Thesis Abstracts
2007 Kathleen Lucille White “Could Be the End of the World as We Know It, or the Beginning” Merger: The End of the Way We’ve Always Done It, and the Beginning of a Faithful Response to the Great Commission This thesis explores the practical matters encountered in the...
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2007 John Wengrovius From Pastoral to Program in the Episcopal Church: The Pilgrimage Through the Transitional Swamp This thesis provides practical and accessible information to diocesan congregational development staff and parish leaders faced with the...
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2007 Steven R. Rottgers Ripe for the Harvest With time passing into the second millennium, the Church finds itself faced with a paradigm shift from empirical maintenance to a missional challenge of becoming more relevant to people’s needs and to maintain flexibility....
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2007 Frank B. Marshall Crying from the Depths: The Story of a Church in Displacement, the Challenge of Reconnecting the Anglican Church to Its Society with Passion for Mission This study reflects the agitation which, I suspect, grips many who, as I do, yearn to see...
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2007 Russell W. Johnson Jr. Small Groups: The What, So-What, and Now-What, About Small Groups and How They Change the Life of the Community Small groups strengthen their participant’s sense of being a part of the life of the parish community, plus build mutual care...
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2007 Paul William Greeley Saying YES to the Unexpected Voice of God The purpose of this thesis is two-fold. It is a memoir of the early formative years of hearing a call, a Voice, which would eventually incarnate itself in the form of a ministry known as The Holy...