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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"United methodist"”.

  1. THE HOMOSEXUALITY DEBATE IN THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: Religious Ethics, the Wesleyan Quadrilateral, and The United Methodist Moral Landscape

    Simpson, Benjamin ArnoldUniversity of Kansas2011

    … homosexuality" in The Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church in 1972, The United Methodist Church has vigorously debated homosexuality. As the debate has progressed, two distinct groupings of United Methodists have formed. One group has developed arguments for the preservation of The …

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  2. An analysis of the affirmation of personhood in United Methodist Church kindergarten curriculum

    Glenn, Alice Ann1975

    <p>An analysis of the United Methodist Church kindergarten curriculum has been made in this thesis in an attempt to determine to what extent the curriculum affrims personhood, The study is limited to six years of kindergarten curriculum, fall 1967 through summer 1973.</p><p>The first objective is …

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  3. Mentorship Experiences of Female Clergy in the United Methodist Church: A Phenomenological Study

    Harman, Jill, LoreeCreighton University2026

    Within the United Methodist Church (UMC), female clergy 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 …

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  4. Analysis of a Project Designed to Modernize the Communications Efficiency of the United Methodist Church

    Gilmore, Clyde Frank

    … and external communications system of the United Methodist Church (Springfield District) and to institute a public relations program. The key elements of the project involved creating a computerized communications database, establishment of the Ozarks United Methodist Reporter as a …

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  5. Correlates of Effectiveness of Ministers in the Central Illinois Conference of the United Methodist Church

    Cline, Herschel MauriceUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2014

    Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-12T19:55:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7803959.pdf: 7978563 bytes, checksum: fc281bfe9ff03b89d928f8e64631d5d0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1977

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  6. Exploring the Lived Religious Experiences of Gay and Lesbian Ordained Clergy in the United Methodist Church

    Temple, Tracy Allen2019

    <p>The United Methodist Church (UMC) as an institution has strict language against lesbian and gay people and against the ordination of the lesbian and gay people. Prior research has focused on how denominations and congregations discuss issues around sexuality, how attitudes have shifted around …

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  7. ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE OF A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION: A STUDY OF LOCAL CONGREGATIONS OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

    Arjannikova, Alexandra

    … 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 congregations using a triangulated- …

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  8. The Relationship Between Servant Leadership Behavior and Individual Personality Style in New York Annual Conference United Methodist Pastors

    Krekeler, Lisa A.

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  9. A charge to keep : a collective case study of the critical success factors for small United Methodist-related colleges.

    Earle, Shannon C., 1976-Baylor University.2024

    … the critical success factors for small United Methodist-related colleges. Over the past decade, many colleges have closed or merged, citing factors such as enrollment, fiscal health, and leadership as reasons for closure (Grawe, 2018; Marcy, 2020; Zemsky et al., 2020). A predicted …

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  10. [Black] Regional Conferences in the Seventh-Day Adventist (SDA) Church Compared with United Methodist [Black] Central Jurisdiction/Annual Conferences with White SDA Conferences, From 1940 - 2001

    Greene, Jr., Alfonzo2016

    … Conferences in Methodism (now known as the United Methodist Church) and White SDA Conferences--specifically through the prism of race, religion, and to a lesser degree gender. Secondly, emphasis is given to the salient events surrounding [Black] Regional SDA Conferences and [Black] Methodist …

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  11. Conflict and crisis in American Methodism: slavery and homosexuality, 1784-2022

    Campbell, S.Middlesex University / London School of Theology (LST)2023

    … the central question: Can the reasons why the Methodist Episcopal Church experienced schism in 1844 over slavery illuminate the reasons why the United Methodist Church will experience schism in 2022 over homosexuality? Then, the thesis uses the long view methodological framework to investigate …

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  12. The Struggle for Acceptance: Continued Resistance to Female Ministers in Rural Holston Conference.

    Neal, Thelma June2007

    … women clergy of the Holston Conference of the United Methodist Church. My study reveals there are Methodist women clergy who continue to have churches outright refuse their projected appointments. My study also reveals that this problem is more often found with churches in rural areas where the …

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  13. From 'Black-Eyed Girls' to the MMU (Mujeres Methotistas Unidas): Race, Religion and Gender in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands

    Nieto, Adriana Pilar2001

    … study places the stories of Mexican American Methodist women in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands within the context of the organizational history of the United Methodist Women of the Rio Grande Conference of the United Methodist Church: Mujeres Metodistas Unidas, or the MMU. It focuses on the …

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  14. A Case Study of an Urban Church: Community Development in Action in the African American Community

    Hamilton, BessieCreighton University2022

    … and allow for direct coaching to occur. As a United Methodist Church, XYZ church will rely on the networks within the denomination to promote the resource center. Keywords: community development, African American United Methodist Church, resource center

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  15. "We are the church": the Romanization of United Methodism, 1945-1988

    Mills, William DouglasTexas Tech University2002

    … the changes to occur in the practice of Methodist worship. This dissertation is a study of the changes in Methodist worship in the twentieth century in theological and ecumenical context. While other works have explored the current context of Methodist worship, this work explores the …

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  16. A description of learning in a group of well elderly over the age of 75

    Michael, Ruth Rosina-Glass1991

    … members (n=10 women and n=5 men) of the Trinity United Methodist Church in Huntington, IN were interviewed.The data showed depth and comprehension in the learning experiences. The learning experiences ranged from skill acquisition to the writing of scholarly papers. The data indicated the group …

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  17. Incompatible: The Construction of the Homosexual Subject in American Mainline Protestantism

    Anderson, John Joseph2016

    … in ecclesial courts in three denominations, the United Methodist Church, the Presbyterian Church (USA), and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Moving from a theoretical framework that integrates Michel Foucault's theories of discourse and subjectivity with Christian body theology, this …

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  18. Inequality within Congregations and Congregations’ Response to Inequality: Studies of Gender and Mental Health, Race and Mental Health, and Participation in the Sanctuary Movement

    Holleman, Anna2021

    … Health Initiative Statewide Panel Survey of United Methodist Clergy, a longitudinal study of all UMC clergy in North Carolina from 2008-2019; (2) the linked General Social Survey and National Congregations Study dataset, a representative repeated cross-sectional sample of individuals and the …

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  19. Thomas A. Dorsey's influence on African-American worship

    Lee, George Perry2008

    … Tindley, who served as pastor of Tindley Temple United Methodist Church in Philadelphia, was a renowned composer of hymns that are sung by Christians worldwide. Chapter 5 examines the religious worldview of African-Americans as they traveled north during the great migration. Special attention is …

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  20. Methodist Union in Whitby : a study of the impact of organizational, social and cultural factors on Methodist Union in Whitby and District, 1918-1953

    Metcalfe, Christopher KirknessOxford Brookes University2011

    Arguably, Methodist Union in 1932 was the most significant event in twentieth-century Methodist history. It brought together in one Methodist Church, the former Wesleyan, Primitive and United Methodist denominations. It was led from the apex of each denomination by their Conferences and promised a …

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