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2000 Theodore Johnson Congruence and Transitions in Congregational Size This paper begins by examining the ways in which the typology based on congregational size developed by Arlin J. Rothauge has been misunderstood and misapplied by those who focus primarily on the...
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2000 Barbara June Thomas Cheney Holy Baptism: A Rite Transforming Diversity and Forming One Community This thesis studies an urban congregation through the lens of baptism, looking for the relation of the public celebration of Holy Baptism to upholding and...
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1999 P. Donald White Endowment Funds: Friend or Foe? This thesis explores the effect of endowment funds on Episcopal parishes. The thesis begins with a review of the literature in the area of church finance. It looks at the history of church funding in the United...
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1999 Dabney Tyler Smith A Study in Congregational Relocation: A Survey of Nine Congregations This thesis seeks to determine the issues involved and the approaches necessary to undertake for congregations in a relocation process. The thesis evaluates nine mid-west...
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1999 John David Stanway Critical Leadership: Redevelopment Principles in Regional Ministry This thesis looks at redevelopment of congregations which are grouped together as a cluster or regional ministry. The lens used for this examination is a set of five conditions...
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1999 Bryce O. McProud An Emerging Paradigm for the Twenty-First Century: Small Group Ministry in the Episcopal Church This thesis first shows that as the second millennium dawns, significant changes are occurring in all of Christendom and specifically in the Episcopal...
