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2003 Carol Pinkham Oak Clergy Leadership Development The First Two Years The Transition into Ministry Program This thesis describes the Transition into Ministry program at Christ Church, Alexandria, Virginia. Funded by the Lilly Endowment Inc. and Christ Church, the...
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2003 Philip Paradine Leadership during Rebuilding at St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church, Christianburg, Virginia: A Rector’s Tale of Organizational Empowerment through the use of Benedictine Spirituality This thesis tells how the Rule of St. Benedict informed,...
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2003 Margaret E. G. Murray ‘A Better Wheel For These Times’ Servant Leadership: A Paradigm for Clergy Leadership in Today’s Congregations This thesis is a critical examination of issues affecting clergy leadership in congregations. The paradigms of...
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2003 Rod Moore An Old Table in New Space: Restructuring the Congregation for the Recasting of its Vision This thesis tells the story of a congregation that was able to fulfill its vision to become a program sized parish to serve a growing city after many...
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2003 John Robert Hector, Jr. The Season of Anticipation in a Small Church One critical stage, often overlooked and misunderstood, in the life of a congregation, is the “season of anticipation,” which a transition opens. William Bridges named this stage the...
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2003 Mark Gatza Overachieving Congregations: Demographic Pressures and Congregational Development Current church size theory suggests that the average Sunday attendance of a congregation can be predictive of many of its organizational and structural characteristics....
