Thesis Abstracts
2000 Florence Read Winkelman Enhancing the Scope, Accessibility, and Success of Congregational Development Through Communications Technology This training guide, dedicated to the concept of congregational development in clusters through video or teleconferencing,...
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2000 Meredith Woods Potter Finding and Forming Asian Leaders for the Episcopal Church The rapid and continuing increase in Asian immigration onto the mainland of the United States presents new and increasing opportunities for evangelism. The study documents the...
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2000 Robert G. Partlow The Thriving Church in the Declining Community This thesis examines the survival problem of main-line denominational congregations that are located in areas of population and/or economic decline. Strategies previously developed for such...
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2000 W. Taylor Moore The Church and the Revolution of Electronic Communications: Nine Case Studies and Theological Conclusions This thesis focuses on nine ecclesiastical entities responsible for the communication of the Gospel by the use of electronic media. Narrative...
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2000 Courtland Manning Moore Common Denominators in Successful Large Parishes and their Application to Smaller Congregations The thesis examines the history and practice of five large, growing Texas urban parishes and one much smaller parish that has suddenly begun...
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2000 John E. Midwood Toward a New Paradigm for Inner City Churches Seven principles toward a distinct new paradigm for inner city congregations are proposed. The thesis chronicles the creation of a dominant congregational paradigm resulting from the suburban expansion...