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Showing 1 to 20 of 251 for “"pastors"”.
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A study of the perceptions of bishops, pastors, and future pastors toward Catholic schools
… the perceptions of the Roman Catholic bishops, pastors, and future pastors of the United States concerning the (1) value, (2) effectiveness, (3) funding practices, and (4) future structure of Catholic schools in the United States. The data for the study were generated from completed …
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Vocal Roughness in Selected Pastors
… occupations (e.g., actors, teachers, singers, pastors) in a high risk category for voice disorders due to the vocational demands on the speaking voice. The purpose of this study was to delineate vocal roughness in a sample of pastors. Thirty-eight pastors from the Springfield, Missouri …
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Servant Leadership and African American Pastors
… examines the extent to which African American pastors exhibit servant leadership characteristics, using the Servant Leadership Questionnaire (Barbuto & Wheeler, 2006). A sample of 358 African American pastors from 11 denominations across the United States was included in this study. This study …
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The preparation of pastors in premarital counseling
… has been focused on the preparation needs of pastors in PMC. When asked, they claimed to feel inadequate as PMC providers. They cited inadequate seminary education as the reason (Babb, 1992; Buikema, 1999; Ipes, 1982; Loskot, 1993; Stahmann & Hiebert, 1997).;The purpose of this qualitative …
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Ideas of Freethinking Protestant Pastors in Modern German Novels
University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. June 1919. Major: German. Advisor: Dr. Rupert C. Lodge. 1 computer file (PDF); 58 pages.
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Clergywomen and Grief: Local Church Pastors and Their Experiences
The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the experiences of clergywomen who have had times of personal grief in the midst of professional responsibilities within a local church context specifically as it related to officiating "hard funerals" for non-family members. Using a Narrative …
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The Lived Experience of African American Pastors: A Phenomenological Study
… uniquely aims to ascertain how African American pastors, serving in predominately African American churches, perceive how the intersection of race and faith has impacted their lived experience. Furthermore, in the aftermath of prominent national cases where black people were killed in …
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The Lived Experience of African American Pastors: A Phenomenological Study
… uniquely aims to ascertain how African American pastors, serving in predominately African American churches, perceive how the intersection of race and faith has impacted their lived experience. Furthermore, in the aftermath of prominent national cases where black people were killed in …
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The Lived Experiences of Black Pastors and Their Self-Care
<p>Black pastors tend to carry the burden of the Black community, church, congregants, family, and their own personal struggles. How these individuals handle their experiences, stress, and self-care can assist them in creating a healthy life and work balance. There is limited literature on Black …
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Distributed Succession: Managing The Transition Of Multi-Site Campus Pastors
… conduct succession management of their campus pastors. In order to explore campus pastor succession, church leaders were interviewed about the process by which they think about, plan for, and execute succession management. A multiple-case design was used for this research, examining four …
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An analysis of leadership styles and practices among Korean senior pastors
… styles and practices among Korean senior pastors based on transformational, transactional, and laissez-faire leadership. Quantitative and qualitative research were employed in this study for data gathering and analysis in light of the research questions. Quantitative research was employed …
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The relationship between leadership styles and learning styles of youth pastors
… leadership styles and learning styles of youth pastors. The research design for this study was quantitative in nature while utilizing descriptive and inferential statistics. Youth pastors, who were members of the National Network of Youth Ministries and serving in the United States, were …
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A comparative analysis of younger and older pastors' perceptions of leadership
… the leadership perceptions of older and younger pastors. The research concern is introduced in chapter one with a question raised by critics of the evangelical church within the Emerging Church movement concerning the substitution of a CEO model of pastoral ministry. This question caused the …
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The identification of essential components for equipping pastors' wives for ministry
This dissertation identifies the factors pastors' wives deem necessary to consider themselves equipped for serving in ministry in North America's churches. Initially, this study defines leadership and the title "Pastor's wife." This study further explains the variances of the meaning of the role of …
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Influence of Emotional Intelligence on Tenure of Southern Baptist Senior Pastors
… emotional intelligence 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 …
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The relationship between leadership styles and managerial competencies of Korean senior pastors
… competencies are employed by Korean senior pastors and to analyze the relationship between their leadership styles and managerial competencies. The 273 Korean senior pastors of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Korea (GAPCK or Hap-Dong) were analyzed. The Styles of …
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Relationship between senior pastors' attitudes toward organizational change and church growth factors
… explores potential relationships between senior pastors' attitudinal disposition of organizational change and various church factors. The study consisted of 138 senior pastors who completed a self-report inventory assessing their attitude toward organizational change. The results were then …
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Conflict Management Styles of Pastors and Organizational Servant Leadership: A Descriptive Study
… the conflict management styles among senior pastors and the perceived organizational servant leadership tendencies in their churches. This study should help senior pastors to understand how their conflict management styles and servant leadership behaviors may relate to the organizational …
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An assessment of pastors' moral development stage related to conflict management styles
This dissertation is an assessment of senior pastors' moral development stage and its relation to how they manage conflict. As pastors understand how they reason and how they deal with conflict, they will be better prepared to deal with conflicts that arise in a church. The research presupposes …
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