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Theses/Dissertations from 2017
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
Examining The Extent Of Erasmus' Influence Upon Zwingli's Interpretation Of 'The Rock Was Christ', Gregory Alan Moffitt
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
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
