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2004 Demi Prentiss Bridge Ministers for Hire: Lay Ministry Coordinators as Pioneers of a New Paradigm in Developing Churches The Total Ministry concept advocated by the Standing Commission on Ministry Development in its report to General Convention 2003 is dependent...
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2004 Kathryn Wajda A Challenge for the Church: Supporting Generation X Parents through the Joys and Perils of Raising Christian Children in a Post-Modern World This thesis describes some of the needs and desire of Generation X parents who want to raise their children...
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2004 Daniel O. Worthington Land Purchasing for New Congregations The selection and acquisition of fifteen new church sites in the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia are the fruit of more than twenty years work in stewardship and a change in the culture that vies and...
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2004 John Thomas Sorensen The Role of the Bridge Minister in Leading Diocesan Change: Creating the Diocese of Albany Spiritual Life Center This thesis examines the application of congregational development theory at the diocesan level. When the Episcopal Diocese of...
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2004 Todd Ousley Tough Trust: Transitioning Congregations From Pastoral Size to Program Size By Balancing Results, Integrity, and Concern This thesis is based on the proposition that the transition of a congregation from pastoral size to program size is positively...
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2004 Nancy Ann McLaughlin I Will With the Help of God: Baptismal Covenant in the Episcopal Church Forty Episcopal congregations that had been recommended by their diocesan offices as having significant lay involvement were interviewed for this study which examines the...
