Thesis Abstracts
1999 Peter Rochefort Gustin All About Ladies and Nailing the Step: An Exploration of Congregational Idioms This thesis explores the various ways in which congregations use everyday language as a code for expressing emotions, for transmitting congregational history,...
Thesis Abstracts
1999 Freda Blackburn Dohoney A Ministry of Hospitality for the Parish This thesis is concerned with the ministry of hospitality for the parish. The dynamics of hospitality in parishes over a forty year period, the evidence of hospitality in scripture, and insights...
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1999 Wayne Harold Carlson Racial Change in Congregations: A Welcoming Response This thesis is a study of a parish in suburban Chicago where the community and the parish are both undergoing racial change. Examples of dialogue within the parish and interviews of...
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1999 John Stuart Adler A Letter to Chris: The First Seven Years of a New Plant Congregation This dissertation examines several situations typically encountered when planting a new congregation. It incorporates principles of church growth and interweaves these...
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1998 Joseph Walter Lund A Bridge Generation: A Study of the Return of the Traditional Church This thesis looks at a traditional Episcopal Parish that has been successful in attracting and retaining substantial numbers of new members. These new members, from a...
Thesis Abstracts
1998 Larry Handwerk Developing Leaders for Congregational Change: The Effect of Education for Ministry: Theological Education by Extension on Congregational Development This thesis records the results of a study on the effect of the Education for Ministry Program on...
