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Theses/Dissertations from 2017
An Action-Research Project Investigating What Helps And Hinders Students Connected To 'Power To Change' To Share The Gospel With Others, Graham Christopher Watt
An examination of women's ministry programs in select evangelical churches that focus on renewing of the mind in adverse circumstances, Cindy S. Weiss
The Servant Leader: Leading From The Inside Out, Jewel D. Williams
The role of resistance to change in church sustainability in Harlem, New York, Joan M. Williams
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Creating a framework of vocational practices to empower missional leadership, Patricia Lee Agnew
Adverse childhood experiences and transformational leadership at the Bowery Mission, Martin K. Aschner
Impacting The Practice Of Church Unity As An Essential Part Of Christ's Mission Among A Select Group Of Pastors In Ghana, Joshua Baah-Binney
The Catechumenate for the next generation: focused on the baptism process at the recruit training camps, Yun Joo Bae
Communication for leaders: equipping leaders through mentoring and communication, Philip Baptiste
Jesus, the new temple: Mark 11:20-25 in its narrative context, Daniel Jeffrey Berge
Improving Resilience in United States Army Soldiers by Enhancing Soldier-Leader Communication, Robert Drew Billingsley
Factors contributing to the establishment of a sustainable theological higher education branch campus, Joshua James Bleeker
Clergy awareness of the spiritual needs of survivors of childhood emotional abuse, Susan Bourquard
Holistic spiritual formation: moving beyond corporate worship through engagement with the least of these, Brady Braatz
Spiritual Formation: A Resource For Incarcerated Men And Women, Jeffrey A. Burger
A methodology of preaching to fear using the disc model of behavior in order to promote spiritual maturity, David L. Busby
Designing a leadership development strategy for Crossroads Church, Fort Worth, Texas, Daniel E. Caceres Jr
The Word Became Flesh: Theanthropic Communion Media in the Liturgy, Andrew Patrick Cannon
Spiritual formation: implementing a holistic, Wesleyan, missional strategy for discipleship in the United Methodist Church, William R. Carey III
Spiritual formation as more than cognitive belief : an ethnographic study of adult Sunday school in baptistic churches in Massachusetts, Laura Cassidy-Moffatt
Intentional discipleship strategy for an increasingly diverse generation in Victory Outreach International, David R. Castro
Mentoring leaders for kingdom ministry at Davis Chinese Christian Church, Howard H. Chang
Jonathan Edwards and his legacy on the atonement, Brandon James Crawford
Faith Embodiment of Chicago Clergy During the Civil Rights Movement, Karin DeHaven
Theodramatic discipleship: Rediscovering the drama of Christ-centered witness, Charles J. Dillender
Telling our God stories: empowering congregations to claim and share their God stories through the practice of relational evangelism, Sarah Babylon Dorrance
An exploratory study of campus ministries affiliated with Churches of Christ in Ghana, Frank Obeng Essien
“His last command, our first concern”TM – An evaluation on Haggai Institute’s Training at the national level in fostering evangelistic engagement, Francisco Famadas
Developing inspiring leaders through peer learning groups, Aaron Winslow Fitch
Discipleship in Deuteronomy, Richard C. Floyd
The Wounded Pastor's Wife: A Case Study on the Experiences of Five Wives, David Friese
Deepening our friendship with God: spiritual exercises as a means of grace, Thomas Eugene Frost
The Oneness Theology of the United Pentecostal Church International as Articulated By David K. Bernard, Richard W. Gimpel
Lasting Implications of Urban Ministry During College, Rebecca D. Gist
Being shaped by the neighborhood: stimulating missional commitment through dwelling in the Word, reflection, and shared hospitality, Kendra Nacole Green Carson
Rereading St. Gregory of Nyssa's Catechetical Oration, Ignatius Harry Green
Preaching the absolute claims of Scripture in a postmodern context for spiritual transformation, Howard Griffin
Equipping the next generation: factors that enable leaders of Chinese churches In New York City to effectively equip their young adults, Ijia (Rosie) Hao
Keeping faith in humanitarianism, Joe Harbison
Being, Becoming, And Divine Names: Augustine In Conversation With Plotinus, Hilary, And Basil, Amy J. Heck
Rapologetics: How the Gospel of Christ Takes on the Street, Robert Charles Hepburn
Moral injury: caring for wounded souls with invisible wounds, James Highhouse
A social justice ministry: the local church on faith and politics as two sides of the same coin, Helen Lara Holton
Christ, church, and world: a christological ecclesiology for post-Christendom, Theodore J. Hopkins
A corrective to adolescent drift: how five churches are using a rites of passage structure to develop and stabilize faith through adolescence, William David Hughes
Theodotus of Ancyra's Exposition of the Nicene Symbol: A Historical, Literary, and Theological Examination, Edward Damien Hunter
Restoring the Spirit's Role: Producing Spirit-Annointed and Empowered People for Airdrie Alliance Church, Alexander (Sandy) Isfeld
A Study of the Effect of Divorce on Faith Formation of Emerging Adults, Lindsay L. Jackson
Developing an intercultural pastoral leadership model for the multicultural context of East Kerala diocese in church of South India, Benoy Peraparampil Jacob
The doxological imperative: an assessment of the Eucharist after radical orthodoxy, Scott Edward Johnson
Building a transformational Christian education ministry in a small rural church, Sharon K. Jones
Faith development in early adolescent girls: what parents can do to encourage their daughter's faith, Martha Jordan
A study about change of understanding of the Lord's Supper through education, Deuk Hwan Kang
That It May Give Grace to Those Who Hear: Changing Men Given to Verbal Abuse, Kraig L. Keck
The indwelling of the Holy Spirit and human intentionality: a constructive proposal, John R. Kern
Encouraging Singaporean seminary students to use reflexivity in their ministry practice, Lau Ying Kheng
A Socio-Rhetorical Function of Danielic Resurrection, Hyun Woo Kim
Sarah Coakley's kenoticism and it's feminist implications : toward a new feminine subjectivity, Hyongsang Ko
How the church can identify, proclaim and engage abandonment of young adolescents in South Africa, Alwyn Landman
Equipping and catalyzing disciple makers at Front Range Christian Church, Justin Laughlin
An examination of the influence of selected modern innovations on evangelical ecclesiology and soteriology, Christopher E. Lawson
The value of Christian understanding of vicarious suffering : directions for a pastoral care plan in HongDong Diocese, DongPing Francis Li
Creating more effective clergy teams: a process for senior pastors and associates to grow deeper in their call and their understanding of each other, Trisha Miller Manarin
Moral injury and the eucharist : constructing a Christian response to experiences of moral injury in combat veterans, Lucas Frederick McConnell
Blessed be the tie that binds: a model for United Methodist Church mergers that honors the heritage of existing churches and captures the vision of new church starts, Raymond Carter McInnis
The inside out church: the principles of moving an internally focused church to become an externally focused church, Dale Melenberg
Improving relationships within congregations that receive cross-racial and cross-cultural itinerate pastoral appointments, D. Renee Mikell
A strategy for introducing spiritual formation at Cedar Hills Church, M. Colin Moody
A listening discernment in the midst of divisive issues e.g. homosexuality in the United Methodist Church, M. Mochel H Morris
The Procession of the Holy Spirit in the Lutheran Dogmatic Tradition, Christopher J. Neuendorf
Retelling the story--remembering differently : a memorial ritual towards the healing of memories of the victims of the Igbo pogrom of southeastern Nigeria, Martin-Edward Ohajunwa
An evaluation of the journey within: soul care in the African American context, Sakinah O’ Kane- Smith
A Theological Study On Lay Ministry In Korean Society: Focusing On The Concept Of 'Shared Mission', Michael Jaihyung Park
A relevant theological field education program for theological institutions in Liberia, Hilary Gedeporjay Paul
Military ministry through the local church: ministering to the spiritual needs of military members, veterans, and their families, Stephen Ray Peters
A study of change in leadership among murmuring people: in the context of a bi-cultural church, Jaiseon Pi
Developing teams of leaders who establish and sustain missions communities for gospel-needy contexts, Guy Pilkinton
A study of the doctrine of sanctification held by Samuel Rutherford, Song-En Poon
God on the ground, Philip J. Reed
Exploring a Biblical, systematic, historical, and practical theology for understanding and experiencing union with Christ, Keith Scherer
The use of client feedback in faith-based counselling services, Paul K. Scully
Enneagram and the Way of Jesus: integrating personality with Biblical narratives, spiritual practices and the church calendar, A. J. Sherrill
Engaging leaders in spirtual [sic] formation at Beaverton Foursquare Church in Portland, Oregon, Janet Shim
'Ecclesia Enim Per Universum Orben' : Unity In Ephesus As Claimed By Irenaeus, Jonatan C. Simons
Developing spiritual resilience in airmen: a new approach to suicide prevention in the Air Force, William Roe Spencer III
Comparing interracial couples’ experience of belonging at multiethnic churches and at mono-ethnic churches, Richard A. Spenst
Spiritual Formation: A Resource For Incarcerated Men And Women, Larry Sterling
The Twentieth Century Eastern/Oriental Orthodox Dialogue and Its Athonite Critique, Shawn Poothicote Thomas
An analysis of the needs and challenges of young African American women in selected churches, Yvonne B. Tyler
Strengthening missional community: a strategy for creating a new small group expression, D. Toney Upton
Equipping selected leaders of Impact Community Church, Duncan, South Carolina, with interpersonal relationship skills to promote healthy team dynamics, David J. Walker
Increasing resilence through ethical training: a program for the Marines of the First Marine Division, Benjamin Warner
A welcoming God: immigrant children, God, and narrative, Audrey B. Warren
The application of Biblical principles for spiritual health to the mental health needs of post abortion incarcerated women, Lettie Annette Watkins
Miriam as exemplar for the Army chaplain: theological and organizational models for a ministry in the military, Ernst P. West
Learning from neighbors: reimagining mission and pastoral vocation, Lloyd Wicker
Researching and designing a mentoring handbook for professional chaplains at Baptist Community Ministries in New Orleans, Louisiana, T. June Wilder
