This research project was a phenomenological study seeking to uncover lived student experiences on mentoring with specific interest in student spiritual development at a diverse student community on a Christian college campus. Previous research on the topics of both mentoring an…
While research about mentoring in higher education is extensive, studies focused on mentoring in Asian higher education are limited and few address mentoring in Asian theological education. In recent years there have been calls for theological educators in Asia to recognize and …
The Purpose of writing An Evaluation of a Leadership Development Program’s Impact on the Missional Mindedness of Leaders in Trinidad was to examine the effects of a leadership development program on leaders in Trinidad to produce increased missional mindedness to mobilize others…
The researcher was sought out to provide professional advice on the best practices to enhance the curriculum of 210Leaders which focuses on the integration of faith and work in marketplace. The curriculum is designed to be used in discipleship groups, referred to as 210Groups, o…
One of the most critical issues concerning the church growing and continuing with a healthy system relies on its leadership. In this research, the reader will find a sample of how a minor change can put the church back on its path. Quoting Dan Heath, “Tiny shifts in large system…
Machismo has been a traditional reality for most Latino communities for much too long and unfortunately, it does not seem to be making an exit any time soon. To serve as a counteract for machismo, this thesis encourages for Universities to add onto training programs for faculty …
Within the network of the church connected to Holy Trinity Brompton (HTB), very few female church leaders and church planters exists. The purpose of this research was to identify best practices used by HTB network ministry leaders who have successfully identified and/or trained …
There is a growing desire by Bangladeshi National Churches (BNCs) to see indigenouschurch-planting movements multiply. This growing desire has motivated some localchurches to multiply their churches through facilitative partnerships with missionalchurches or organizations. Howev…
Problem: The Florida Conference of Seventh-day Adventists administration was concerned about its effectiveness as an evangelistic organization due to changes in societal norms. They felt a need for a paradigm shift to keep ministry relevant to its membership and to find new meth…
This study focused on an assessment of a formal mentoring program at a Christian university in the northwest. The research design employed surveys and interviews with both mentees and mentors. The survey of mentees used a series of measures to assess mentor inputs (career-relate…
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once stated, “Faith is taking the first step even when you can’t see the whole staircase.” (Waterford, 2020). This type of blind faith has been a vocal proponent in the triumphs of minorities since the beginning of time (Liviatan, 2011). It is this sa…
Dr. R. Eugene Sterner was one of the most significant leaders to emerge in the life of the Church of God Reformation Movement in the second half-century of her history. By 1945 he was one of the leading young pastors in the movement and chosen to succeed Dr. Dale Oldham as the p…
God’s call on an individual’s life is a call to action and to serve. “Calling is not only a matter of being and doing what we are, but also of becoming what we are not yet but are called by God to be.” (Barton, 2008, 79). The trajectory to that call is a journey that must be exp…
By fundamentally integrating mentorships within an organizational context, minority frontline managers may perceive their work as a value to the organization and as a result, achieve heightened job performance directly influencing personal growth beyond their position. This qual…
Emerging adults who serve in campus ministry following college graduation sacrificially give the early years of their careers to work that offers little likely career advancement. Mentors have historically provided development and professional guidance, especially during the ear…
This project was designed to evaluate and improve the internship program that was developed for the West Virginia Baptist Convention and to help interns work through a process of discernment of a call to ministry as they worked through the program alongside their assigned mentor.
We can no longer understand and interpret American Church values the way we did years ago because the culture has changed drastically. The United States has become more of a mission field, and Church leaders must be prepared to apply new solutions to serve its community. Pastori…
“There are too many Lone Ranger Pastors.” I remember hearing this statement very early in pastoral ministry. The itinerant nature of pastoral ministry in the United Methodist Church can at times make isolation and loneliness feel like the default position of ministry, but this i…