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2007 David William Eisenhuth The Lutheran Church of the Holy Comforter: A Biracial Congregation on the Cusp Like many urban congregations, the Lutheran Church of the Holy Comforter, Baltimore, Maryland, faces the challenge of dwindling membership and stretched...
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2007 The Rev. J. Paul Board, III The Missional Role of Children and Youth as Liturgical Leaders in Sunday Morning Worship: A Case Study of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Maumee, Ohio This paper proposes that the new missional paradigm is a balance of mission thinking in...
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2007 Scott P. Albergate You Shall Receive Power: A Team Learning Strategy for Revitalizing a Parish Vestry for Mission Members of the parish vestry hold great potential to become collaborative leaders with their clergy in redeveloping a declining church for...
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2006 Lawrence R. Walters “Are We There Yet?” Episcopal Dioceses Enabling Congregational Development in Times of Transition This thesis examines the type of clergy leadership utilized during a period of pastoral transition in five Episcopal dioceses: Michigan, Western...
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2006 Eric V. Menees Leadership in the Face of Theological Crisis: An Examination of Four Congregations Following General Convention 2003 This thesis will examine the particular response of the Diocese of San Diego and the clergy leadership in four congregations within...
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2006 Janet Lombardo Teaching to Transform: How Missional Teaching can Transform the Life of a Small Church It is my belief that education is the foundation of spiritual formation and that spiritual growth leads to congregational growth. It is also my contention that a...
