outside of the two schools involved. It falls into four themes: providing a …
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Mentorship Experiences of Female Clergy in the United Methodist Church: A Phenomenological Study
… navigate institutional structures and gendered leadership dynamics that shape their ministerial experiences, yet little is known about how clergywomen experience mentorship in this context. This hermeneutic phenomenological study explored how ordained and licensed female clergy in the UMC …
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Servant Leadership and African American Pastors
… rather than a leader-centric, point of view of leadership by describing a leader as one who leads by serving. He identified a leader as one who sets other people’s needs above his or her own. He argued that motivation of leaders must begin with the conscious choice to serve others. Greenleaf’s …