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Leadership Development Process of Select House Church Networks in North America: A Multi-Case Study
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2011-05-16)This dissertation analyzed the leadership development process among four North American house church networks. The study involved leader/trainers and house church leaders within all four networks. The intent of this study ... -
A Leadership Profile of the Successful Transitional Pastor: A Delphi Study
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-06-07)A LEADERSHIP PROFILE OF THE SUCCESSFUL TRANSITIONAL PASTOR: A DELPHI STUDY Michael Austin Kramer, Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018 Chair: Dr. Michael S. Wilder Over the last fifteen years ... -
Leadership structures and dynamics in multisite churches: a quantitative study
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2016-10-27)In spite of the multisite phenomenon’s apparent “success” and effectiveness in fulfilling the Great Commission, there are looming variables related to leadership structures and organizational complexities that have not ... -
Leadership Style and Listening Practices of IMB Team Leaders: A Correlational Study
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2011-05-16)Listening is a critical skill for those who lead. Research indicates that leaders significantly influence followers through their listening practices; however the relationship between leadership styles and listening is ... -
Leadership Style and Teaching Orientation of Pastors of Solo-Pastor SBC Churches
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2011-05-16)The purpose of this research was to analyze the relationship between the leadership style and teaching orientation of a random sample of pastors of solo-pastor churches in the SBC. The leadership styles that were analyzed ... -
Leadership Style and Tenure of Youth Ministers: A Mixed Methods Study
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2015-06-18)ABSTRACT LEADERSHIP STYLE AND TENURE OF YOUTH MINISTERS: A MIXED METHODS STUDY John Ellis Steen, Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2015 Chair: Dr. Brian C. Richardson This research study is an examination ... -
Learning Theory in Adult Discipleship: A Quasi-Experiment Assessing Adult Learning in a Sunday School Context
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2011-12-14)This study was concerned with the learning that takes place in the adult learning context of adult Sunday school classes in Southern Baptist churches. Using Lev Vygotsky's concept of the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD), ... -
Lecrae and the Differing Perceptions Among American Protestants of the Causes of Disparate Racial Experiences
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2022-05-01)While White evangelical Protestants and Black Protestants are remarkably similar across measures of theological belief and practice, their views on racial issues tend to be deeply divergent. These divergent views have often ... -
Lifted up and glorified: Isaiah's servant language in the Gospel of John
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2016-10-27)This project explores John’s portrait of Jesus in the Gospel of John and argues that John presents Jesus as the Servant of the Lord from Isaiah primarily through his allusions to the Servant passages. The Servant is not ... -
The Light Overcomes the Darkness: Cosmic Conflict in the Fourth Gospel
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2015-03-31)The thesis for this dissertation is that the Fourth Gospel does have a developed theology of cosmic conflict. Furthermore, warfare is evidenced in the Fourth Gospel by the author's portrayal of three primary aspects of ... -
A linguistic analysis of the articular infinitive in New Testament Greek
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2004-12-07)This dissertation seeks to ask and answer the following question. What is the semantic and/or syntactic value of the articular infinitive in New Testament Greek? It is argued that the article primarily serves as a function ... -
The Literary Reception of the Spirituality of Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784): an Afrosensitive Reading
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018-11-09)This dissertation explores the theological and ethical preoccupations of Phillis Wheatley in colonial New England. Chapter 1 frames the conversation around relevant research and states the project thesis to explain Wheatley’s ... -
The Literary Structure of the Fifth Book of the Hebrew Psalter: A Structural Analysis and Canonical Reading of Psalms 107–150
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-12-31)This thesis maintains that the fifth book of the Hebrew Psalter subdivides into three sections, each of which portray the coming Davidic King from a different angle in order to present a three-dimensional messianic portrait. ... -
"Live as Worthy Citizens": The πολιτεύομαι Metaphor in Philippians
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2019-11-28)This thesis argues that πολιτεύομαι functions as a dominant conceptual metaphor in Paul’s letter to the Philippians, and therefore, this metaphor frames and structures Paul’s ethical discourse. When Paul employs this ... -
The Lived Experience of African American Pastors: A Phenomenological Study
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2022-04-29)This study uniquely aims to ascertain how African American pastors, serving in predominately African American churches, perceive how the intersection of race and faith has impacted their lived experience. Furthermore, in ... -
The Lived Experience of African American Pastors: A Phenomenological Study
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Missions and Evangelism, 2019-11-08)This study uniquely aims to ascertain how African American pastors, serving in predominately African American churches, perceive how the intersection of race and faith has impacted their lived experience. Furthermore, in ... -
The longevity of youth ministers in relationship to personal characteristics and leadership techniques
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2005-05-13)The purpose of this study was to investigate the extended tenures of youth ministers, their common characteristics, as well as, their leadership techniques. The researcher defined expert, leadership techniques, longevity, ... -
Looking at Illegal Immigration in the United States through the Lenses of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2019-05-10)The United States is a sovereign nation formed by immigrants from its very beginnings. Today, the U.S. is a nation proud of its diversity, formed of people of various backgrounds—race, nationality, education, religious ... -
Love and Holiness in Reciprocal Entailment: Love as the Implementation of Holiness in Matthew’s Sermon on the Mount
(Southern Baptist Theological SeminarySchool of Theology, 2021-02-13)The relationship between love and holiness has been an area of confusion. On one hand, when holiness is understood as separation, it is naturally in conflict with love. Yet others have understood them to be different ... -
"The Love of God Holds Creation Together": Andrew Fuller's Theology of Virtue
(Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2013-12-30)Andrew Fuller maintained that Christian orthodoxy--as articulated in Evangelical Calvinism--furnished the foundation, framework, and motivation for moral excellence. On the basis of this axiom, he challenged Enlightenment ...