This dissertation is aimed at increasing the practice of verbal gospel proclamation among Christ followers. Part I lays the foundation for a theological understanding of mission and evangelism. It is here where I examine the practice of evangelism as it pertains to missional eng…
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Compassion ministry in churches can be a great evangelistic tool to win the lost. Pentecostal churches in the district of Tiruchirapalli are increasing in number and they have been using many methods in their evangelistic work. This study seeks to explore the effectiveness of ev…
This project seeks to increase the discipleship practices of the worship ministry at Park Place Baptist Church in Pearl, Mississippi. Chapter 1 presents the ministry context, rationale, and the methodology for this project. Chapter 2 provides biblical support for the need of the…
Most Christians spend most of their waking hours working. Too often, there is a gap between what happens on Sunday worship and Monday work. Churches may fail to address the working needs of church members, including how they bear witness regarding their Christianity at work. Chr…
This study ascertained the factors that influence the decision of Anglophone Caribbean immigrants in South Florida to affiliate or not with a church congregation. The 44 participants in the study were persons who had been active in church congregations in their countries of orig…
The purpose of this dissertation was to examine Messianic Jewish congregational life as it exists in present-day Israel and North America. The focus was on how these congregations Jewish believers in Jesus function in fellowship, discipleship, and evangelism. Sources included su…
Abject poverty, and socioeconomic crisis, and prevailing drought that resulted from ecological imbalance and mismanagement/misappropriation of resources are fundamental problems facing Ethiopia. These combined issues depict Ethiopia with agonizing features to the rest of the wor…
The Ethiopian Orthodox Church (EOC) is non-Chalcedonian, believing that Christ's human and divine natures combined into one nature which is both human and divine. Do Western and Ethiopian Orthodox Christians have the same Christology, but express it differently? If not, how are …
The purpose of this doctoral project is to justify and promote the implementation of a dynamic contextualization in evangelical churches, especially theologically conservative Baptist churches. To support this purpose, this project explores a contextualization that is based on s…
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 project director completed this project to enhance his skill of delivering evangelistic sermon invitations in his preaching context of Myrtle Grove Baptist Church, Pensacola FL. The project director wrote Chapter One to describe the purpose of the ministry project. He descri…
This dissertation focused on how religious coping has changed for ex-Catholic Latino/a evangelical Protestants after their conversion. The research literature on religious coping for Latino/as indicated that religiosity is an important aspect of Latino/a life and that there is a…
Research points to a correlation between customer satisfaction and corporate mission alignment. Mission alignment plays a key role in Market Orientation as an aspect of customer focus and has been tied to increased company performance and profitability. Customers demonstrate loy…
The purpose of this qualitative descriptive research study was to explore how college students describe the influence Christian faith sharing through social media has on their thoughts and behavior at a private, faith-based institution in the Midwestern United States. Bandura’s …
The project director selected a strategy model to catalyze gospel conversations by the members of Stuart Heights Baptist Church among their circles of influence. The project director examined demographic and cultural information revealing decline in religious affiliation. Additi…
Chapter 1 provides an introduction for the project and outlines its goals. This chapter gives the rationale for the project and considers essential background information to understand the unique context of Christ Presbyterian Church (CPC). Chapter 1 communicates that the purpos…
This dissertation examines the theology and practice of evangelism of Lewis A. Drummond to show that effective evangelism does not happen apart from a commitment to biblical inerrancy. Chapter 1 introduces the thesis by examining the utility of a theology of evangelism. The prin…
The cultural aspects of guilt/innocence, shame/honor, and fear/power have received much attention since the twentieth century. While theologians in Western contexts have considered the guilt/innocence aspect and missiologists have researched the shame/honor aspect in missiologic…
This paper explores the dynamics and difficulties facing a Christian chaplain working in an interfaith environment. Particularly, it addresses how the Christian chaplain can provide interfaith pastoral/spiritual care, while remaining true to the Great Commission. Increasingly, C…