The purpose of this multiple organizational case study was to examine the internal and external contributors and inhibitors to the racial and ethnic diversity and inclusion in three U.S. Christian denominations with a high presence of underrepresented races and ethnicities. The …
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An Analysis of effectiveness of The Multicultural Church Initiative (MCI) at Grace Chapel as she moved from Color Blind attendance to Color Brave multiculturalism. Done by interviewing twenty-two key informants who reflected upon the seven major initiatives of: leadership vision…
People have been participating in preaching online for more than two decades, ever since the internet provided enough bandwidth for preachers to preach online and for sermon receivers to receive the proclamation online. In the past decade, it has become affordable and convenient…
When a pastor falls, because of a moral failure or another reason, an entire church is left wounded. At some point a new pastor is called. This pastor can run into obstacles and landmines particular to this situation. This project presents the practices and principles that can g…
Many churches are now directly engaging in global ministry by fostering a long-term partnering relationship with a congregation in a different part of the world. These international congregational partnerships (ICPs) have many different names (partnerships, parish twinning, sist…
Research has indicated trends regarding increased levels of young adult church disaffiliation in the United States. This single-case study sought to understand the ways in which a large non-denominational Christian church effectively engages with young adults. All research findi…
Working in inner-city ministry is one of the most challenging things one could do in North America. The inner city and urban community are plagued with many difficulties. Poverty, crime, unemployment, despair, social injustice, and living with the effects of sin are all part of …
Since its beginning, the Church has marked the joys and sorrows of life through ritual observance. Coming together in times of individual and community trauma can help create a path to wholeness. As people in the United States continue to disaffiliate from organized religion, th…
This paper explores some of the reasons people are not attending Sunday worship and to discover and create ways of being the church in the present time and space. Rather than continuing to do church the way it has always been done and becoming less and less relevant to a growing…
There is a population of individuals classified as having Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). This group of people should be included in places of worship, the schools they attend and the communities where they reside. Consequently, they are sometimes excluded from some occurrences …
The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore how Nazarene pastors described their experiences leading local church revitalization efforts in the West Coast districts of the USA/Canada region of the Church of the Nazarene. Twenty pastors leading such efforts p…
Churches in the United States face tremendous struggles leaving many in decline or near death. Through research and the use of an expert panel, the project director sought to define a healthy church, identify obstacles that churches face, and then provide solutions to those obst…
This case study explored and developed the religious racial socialization (RRS) approach of a Black Baptist pastor in Orange County, California. The aim was to assess how the pastor’s direct messages about race influenced and transformed members’ racial and social views and acti…
This project challenged the street canvasing method of evangelism. It argued that rapport should be built before sharing the gospel. Rapport building techniques were identified then compared to twelve autobiographies of converts to determine if the rapport-building techniques we…
The goals of the current study were to explore Texas Southern Baptist Pastors’ perceptions of violent crisis preparedness and training, explore their experiences with violent crisis preparedness training, and to gain their feedback on why they perceived they were prepared or wha…
In 1686, Massachusetts Bay Colony lost its charter, and the British government exerted more control over Massachusetts, further enveloping the colony into the folds of the Empire. In the same year, the first Anglican church, King’s Chapel, was established in Massachusetts. With …
Churches across the United States struggle to remain sustainable due to low young adult attendance rates. The purpose of this study was to use a modified version Clark and Estes (2008) gap analysis framework to evaluate how knowledge, motivation, and organizational (KMO) influen…
The opening pages of this thesis offer an historical background of the Chin People and describe the traditional life of residents of the Chin State, Myanmar. The writing then focuses on the Christian Chin immigrant churches and the families who have come as refugees and are now …
The project director trained the assimilation team of LaFayette First Baptist Church in LaFayette, Georgia to design an assimilation plan. Upon review of existing church membership practices, the project director sought to address the lack of a clear system to aid attendees, new…