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Showing 1 to 20 of 123 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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Training Church Members To Integrate Apologetics With Evangelism At First Baptist Church of Walton, Kentucky
The purpose of this project was to equip members of First Baptist Church in Walton, Kentucky, to boldly share the gospel of Jesus Christ by training them in apologetics and evangelism. Additionally, this project provides a reproducible program to be used by other churches to implement evangelism …
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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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Developing Church Members into Ministry Leaders at the New Mount Olive Baptist Church, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
This project is designed to train and develop church members into ministry leaders at the New Mount Olive Baptist Church, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Chapter 1 states the purpose and goals of this project. Also, attention is given to context, definitions and delimitations, and the project …
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Training Church Members at New Canaan Baptist Church in Dallas, Georgia, for Evangelism and Missional Engagement
This project was designed for the members of New Canaan Baptist Church to address a deficiency of evangelism and missional engagement. These deficiencies were addressed through a process that included (1) assessment of current practices and (2) the preaching, teaching, and applying of the New …
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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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Developing an Apologetics Teaching Series at Hinsdale Filipino-American Seventh-Day Adventist Church, to Educate Church Members and Attendees in Post-Christian Evangelism
… an apologetics teaching series to educate church members and attendees in post-Christian evangelism at Hinsdale Filipino-American Seventh-day Adventist Church. The project entails the assessment of defeater beliefs about Christianity, the creation and implementation of an apologetics …
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Teaching Church Members at Dayton Avenue Baptist Church in Xenia, Oh How to Understand the Bible Better Through a Framework of Biblical Theology
The purpose of this project was to teach church members at Dayton Avenue Baptist Church in Xenia, OH how to understand the Bible better through a framework of biblical theology so they might rightly handle the Scriptures to become mature and equipped in the faith and in the application of God’s …
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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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Preaching the Biblical Purposes of the Church from the New Testament at First Baptist Church, Fairburn, Georgia
This project aimed to educate and motivate church members with the New Testament purposes of the church through expository preaching. Chapter 1 presented the purpose, goals, context, rational, definitions, limitations, and methodology for the project. Chapter 2 exposed the modern crisis in …
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Leading Families of First Baptist Church in Fort Payne, Alabama, to Participate in Orphan Care Through Foster Care and Adoption
… was designed to lead families in First Baptist Church of For Payne, Alabama (FBCFP), to participate in orphan care through local foster care and adoption. The leadership process began by assessing how members of FBCFP understood their theological role and responsibility in caring for orphans. …
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