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Showing 1 to 20 of 53 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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Healing the Rift of Race and Faith in Johnston County, North Carolina
… NORTH CAROLINA William Kristen King, DMin The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2019 Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Kevin M. Jones Chapter 1 grasps the overarching issues surrounding the goal of reconciling faith and race in Johnston County, North Carolina. This chapter lays out the goals and …
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Teaching the Definition and Value of Regenerate Church Membership at First Baptist Church West Columbia, Texas
… a process for training the members of First Baptist Church West Columbia, Texas, concerning the meaning and value of regenerate church membership. Chapter 1 introduces the project and First Baptist Church West Columbia. This chapter discusses recent church history, demographic studies, and …
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Developing a Strategy for Revitalizing Large Southern Baptist Churches After a Season of Significant Decline
… information from pastors who have led large Southern Baptist Churches to significant numerical growth after a season of substantial decline, to identify the best practices from those interviews, and then to build an adaptable ministry plan for churches who find themselves in a similar …
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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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