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2008 Stuart Lord Sizing Up Brighouse and Clifton Team Parish The Rothauge size typology is almost unknown in the Church of England and can be found in less than hand full of writers. In need, congregational development is a Cinderella subject. Despite the differences...
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2008 Lawrence Lee Lever Where Is The Missional Church? This study assesses understanding of the missional church among pastors of an area conference (middle judicatory) of Mennonite Church USA and suggests ways to resource pastors and congregations as they move into...
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2008 Marjorie Ann Gerbracht-Stagnaro Wanted: Young Clergy In God’s Vineyard The Church at large finds it challenging to recruit young people interested in becoming clergy. This severe shortage of young clergy negatively impacts all mainline denominations, with the...
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2008 William Carlin What Can Shake Thy Sure Repose? Maintenance Church Or Mission Church? Can One Model Work Without The Other? The idea for writing this thesis began when reading two books, Reclaiming The Great Commission by Claude E. Payne and Hamilton Beazley and...
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2008 Hannah Pederson Anderson An Artist Priest’s Guide To The Parish Ministry: Calling Forth Adaptive Leaders In The Church This thesis explores the connections between art, priestly ministry and the fostering of adaptive leadership in the Episcopal Church at this...
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2008 Joel A. Almonò Roque The Integration Process Into The Episcopal Church Of Second Generation Hispanic Immigrants The purpose of this thesis is to demonstrate that the Episcopal Church of the United States has tremendous potential for growth through attracting and...