The project director set out to design a strategy for membership accountability at Water’s Edge Church in Virginia Beach, VA. The project reflects the process of research and development that went into the strategy, along with the steps taken to prepare various groups within the…
This thesis provides an examination of the emergence and development of Sir Oswald Mosley’s British Union of Fascists in the Midlands between 1932 and 1940. It charts the fascist presence in four major cities: Birmingham, Stoke-on-Trent, Coventry and Leicester. The BUF is the la…
This dissertation analyzes practitioner implementation of values-laden policy in the organizational setting. Its primary focus is on understanding the processes of learning and change that take place when practitioners’ deeply held beliefs come into conflict with values-laden po…
This dissertation addresses desire for queer community history and the historically situated creation of community knowledge. Drawing on my work as founding co-director of the Pittsburgh Queer History Project, I approach this subject through the study of an underground gay and l…
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…
This project was designed to develop an understanding of church membership at Rock Valley Bible Church in Loves Park, Illinois. Chapter 1 presents the history and ministry context of Rock Valley Bible Church and the goals of this project. Chapter 2 provides exegesis of five pass…