The moral and spiritual/religious implications of serving in combat have gained increasing attention over the past few years. An emerging area of research on spirituality/religion and moral injury has documented spiritual/religious change following a traumatic event, with some i…
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The purpose of this dissertation was to examine the connection between attachment to significant persons (mother, father, friend, romantic partner, and global) and attachment to God to ascertain which relationships have the greatest impact on attachment to God. The study then ex…
The research literature suggests that NHS mental health service providers question the helpfulness of Christian leaders in caring for congregants with mental health issues. The lack of appropriate mental health literacy training means that Christian leaders find it challenging t…
African Traditional Religion is variedly enlightened and affected by the Christian Religion as a revealed Religion. The God being sought for by people of different races, times and places has revealed himself to his chosen people in his own design, and in the fullness of time ha…
This dissertation explores the way that Heb 12:1-3 uses a narrative world to instill vision in order to reorient readers who are in a crisis of faith. The first chapter explores the exhortation in Heb 12:1-3 as key to understanding how the writer seeks to reinterpret readers' st…
This project begins by suggesting that the question posed by the Hebrews in exile—“How could we sing the Lord’s song in a foreign land?” (Psalm 137)—is descriptive for individuals who experience loss. In the experience of loss, the securities of a life one has known, even of God…
The first wave of Coptic immigrants to Canada started nearly fifty years ago. Copts came from their motherland Egypt, searching for religious freedom and economical prosperity. The Greater Toronto Area (GTA) became one of the largest centers in Canada where Copts settled with th…
Within the last quarter of a century, we have witnessed the rapid growth of Latino cross-cultural workers serving in places far from home with a growing percentage serving within the borders of primarily Islamic countries. This research proposes to provide these workers with a m…
Deployment to Afghanistan for Marines and Sailors stationed in Jacksonville, NC is continual. The transition back to home life can be both difficult and stressful. The purpose of this thesis is to increase awareness of the dynamics of reintegration of military members and their …
This project connects this author's personal grief narrative with scholarly literature in order to help church leaders and others in the congregation, as they work with families who are experiencing grief due to the death of a child. This paper begins by defining grief, identify…
Redeeming Love Church, like most churches, endeavors to train and unite its ministries and its people to the mission of the church in order to enlarge the kingdom of God. Leadership perceived a disconnect between the stated mission—Growing Leaders to Love God and Love People—and…
Having a child diagnosed with a severe illness is difficult for any parent. However, when the illness is a mental disorder, the symptoms are often masked as rebellious reactions, which can be interpreted as a lack of self-discipline brought on by poor parenting skills. This nega…
There is high demand for Catholic clergy in Nigeria to engage in marital, mental healthcare, family and personal counseling. However, available resources of their seminary formation show inadequate preparation in both skills and techniques for pastoral counseling services. This …
This project is designed to train biblical counselors at Kindred Community Church in Anaheim Hills, California to address issues specific to middle-aged believers. Chapter 1 presents the ministry context of Kindred Community Church and the goals of this project. Chapter 2 provid…
Over the last several decades, pastors, ministers, and other clergy have benefited from countless biblical, ecclesial, theological, and practical resources designed to provide church leaders with appropriate strategies for discipleship, mission work, preaching, and pastoral care…
This dissertation employed qualitative ethnographic research with twelve human subjects, five female Chinese pastors and seven male Chinese pastors from the Sarawak Chinese Annual Conference, the Methodist Church in Malaysia (SCAC). The research seeks to appropriate a postmodern…
Emeklilerin, emekliliğin getirdiği sorunlar ve ruhsal problemlerle başa çıkma süreci, psikolojide gelişim psikolojisi ve sağlık psikolojisi açısından çalışılmıştır. Din psikolojisi alanında ise dinin başa çıkma sürecindeki rolü ele alınmıştır. Bu tezde de emekliliğin getirdiği s…
Much of the American Church praxis fails to give discipleship the primacy accorded in Scripture and instead advocates culturized concepts of success. Church leaders influenced by these practices find themselves pressured by unhealthy definitions of pastoring. The methods derived…
The purpose of this project was to design and implement a biblical counseling ministry support program for SonRise Baptist Church that equips and encourages small group mentors to offer basic biblical counsel to those in need. Chapter 1 outlined the rationale and context of the …