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2005 John Elliot Kitagawa Reorganizing a Corporate Size Parish for Mission This thesis examines the processes and actions undertaken by the author, the lay leadership of the staff of St. Phillip’s In The Hills Parish, Tucson, Arizona, in order to reorganize this...
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2005 Georgia Humphrey A Little Child Shall Lead Them: Understanding Seekers as They Join Churches and Learn to Build a Relationship with God in the Present Day Culture This thesis considers the needs of seekers who have come or returned to church to be married or to...
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2005 Mary Anne R. Heine Awaking a Sleeping Giant – the Spiritual Journey of a Dying Mission This is the study a small, dying congregation, established 62 years ago, in the Louisiana Diocese. St. Michael and All Angels’ is strategically located in a...
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2005 Michael J. Hanley “Oh, it’s you again”: Episcopal Visitations as Congregational Development Episcopal visitations to congregations should be opportunities for congregations and bishops to engage in intentional conversations about congregational development yet...
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2005 John C.N. Hall Strangers and Aliens, Citizens and Saints: Multicultural Challenges for Hispanic/Latino Ministry in the Church The Episcopal Church, overwhelmingly Euro-American in its membership, has a genuine desire to minister to and with the rapidly expanding...
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2005 Stephen T. Hale STASIS, CHANGE, and MERGER: The movement of the Church from grave to hope to resurrection; an exploration of the success of congregational mergers as a form of “new” church start Mergers are occurring with increasing frequency among American...
