The purpose of this research project is to study how barriers and bridges influence the reception of the Christian message by the Yalunka people in West Africa. The objective is for mission leaders to be able to determine the most effective methods and Scripture tools to use for…
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This study examines certain passages of the Bible for better understanding of the Bible in the light of God's mission for his church. The understanding provides insights to instruct missional practice today, particularly among the Nigerian Baptists. Chapter 1 deals with introduc…
This study applies Michael Polanyi's concept of latent knowledge to biblical echoes and allusions in order to elucidate the role of suffering in the fulfillment of Gen 1:28. Specifically, we explore whether a latent understanding of the relationship between Gen 1:28 and 3:16 as …
This thesis investigates the efforts of the West Indian Church to establish and run a fascinating Mission in an area of West Africa already influenced by Islam or traditional religion. It focuses mainly on the Pongas Mission's efforts to spread the Gospel but also discusses its …
This qualitative study examined the experience of journalists who had covered the war in Iraq since March 2003, and how it influenced their understanding of the mission and roles of the journalist. It explored what journalists saw as their mission before and after going into the…
Nationalist movements typically describe their vision of the nation and its desired state as the true and eternal one. In reality, however, the articulated definitions of key foundational attributes of the nation-state, including its appropriate territorial borders, membership b…
The confluence of three streams--the success of the modern missionary movement, the pervasiveness of globalization, and the latent potential of the interdependent body of Christ--indicate that advancing the mission of God in the twenty-first century calls for new ways of thinkin…
This humanistic research explores the central Christian doctrine of the Trinity as a guide for reviewing the apostolate and reshaping the mission of the Church and religious education in the Catholic Diocese of Awka in Nigeria. The study contends: the Christian belief in the Tri…
Ramon Llull is justly famous as a philosopher, mystic, and a missionary. He is perhaps less well known as an advocate of crusade and a writer of crusade plans. This thesis seeks to reconcile the opposition between missionary efforts and crusade activities in the late Middle Ages…
In 1 Peter 2:9-12 the apostle Peter presents what can rightly be called a biblical theology of the mission of God's people in the world, using texts from various eras of salvation history as a basis for his missional exhortation of the church in his day. Peter quotes or alludes …
This qualitative study described the experiences of members of the United States Armed Forces in communicating and maintaining relationships with family and other loved ones while deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan. Service members described a range of communication issues related …
The aim of this dissertation is to present a more nuanced and comprehensive understanding of the noun [ger] in the book of Deuteronomy (D), which contains more [ger] occurrences than any other Old Testament (OT) book. After making a case for the translation "immigrant" in most b…
Statement of project. The purposes of this project were first, to study the multifaceted aspects and the importance of ASI (Association of Privately Owned Seventh-day Adventist Services and Industries) in the United States of America, and second, to develop an approach for the e…
This dissertation sets out to prove that when the church ignores Pauline orthopraxy in cross-cultural mission, especially in the area of finances, it places unnecessary obstacles in the path of the missio Dei. To do so, an investigation into Paul's socio-economic status is under…
This study describes the Church's Kingdom mission through power ministries among the urban poor people in Lupang Pangako, Metro Manila. The urban poor are one of the largest target populations of today's mission. Mission focused on the urban poor should be understood biblically,…
This dissertation, based on extensive oral data as well as archival documents gathered in Nigeria, France and Ireland, examines the interactions between local women and the Roman Catholic mission in Onitsha, Nigeria, from the founding of the mission in 1885 to 1964. It traces tr…
The aim of this study is to investigate the picture of Jesus as the eschatological Davidic Shepherd in Matthew's Gospel. The rich shepherd/sheep images, the puzzling association of the Son of David with healing ministry, and the theme of the restoration of Israel in the Gospel, …
This thesis develops a practical theology for mission with Millennials. This theology engages in an Empirical Task as it gathers data; engages in an Interpretive Task as it reviews the multi-disciplinary conclusions drawn for that data; engages in a Normative Task of identifying…
This dissertation examines the role that Churches of Christ missionary Sarah Andrews (1863-1961) played in transforming the denomination’s identity in the twentieth century. In partnership with Japanese missionary Iki Naemura, Andrews extended the presence of the denomination to…