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Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Evaluation Of A Domestic Violence Awareness Campaign For Black Churches And Their Response, Jairite Anderson-Cole
Christian Camp Program Director Perceptions of the Role of High School Camp Programs in Facilitating Identity Formation for Adolescents, Emily Anderson
A Study Of Correlation Between Church Vitality And Direction Of Church Mission Through Diakonia For Local Society, Seung-Kyu Baek
A Study On The Development And Effect Of A Shame Healing Program, Sung-Kyu Bang
Factors advancing or limiting evangelical mission in Ukraine, Timothy L. Boyd Sr
An Evaluation Of A Mentoring And Partnering Program To Mobilize Small Harlem Churches To Intentional Community Engagement, Carlton T. Brown
Non-Death Related Grief: The Church's Responsibility To Assist In The Healing Process, Nickol Calhoun
An examination of the best practices of a church based model for ministering to military families, Guillermo Cardona
A Cultural Methodology: Tinkering with Feminist Resources in Preaching and Worship, Emilie Casey
Work-Life Balance through Sabbath Keeping for Cornerstone Chinese Alliance Church in Markham, Ontario, Joe Mun Chan
Public Discipleship: Forming Disciples for the Sphere of Neighborhood and Justice, Abraham Cho
Biblical Leadership Training For The Ministry Team Leaders At New Song Church Through The Comparison With Jesus' Leadership Style, Dong Myung Choi
A Pastoral Way Of Solution For The Loss Of The Old People In An Aging Society: Focusing On Daejeon Sansung Methodist Church, Nam Sung Cho
Empowering Young Chinese Fathers in Australia to Experience Spiritual Transformation through Contemplative Disciplines, Pui Leung (Andrew) Choy
John Owen's Use of the Church Fathers in His Pneumatologia, Maranatha Chung
Is It Just a Camp High? a Study on the Continuing Effects Attendance at Christian Summer Camps Has on Spiritual Formation in Adolescents, Emily Cloughly
Kingdom imagination and the church: fostering faithful nonconformity through ecclesial practices, Jonathan W. Crandall
A Correlational Quantitative Study Of Servant Leadership Practices And Pastoral Engagement In Evangelical Churches In Montana, Mark Duane Danielson
An Exploratory Study on the Leadership Development of Seasonal Staff at Camp, Sarah Davis
Adventures In Spiritual Formation: Exploring God's Grace, Intentional Human Response, And Growth From The Holy Spirit, Werner Herbert De Jong
Life with the Spirit: a Path to Renewal at Sonrise Christian Reformed Church, William Delleman
Discovery Of The Need For A Small Group Integrating Personal Narrative Into The Healing Journey, Juliet R. Johnson Depriest
Reformatting the debate on infallible and fallible prophecies: an alternative schema on the authority of the New Testament spiritual gift of prophecy, Bernard Kwangki Do
Articulating The Doctrine Of Penal Substitutionary Atonement In The Twenty First Century: Integrating Relational Paradigm With The Metaphor Of A Kaleidoscope, Patrick Alexander Early
Attachment And African American Foster Parents, Alecia Evans-Hayes
Walter Marshall (1628-1680): the relationship between justification and sanctification within the framework of union with Christ, Sherif A. Fahim
A Discovery Project on Forgiveness and Reconciliation of Broken Relationships, La Vanda Fondren-Copeland
Spiritual Abuse in the Church: A Guide to Recognition and Recovery, Kenneth J. Garrett
An Investigation Into The Implications Of Confessional Subscription To The Lutheran Confessionis On The Understanding Of The Triune God And Church Fellowship In The Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus (EECMY), Lalissa Daniel Gemechis
Identity Formation in Christian Emerging Adult Women: Sources of Negative and Positive Construction of Identity, Christina Gilliland
Oikos Power: Relational Networks Infused with the Demonstration and Declaration of the Kingdom of God, Liam Glover
From Building a Megachurch to Making Disciples: A Journey Towards Spiritual Maturity, John B. Gorin
The Impact Of A Small Group Experience Of The Dad Connection On Fathering, Darrell Lee Greenawalt
An evaluation of the learn, live, hope relationship counseling program in relationship satisfaction, Johan Green
Jonathan Edwards and Charles Finney on the Theology and Methodology of Religious Revivals, Kamil M. Halambiec
An Investigation Of Self-Care Practices And Principles Among The Pentecostal-Apostolic Clergy, Chelsea A. Hall
La incidencia misional de la iglesia Israel, en las Congregaciones Plantadas en Guayaquil, Ecuador, Jose Parrish Jácome Hernandez
Spiritual Formation in an Atomized World: The Necessity of the Church as Family in the Spiritual Formation of Midadolescents, Adam Herndon
Gracious Assertiveness: Learning to Lead a Staff Toward a New Missional Imagination, Austin Hill
An Ethnohistorical Study Of Thai Christians And Their Participation In Cross-Cultural Missions From 1870-1940, Austin Lee House
Listening for Christ, proclaiming Christ: small groups as a catalyst of transformation at Grace Covenant, Bobby Hulme-Lippert
Sanctifying Work of the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament Saints, Prakash Thycad Jacob
The Study Of The Post Conversion Worldview Allegiance Among Overseas Chinese With A Special Reference To Ancestor Worship, Jaewoo Jeong
Plan for Distance Leadership in Young Life in Latin America and the Caribbean, Daniel Jessup
Reconciliation In Post War Sri Lanka Through The Healing Of Memories And The Rold Of The Catholic Church, J. M. Joseph Jeyaseellan
Examining The Relationship Between Smartphone Use And Spiritual Habits In Christian College Students, Ethan A. Jones
Awakening: A Study On Congregational Revitalization And The First Reformed Church Of Grand Haven, Michigan, John Kenny
A Study On The Efficacy Of Pastoral Care In The Multicultural Context Of Korea, Il Kim
Cell Leadership Study from Community View of Church, Jong Seok Kim
Spiritual Exercises Of Ignatius Loyola As Applicable To The Presbyterian Church In The 21st Century, Nayoung Kim
Persecuted and Thriving: Meserete Kristos Church Leadership During the Ethiopian Revolution (1974-1991), Brent F. Kipfer
A Biblical Model of Leadership for Church Conflict Resolution in East and Central African Refugee Churches in the Dallas-Fort Worth Area, Jesse J. Kiwovele
An evaluation of a leader development plan in western Pennsylvania, Joseph C. Lazurek III
Building Up The Church Through Healing And Restoration: Focusing On Koinonia, Diakonia And Psychological Studies, Seongkook Lee
Refinement and Implementation of a Christian Leadership Development Model at Pickering Pentecostal Church, Joshua Robert Livingston
A Study of the Integration of the Theology of the Outdoors and Justice, David Paul Mackh
John the Solitary's homily on the poor in spirit: edition and translation, Daniel Robert Marolf
An Integrative Study On The Pastoral Ministry Towards Spiritual Healing Of East-Asian And South Asian Americans In Greater Boston, David M. Martinez
Antiracist Discipleship: Practicing Freedom From The Deforming Forces Of Whiteness, Racism, And Race, Cleve May
Implementing Spiritual Vitality in the Men of San Marcos Community Church: Holy Spirit and Spiritual Practices, John A. McComb
The effect of mentoring on interns in a cross cultural setting to produce increased missional engagement, Timothy G. Meier
Using Social Media For Evangelization: A Case Study Of The Catholic Diocese Of Vinh, Vietnam, Viet Nam Nguyen
Neighborliness: Redefining Communities At The Frontier Of Dialogue In The Southern Philippines, Erdman Pandero
Examining Relationships Between Moral Foundations and Resiliency, Thomas Strong Parrott
Kingdom Citizens On Mission: A Missiological Reading Of Matthew's Gospel For Missionary Preparation, Robert Penner
A Phenomenological Study of Executive Level Leadership Development in Peer Mentoring Cohort Models, Brian S. Pinzer
An exploration of factors hindering the spiritual vitality of women students at Dallas Theological Seminary, Marydith Michelle Pokorny
An Analysis Of The Warning Passages Of Hebrews With A View To TheDevelopment Of Text-Driven Sermons, C. Scott Powers
Biblical Metaphors For Servant Leadership: A Strong Foundation For Leadership Development, Gary A. Runn
Community services by Haitian churches in New York City as a means of fulfilling the great commission: a qualitative investigation, Sandra Saint-Surin
The relationship between candidate preparation and effective healing prayer at Living Christ Church in Nyack, NY, Dona Schepens
A Study on the Relationship Between Servant Leadership and Church Growth: A Case Study of Hain Baptist Church, Dae Kyun Shin
The Effects of Digital Technology Fasting at Camp and the Formation of Individual and Community Embodied Habits, Molly Shore
Adult Religious Education Through Devotional Books In Indonesia: An Investigation Of Andar Ismail's Selamat Series And Its Significance For Theological Education, Binsen Samuel Sidjabat
A Study On The Practice Of Denominational Incorporation In Missions By The Tribal Denominations In Southern Manipur In North East India, Lalrosiem Songate
Americans Of African Descent, The Victim Mentality, And Value FormationThrough The Family, Joseph M. Sparrow
How Crisis And Relationship Lead To Faith Ownership, Jason Steffenhagen
The self-understanding of Jesus Christ: A critical comparison of Thomas Aquinas and N.T. Wright, Kenneth Austin Stevenson
Aquinas on truth and lies: an exegetical perspective, Susan E. Stott
Leadership in Church Revitalization, Timothy Strickland
A New Zealand contextual church model that fosters community and discipleship, Darryl Tempero
A Strategy For Members at Jachin Church to Identify and Practice Authentic Forgiveness, John Chuen Wah Tran
A Strategy For Witnessing Community At Tung Fook Chai Wan Church, Kennedy Tse
Why Christian Leaders Must Acquire Wisdom, Brian Tung
The Difference Jesus Makes: A Return to Biblically Based Pastoral Theology, Ministry, and Leadership for Pastors and Chaplains, Richard Thomas Vann Jr
An Inculturated Approach Of Marriage Preparation For Young Catholics In Diocese Of Haiphong, Viet Dinh Vu