Thesis Abstracts
2005 George Gray Congregational Size Dynamics and How One Congregation’s Transition Was Made Easy “Congregational Size Dynamics and How One Congregation’s Transition Was Made Easy” is a thesis that presents concepts in church size dynamics and how the utilization of...
Thesis Abstracts
2005 Stephen Garratt “Treasures in Earthen Vessels:” Contemplative Ministries in Congregational Settings This study addresses the problem of how contemplative spirituality might be integrated into the life of a contemporary congregation. Five congregations of the...
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2005 Kathleen Michele Galvin Congregational Development An Oasis In a Desert Congregation This thesis details the formation and life of a contemplative Celtic prayer community formed within a dysfunction pastoral size parish church recently built on an obscure and...
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2005 Neysa Anne Ellgren Under the Microscope: Lab Congregation Models for Church Development Three different Episcopal dioceses – Minnesota, Southeast Florida, and Los Angeles – are currently using similar laboratory models of congregational development whereby...
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2005 Kenneth John Dorsch Worship Called To Its Senses: The Integration of the Spiritual and the Multi-Sensory This thesis explores the theory and praxis of worship in a postmodern context. By focusing on the experience of those in Generation-X, the thesis traces the...
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2005 John Michael De Beer A Vocation Worthy of Our Calling: Gifts Discernment and Congregational Development This thesis describes a gifts discernment program at St. Martin’s-in-the-Field Episcopal Church in Severna Park, Maryland. It examines the effects of the...
