This paper documents the history and conservation of the official flag of the Protestant Episcopal Church c. 1940. The flag is now kept in the archives of The George Mercer, Jr. Memorial School of Theology on the grounds of The Cathedral of the Incarnation, Garden City, NY. The …
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The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of empowering leadership on overall church health. This quantitative study evaluated data collected by Natural Church Development from Assemblies of God churches in the United States between 2006 and 2016. Examining results …
The exercise of power in all its many aspects cannot be disassociated from social conflicts. This, of course, applies to the hierarchical management of the Church. The laity and some clergy have opposed ways that power is exercised in the Church; consequently, these two groups h…
Supersessionism is the view that the church is the new or true Israel that has permanently replaced or superseded national Israel as the people of God. This dissertation intends to make a contribution to theology by offering a systematic presentation and analysis of the doctrine…
This study investigates “the separation of the church and the synagogue in first-century Rome.” We speak of the “church” and the “synagogue” because it is only in their concrete forms that Christianity and Judaism can be investigated historically. We refer to “first-century Rome…
This ministry project studies middle-size church peculiarities, organizational theory, systems theory and theories of change in order to identify a process of change that is both faithful to Christian concepts of community and effective in helping a church move through significa…
This dissertation examines Tutu's demand that the church in South Africa must be an instrument of justice and reconciliation for the oppressed and the marginalized. It advances the argument that Tutu's demand for the church to be involved in the struggle against apartheid is bas…
This study has identified conceptual issues for the development of receptor-oriented communication strategies among young, educated, urban Hui (YEU-Hui) Muslims in a China's northwestern cities in order to achieve culturally relevant churches in those areas. The study includes a…
The centrality of II Corinthians 3:7–18 in the Christian imagination first emerged in 2nd century exegetical debates concerning the inspirational status of Hebrew Scriptures. Arguments marshaled by Irenaeus and Tertullian affirmed that the whole Old Testament was to be considere…
This project seeks to help associate pastors of pastoral care in mega-churches mobilize others in caring ministry while recognizing the effects of consumer culture on pastoral care. This includes drawing all clergy staff into pastoral care ministry and challenging their resistan…
This dissertation examines the fourth-century church complex excavated, between 2006 and 2008, at Ain el-Gedida, in the Dakhla Oasis of Upper Egypt.1 The church and the set of interconnected rooms that form the complex are one of the earliest examples discovered in Egypt thus fa…
This study examined whether HIV/AIDS activities were more frequent among churches with needs and assets for HIV/AIDS prevention and control in Aba, Nigeria and whether this connection was mediated by collective efficacy. A cross-sectional design was used to obtain data in two ph…
The goal of this project is to establish John's perception of the relationship between the church and Israel in light of the redemptive work of the Lamb and then make some attempt to place this perception against the backdrop of the developing schism between Jews and Christians …
It is well known that Ethiopia has been a Christian nation since 325 A.D. Therefore, how the majority of the Oromo people became Muslims is an issue that must be dealt with. This study analyzes the historical development of Christianity and Islam in Ethiopia, with special attent…
This dissertation is concerned with the interaction between the Ottoman state and the institution of the Greek Orthodox Church from the mid-fifteenth to the sixteenth century. Attention is directed towards the Church's transformation from a Byzantine state sponsored religious an…
This dissertation evaluates the activities of the church in Nigeria and its contribution to national development. Christianity came to Nigeria through missionary activities of various parts of the western world and South Africa and was firmly established in the late eighteen cen…
Indigenous church leadership is a new phenomenon in North Africa. Until recently, non-Muslim background believers were the only leaders of churches in this region. With the current growth of national churches there are more and more leaders from a Muslim background. While a few …
For the author of the fourth Gospel, there is neither a Christless church nor a churchless Christ. Though John's Gospel has been widely understood as ambivalent toward the idea of 'church', Andrew Byers argues that ecclesiology is as central a Johannine concern as Christology. R…
For the author of the fourth Gospel, there is neither a Christless church nor a churchless Christ. Though John's Gospel has been widely understood as ambivalent toward the idea of 'church', Andrew Byers argues that ecclesiology is as central a Johannine concern as Christology. R…