Alumni Newsletter
I Love To Tell the Story
2009 Kyung-Sook Lee I Love To Tell the Story Effective preaching begins with the preacher’s confidence in the authority of Scripture and the preacher’s conviction that God still speaks to people through Holy Scripture, that God anoints our preaching, and that through...
Re-Membering Our Stories: Preaching Christ’s Body Whole
2009 Judith Lynn Harmon Re-Membering Our Stories: Preaching Christ’s Body Whole This project, explored in the Association of Chicago Theological Schools Doctorate of Ministry in Preaching program, has grown out of an initial concern about the dichotomy in traditional...
Out Of The Deep: Leadership And Congregational Recovery From Hurricane Katrina
2008 Harold Roberts Out Of The Deep: Leadership And Congregational Recovery From Hurricane Katrina What is leadership? Why is it necessary? How do you evaluate it? What styles of leadership are helpful and why are others destructive and self-serving? This thesis is...
Sizing Up Brighouse and Clifton Team Parish
2008 Stuart Lord Sizing Up Brighouse and Clifton Team Parish The Rothauge size typology is almost unknown in the Church of England and can be found in less than hand full of writers. In need, congregational development is a Cinderella subject. Despite the differences...
Where Is The Missional Church?
2008 Lawrence Lee Lever Where Is The Missional Church? This study assesses understanding of the missional church among pastors of an area conference (middle judicatory) of Mennonite Church USA and suggests ways to resource pastors and congregations as they move into...
Wanted: Young Clergy In God’s Vineyard
2008 Marjorie Ann Gerbracht-Stagnaro Wanted: Young Clergy In God’s Vineyard The Church at large finds it challenging to recruit young people interested in becoming clergy. This severe shortage of young clergy negatively impacts all mainline denominations, with the...