Browsing Open Access Dissertations and Theses by Title
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The Christological Case for Compatibilism
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2021-12-03)Classical Christology entails compatibilism. In other words, that freedom and moral responsibility are compatible with determinism is a necessary consequence of the teaching about Jesus Christ found in Scripture and affirmed ... -
The Church as the New Israel in Romans
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2013-05-30)By following a biblical theological approach, this thesis demonstrates that a theology of the new Israel is woven throughout the book of Romans. Chapter 1 discusses introductory matters relating to the current debate on ... -
Church Organizational Culture: Construct Definition and Instrument Development
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2011-12-14)The purpose of this research was to operationalize the construct, church organizational culture (COC), and to develop an instrument to measure the construct. In order to accomplish this goal, the researcher undertook a ... -
Church Planting in New York City: A Case for a Global Cities Church Planting Strategy
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2012-12-14)This thesis looks at the missiological implications of church planting in global cities. Chapter 1 introduces the main argument for this thesis: that all evangelism strategies should hold church planting as the end goal ... -
Church Revitalization and Evangelistic Emphasis: A Mixed Methods Study
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2019-04-30)The numbers are alarming. Seventy-four percent of churches within the SBC are in a state of decline or plateau. The church at large has a responsibility to reverse these trends and refuse to watch the evangelical church ... -
Church Revitalization and the Role of Pastoral Leadership: A Mixed-Methods Study
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2019-03-09)The church in North America is struggling. Among Southern Baptists, the nation’s second largest denomination, approximately 1,000 churches close their doors every year and thousands more drift closer to that point every ... -
Church Revitalization: Insights from the Ministry of the Apostle Paul
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2012-05-23)Chapter 1 introduces the research topic by examining the current health of the American church. After establishing that the majority of American churches today are indeed unhealthy, a case is made for the need to develop ... -
Church Sponsored Service Through the Lens of Self Determination Theory: A Case Study
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2013-05-30)Given the critical need to nudge congregants toward sustainable service, surprisingly few studies have explored the possibility of internalizing Christian beliefs and practices through intrinsically motivating ministry ... -
Church Transition to Plurality of Elders: A Case Study
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Church Ministries, 2019-12-06)A desire among evangelical churches in denominations such as the Southern Baptist Convention to return to biblical forms of leadership have led a number of churches to examine what seems to many to be the biblical model ... -
The Church's Role in a Pandemic: Reflection, Response, and Revival
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Classical Christian Education and Racial Representation: A Mixed Method Study
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2019-11-22)ABSTRACT CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN EDUCATION AND RACIAL REPRESENTATION: A MIXED METHOD STUDY Miranda Renea Webster, Ed.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2019 Chair: Dr. Jeffrey Michael Horner This ... -
The Cohesive Rhetoric of Jesus: The Role of Matthew 6:19–7:11 in the Sermon on the Mount
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-12-02)For centuries, the Sermon on the Mount has received particular attention as a discrete unit of Christ’s teaching, yet disagreement reigns among its interpreters. A central concern among the Sermon’s interpreters is the ... -
The Command from His Father: Begotten not Made, Submissive not Subservient, Assigned not Subjected
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2023-05-05)While a majority of contemporary theologians conceptualize the Trinity as ordered relations with unstructured authority (ORUA), other theologians view the Trinity as possessing eternal relations of authority and submission ... -
A Communion of Love: The Animating Principle Behind the Christocentric Spirituality of Robert Murray M’Cheyne
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-06-07)This study’s main contribution is its aim to reorient the common perception surrounding M’Cheyne’s pursuit of holiness. It argues that rightly understanding M’Cheyne’s spirituality must begin with the fundamental issue of ... -
Communion with God and Comfortable Dependence on Him: Anne Dutton's Trinitarian Spirituality
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-06-07)This dissertation seeks to retrieve a crucial aspect of the spiritual heritage of Anne Dutton, her Trinitarian spirituality as it was developed in the historical context of eighteenth-century Trinitarian controversies in ... -
A Comparative Analysis of Divine Action Methodologies in the Works of Robert John Russell and Alvin Plantinga
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2015-06-18)ABSTRACT A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF DIVINE ACTION METHODOLOGIES IN THE WORKS OF ROBERT JOHN RUSSELL AND ALVIN PLANTINGA John Paul Wilkinson, Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, ... -
A comparative analysis of leadership competencies and characteristics for vocational ministry leaders as identified by ministry professionals
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2004-05-14)Leaders in Christian ministry, in many instances, are in a crisis of competence. This research was a comparative analysis of select ministry professionals for the purpose of determining their perceptions as to the necessary ... -
A comparative analysis of leadership development models in post-baccalaureate theological education
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2009-05-15)This research study was concerned with higher education, leadership development, and understanding and examining the training models that are employed to prepare men and women for Christian ministry. The study combines ... -
A comparative analysis of role priorities of educational ministers serving in purpose driven model churches and classical programmatic model churches
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2005-05-13)This dissertation compared the role priorities and curricular values identified by educational staff ministers serving in purpose driven model churches as compared to those serving in classical programmatic model churches ... -
A comparative analysis of selected pastors' personality profiles and their conflict management styles
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2003-05-01)This dissertation is a comparative analysis of selected pastors' personality profiles and their conflict management styles. As pastors understand their personalities, this will decrease conflict within themselves and with ...