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Showing 1 to 20 of 94 for “"church members"”.
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Local church members in service of the church
This study examines the decline of the quality of Christian life and suggests religious education as the answer to the problem. Religious education will be an effective method for the improvement of Christian life. Key terms used in this study are defined. The previous work done in the field of …
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Development and pilot testing of a nutrition education program for adult African American church members
… adult African Americans and pilot-tested in one church in Farmville, Virginia. The content of this program was determined from health topics selected by the participants and based on Healthy People 2000 objectives. The topics selected were the following: 1. Hypertension Prevention and Control 2. …
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Using expository preaching to teach church members about spiritual warfare, Talbot Park Baptist Church, Norfolk, Virginia
D. Min., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2007 Digitized by request of author.
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Correlation Between the Leadership Practices of Lead Ministers and the Workplace Spirituality of Their Churches as Reported by Church Members
… work units.</p> <p>Christians often expect their churches to be spiritual workplaces where work will bring a sense of deep spiritual well-being and meaning. Pastors are spiritual leaders in their congregations. However, it is unclear if the practices associated with positive workplace spirituality …
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A Study of the Attitudes of the Adventist Church Members in Taiwan Toward the Support of Seventh-day Adventist Christian Education
… system to serve theindividual needs of its members and general needs of the church. From 1972 to 1986, the educational work of the Adventist church in Taiwan has declined steadily. This study was to investigate the attitudes of church members toward the support of Adventist education on …
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The Relation of Social Network Structure Variables to The Mental Health and The Breadth and Quality of Church Support of Single Young Adult Church Members
… social support networks of single young adult church members with a view towards understanding the significance of differing network patterns, both for mental health, and for the breadth and quality of support these individuals receive from fellow church members in their networks.
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An Assessment of the Organizational Climate for Creativity in the Canadian Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists : Recommendations for Change Based on the Perceptions of Leading Church Members
… profile of how Seventh-day Adventist leading church members in Canada perceive the organizational climate, and to analyze the findings in relationship to creativity.</p> <p>Method. The Litwin-Stringer Improved Climate Questionnaire was used to assess the perceived organizational climate in …
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The Hybrid Spirit Animating Chinese Pentecostals in Malaysia
… <p>Through qualitative study of Chinese members of a Pentecostal church in Malaysia, this study argues that church members engage in "unequal belonging" where they privilege certain elements of their identities over others. In concert with Pierre Bourdieu's conceptions of …
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Organizational Change in Volunteer-Based Organizations: Communication Change Strategies in Church Congregations
… the effective communication strategies used by church leaders during organizational change. The researcher sought to find out how beliefs held by church members predicted their receptivity to change and their intent to leave their organization. Participants from diverse church denominations (N = …
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RELIGIOUS STIGMA: A PECULIAR PEOPLE A FEMINIST ANALYSIS OF STIGMA ON THE MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS
This thesis analyzes the stigma placed on members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as well as the tactics used to mitigate the experienced stigma. Throughout history the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have been recipients of the effects of stigma. …
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Reverse Mission: African Christians in Cambridge London and Lagos
… mission, providing a qualitative portrayal of church members and local church leaders in two Nigerian-origin Pentecostal denominations, the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) and Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM). The area of interest in reverse mission lies beyond engaging …
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Space, place and the communicative (re)production of Christian practices.
… in organizing the practices of Christian church members. Using the combined lenses of the Montreal School Model of CCO (Putnam & Nicotera, 2008) and semiotic analysis (Sebeok, 2001) this study examines how the meaning and interpretation of architecture and artifacts of a sacred space, such …
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Perceptions and Attitudes of Taiwanese Seventh-day Adventists Toward Seventh-day Adventist Education in Taiwan
<p>Support of constituent churches is important to schools operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The Church as been carrying on a Christian educational program in Taiwan for 35 years. Today the Church has a college and academy on the Island and the enrollment in the school has been small …
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Sectarian Value Consciousness of the Japanese Seventh-day Adventists
… was to find how the sectarian values of the SDA church were assimilated among the Japanese SDA church members. In order to clarify the characteristics of the sectarian values, their origin and contents were discussed in the first part of this study. It was concluded that the SDA value system …
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ANDROID MOBILE APPLICATION FOR CREST COMMUNITY CHURCH IN RIVERSIDE
… are very few specifically designed for local church use. Mobile applications are potentially more convenient and easier to operate than normal website for parishioners.</p> <p>Designing and implementing a mobile application for Crest Community Church, in Riverside, based on Android Developer …
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When To Stay, When To Go: A Cost-Benefits Analysis of Church Membership and Regular Attendance
The membership numbers of most of the Protestant denominations in the United States have been decreasing for a number of years. Much of the research studying this phenomenon has used demographic data and surveys of former members to understand reasons for leaving. This qualitative study uses a …
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Post Revolutionary Times? Activism and Acquiescence in the Generations of Black Clergy Following King
… which enabled them to educate congregation members on current social ails and effectively redirect church resources towards causes which sought to alleviate certain forms of human suffering. Though bounded by the restrictions of socialization, the efforts of these leaders -- more than their …
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A Study of the Attitudes of Seventh-day Adventist Parents Toward the Support of Seventh-day Adventist Church Schools in British Columbia
… numerical growth of Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) membership and the number of private and parochial schools, there has not been a corresponding increase in student enrollment in Adventist church schools in British Columbia, Canada. This study investigated possible reasons for this trend through a …
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The Communication of Conversion and the Christian Patriot Movement: Proselytization Within the Far Right
… Movement attempts to convert and maintain new members. The study adopted a two pronged system of analysis, including both rhetorical and qualitative. Data for the study was gathered by interviewing Militia members, Identity Christian Members, and Fundamentalist Church members. The results …
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