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An Investigation into Traits Common to Structured Ministers and Traits Common to Musical Ministers
This study examines behaviors and preferences that are characteristic of different positions of service inside a nonprofit church organization. Interviews with incumbents in the Structural Ministry and the Musical Ministry involved with the churches of Christ in Nashville, Tennessee, were conducted …
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Mimetic effect in mentoring Baptist ministers
… reproduced in mentees in the context of Baptist ministers. In a challenging environment for UK churches, mentoring is regarded as one way of enabling ministers to develop appropriate qualities. There is a gap, however, in the existing literature of ministerial formation and mentoring studies …
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Ministers and martyrs : Malcolm X and Martin Luther King
Loved or despised, black ministers Malcolm X and Martin Luther King made their ways from birth in Baptist parsonages separated by half a continent to significant positions in mid-twentieth century America. Both men were painfully dramatizing black problems and poignantly articulating black-white …
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Thoroughly furnished, Southern Baptist alternatives in the education of ministers
… programs of ministerial education for ministers who will not attend a theological seminary. Fifty-three percent of all Southern Baptist ministers will not attend a seminary.This study consisted of two phases. The purpose of phase one was to identify the variety of programs of …
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The traumatic impact imposed by African culture on young ministers
… they would not allow young people who are ministers to counsel them?</li> <li> Another problem facing young ministers is the secrecy issue, namely is it correct for a man to hide the fact that he is maintaining another child while being married?</li> <li> What is the role of a pastoral care …
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Communication Factors and Associates' Longevity Among Assemblies of God Ministers
The fastest growing church in America today, the Assemblies of God, has a multiple staff system of senior pastors and associate pastors. One-fifth of all Assemblies of God churches employ at least one full-time credentialed associate. The conventional wisdom within the church held that the average …
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Leadership Style and Tenure of Youth Ministers: A Mixed Methods Study
ABSTRACT LEADERSHIP STYLE AND TENURE OF YOUTH MINISTERS: A MIXED METHODS STUDY John Ellis Steen, Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2015 Chair: Dr. Brian C. Richardson This research study is an examination of the relationship between leadership styles and the longevity of youth …
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The Use of Continuing Professional Education (CPE) by Practicing Presbyterian Ministers
… education practices of active Presbyterian ministers serving congregations within the United States. In the first phase, a self-developed survey instrument was mailed to a stratified random sample of 1,000 Presbyterian ministers. The survey instrument contained items relating to …
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PERSONALITY AND INTERPERSONAL PREDICTORS AMONG MINISTERS: PREFERENCE FOR PASTORAL COUNSELING TASKS
… populations revealed that since the 1950s, ministers have been assessed using psychological and vocational assessments in an effort to ascertain goodness of fit for ministry tasks. However, ministers consistently produce profile reports that are significantly different from the population as …
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Discontinuance from the Ministry by Seventh-day Adventist Ministers : a Qualitative Study
… Seventy-one former Seventh-day Adventist ministers completed a questionnaire exploring factors that may have influenced discontinuance from the Seventh-day Adventist ministry. The areas the survey addressed were family life, the work environment, and the personal belief system of the …
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The Information Gathering Habits of The Protestant Ministers of Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-10T19:47:40Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7405668.pdf: 7154260 bytes, checksum: 8fa5ed9b9809048fc22f9d3ad9439775 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1973
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Making ministers, making Methodism: an anthropological study of an English religious denomination.
… By focusing on the making of Methodist ministers, I explore the different ways in which these values are held in creative tension across the institution. The thesis follows the life-cycle of the minister from the local Methodist church, through the ministerial selection procedures, …
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Perceptions of seventh-day adventist church ministers toward seventh-day adventist schools
… increased. Previous research has shown that SDA ministers have considerable influence, and have proved particularly influential in decisions regarding SDA schools. Since the educational values of SDA schools are conveyed to the church members by their ministers, it is important for Church leaders …
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The longevity of youth ministers in relationship to personal characteristics and leadership techniques
… was to investigate the extended tenures of youth ministers, their common characteristics, as well as, their leadership techniques. The researcher defined expert, leadership techniques, longevity, organizational climate factors, spiritual gifts, and youth minister. This research addressed and …
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The Impact of Mentoring Relationships on the Faith Development of Adult Youth Ministers
… sample population of professional Catholic Youth Ministers, this study attempted to determine the following: 1) Did the presence of a mentoring relationship facilitate faith growth from adolescence into adulthood? 2) How did the faith growth of the ministers contribute to their decision to commit …
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The Struggle for Acceptance: Continued Resistance to Female Ministers in Rural Holston Conference.
<p>This study was conducted to determine if ordained women clergy experience resistance or lack of receptivity to their appointments. If so, does the resistance more readily occur with churches in a rural area? The focus of the study was women clergy of the Holston Conference of the United …
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Theological and Liturgical Dimensions of Ecclesial Authorization for U.S. Catholic Lay Ecclesial Ministers
… Church given the rapid increase in lay ecclesial ministers ("LEMs") and decline in ordained priests. New ecclesial relationships develop through shifts in ecclesial ministry; formalizing these new relationships, the study argues, will allow for smoother transitions in parishes and a deeper …
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Political Authority within the European Community: The Operation of the Council of Ministers
The Council of Ministers is arguably the most powerful of the EC's institutions, yet its operation still awaits an authoritative analysis. To date, research into the operation of the Council has tended only to deal with aspects of its structure, rather than analysing it as a complete body. …
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A 360-degree analysis of the leadership styles of Southern Baptist ministers of youth
… of the leadership styles of Southern Baptist ministers of youth. Many experts in the field of youth ministry agree that there is a current crisis in this field. Though many possible causes and combinations of causes have been suggested, the common thread linking all of these is leadership. How …
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