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Showing 1 to 20 of 43 for “"Southern Baptist convention"”.
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The Southern Baptist Convention and civil rights, 1954-1995
… with the advance of racial justice in the Southern Baptist Convention during the second half of the twentieth century. Historians have downplayed the role of conservative theology in the advancement of racial justice within the Southern Baptist Convention. Yet rank-and-file Southern …
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The Competent Church Planting Pastor in Southern Baptist Convention Churches: A Mixed Method Study
… and growing emphasis on church planting in the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). Simultaneously, church membership, attendance, and baptism are on the decline. The increase in church planting and the need for church revitalization have become the focus of much of SBC life. A sizable amount of …
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Perceptions of ministerial effectiveness by leaders of urban churches in the Southern Baptist Convention
… by leaders of urban churches in the Southern Baptist Convention. In order to understand this phenomena, one leader from each of 100 different Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) urban congregations residing within the city limits of the twenty largest cities of the United States were …
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Southern Baptist Convention Missions in Canada: An Indigenous Missiology for a Convention in a Near-Culture Country
… a more thoroughly indigenized Canadian National Baptist Convention (CNBC) will have a greater impact on lostness throughout Canada by providing an effective denominational structure ready to meet the challenges of Canadian ministry in the twentieth century. Chapter 1 establishes the unique role …
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The greatest evangelizing opportunity of the century: the Southern Baptist Convention and Latino immigration politics, 1970-1994
… examines the relationship between the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), the largest and most influential denomination of evangelical Protestants in the United States, and Latino immigration in the late twentieth-century United States. Throughout this period, immigration from Mexico …
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Battle For the Bible: a Rhetorical Analysis of the Inerrancy Movement in the Southern Baptist Convention, 1979-1985
… Inerrancy Movement was the latest controversy in Southern Baptists' "Battle for the Bible" in the twentieth century. Analyzing this movement the historical-interpretative method of rhetorical analysis was used. The hypothesis was proved: rhetorical themes and techniques used in Southern Baptists' …
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A Comparative Content Analysis of Worship Leader Job Descriptions and Undergraduate Worship Leader Curricula in the Southern Baptist Convention
… in worship leader job descriptions in the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) and examine the correspondence of these characteristics with worship leadership degree programs at Southern Baptist-affiliated colleges and universities. The researcher collected worship leader job descriptions from …
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Family Ministry and Evangelism: An Empirical Study of Family Ministry Engagement and Baptism Ratios in the Southern Baptist Convention
… relation to family ministry emphasis within the Southern Baptist Convention. Chapter 1 establishes the need for this study by outlining the critique. The critique is one which finds proponents outside of family ministry strategy, but also has support from within family ministry strategy as family …
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A soteriological analysis of evangelism training programs of the Home Mission Board and the North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention
… Home and North American Mission Boards of the Southern Baptist Convention. Chapter 2 provides a definition of evangelism, developed through analysis of the concepts of preaching, witness, and gospel in the New Testament, the Great Commission statements of Jesus Christ, the church's evangelism …
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The Development of the Idea of Sacrifice and Atonement in the Old Testament
Th. D. Southern Baptist Theological Seminary 1923 Scanned from microfilm source: Publication (Historical Commission, Southern Baptist Convention) ;no. 4511-381; faculty committee initials present after bibliography.
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New Communication Technologies, Organizational Culture, and the Creation of Innovative Learning Environments
… Inc., Life Way Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention, and Dollar General Corporation. Results include an introduction to each company, a report on their implemented new communication technologies and innovative learning environment, and a description of their core corporate …
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Church Revitalization and the Role of Pastoral Leadership: A Mixed-Methods Study
The church in North America is struggling. Among Southern Baptists, the nation’s second largest denomination, approximately 1,000 churches close their doors every year and thousands more drift closer to that point every day. Thousands of students graduate seminary each year and step immediately …
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James M. Dunn and soul freedom : a paradigm for Baptist political engagement in the public arena.
… century, James Dunn has been the most aggressive Baptist proponent for religious liberty in the United States. As the leader of the Baptist Joint Committee on Public Affairs, Dunn's understanding of church-state separation was a battleground in the Southern Baptist Controversy of the 1980s. …
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The Priesthood of All Believers in Ecclesiological Development
… erosion of congregational authority within the Southern Baptist Convention. In response, the dissertation’s constructive proposal argues for an ontological ordering of ecclesiology that proceeds strictly from identity to privilege, duty, and polity. Grounded in their union with Christ, the …
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Church Transition to Plurality of Elders: A Case Study
… churches in denominations such as the Southern Baptist Convention to return to biblical forms of leadership have led a number of churches to examine what seems to many to be the biblical model of a plurality of elders. Many new Southern Baptist church plants are starting with this type …
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Influence of Emotional Intelligence on Tenure of Southern Baptist Senior Pastors
… on the tenure of senior pastors in the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). The aim of the study was to seek evidence from the lived experiences of senior pastors with five or more consecutive years of service to determine if high emotional intelligence has been a factor in their …
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The relationship between pastoral influence tactics, follower outcome levels, and types of congregational change
… the influence tactics used by senior pastors in Southern Baptist churches, follower outcome levels, and types of congregational change. The intent of this study is to understand the relationships between these three variables as they relate to pastoral leadership. In chapter 1, the researcher …
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A History of the School of Church Music of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1944-1959
… a history of the School of Church Music of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary from its beginnings through the 1958-1959 school year. Chapter 2 examined the events antecedent to the enrollment of the first class of students in September of 1944. Chapter 3 examined the initial curriculum …
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Curriculum Changes in Worship Leader Training at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary from 1980 to 2019
… Music and Department of Biblical Worship at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary has been training ministers of music, worship pastors, and worship leaders since 1944. During this span, the School of Church Music (SCM), School of Church Music and Worship (SCMW), and Department of Biblical …
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Intergenerational Discipleship for Leadership Development: A Mixed-Methods Study
… STUDY Scott Michael Douglas, Ed.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2013 Chair: Dr. Brian C. Richardson The purpose of this study was to examine the leadership development of Millennial associate pastors in the Southern Baptist Convention by exploring the discipling …
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