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…
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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 …
The purpose of the present study is to determine the relationship between religious and existential variables and the Animal-Human Continuity Scale (Templer et al., 2006). The AHCS measures the extent that the respondent views animals and humans in a dichotomous versus a continu…
When approached for spiritual and emotional support, many religious leaders avoid pastoral care outreach to persons who have been previously incarcerated. Rather than embracing and guiding the ex-offender toward spiritual and emotional healing, many faith leaders treat those who…
Aim: The purpose of this research is an attempt to examine the 'black box' of religious leaders' contact with people with mental health problems in the community. Background: In the UK and elsewhere there is a growing recognition that people in psychiatric distress will often se…
The methodology of this study is a hermeneutic and imaginal one that captures the mythological threads that are the foundation of healing. Discovering and integrating these archetypal and psychic energies with those who are seriously ill and with their caregivers, is the focus o…
As part of the campus ministry of Cru, Design Movement seeks to come alongside the South Asian American college community. The purpose of this research was to gauge the effectiveness of specific training materials for equipping campus ministry workers for the ministry of Design …
The current foster care system in the United States remains overloaded and overwhelmed. This has led to a foster system that suffers from a lack of capacity, stability, and quality. The Church, however, holds the answer to addressing the crises facing the foster care system beca…
Pastors and ministry leaders have a passion to serve God in their vocation. The call to ministry can be rewarding and fulfilling. Pastors and ministry leaders are called by God to exalt God before the people of God. Yet, ministry comes with a price that all ministry leaders must…
Christian fulfillment of the Great Commission following Jesus’s and Paul’s model prioritized gospel outreach to Jewish people. This study first analyzed biblical-theological literature, social science literature, and practical theology literature, seeking guidance for Jewish out…
Despite the growing interest in Christian faith development through Bible study, prayer groups, literature, and other media, there has been little to no research completed in the area of discipleship of worship leaders. This study will be an examination of discipleship activitie…
The purpose of this project was to develop a ministry plan to implement biblical eldership at Graefenburg Baptist Church in Waddy, Kentucky.
Preachers who seek to address conflict or controversial issues from the pulpit often encounter homiletic models that either encourage taking a stand (the “prophetic”) or keeping the peace (the “pastoral”), both of which prioritize transmission of a message over the relational ef…
Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) presented Jews in America an unprecedented opportunity to participate in a teaching profession that would transform the nature of clergy education in America and to do so specifically as Jews. This training for religious leaders to provide care …
Although emotional intelligence research continues to increase across various industries and business contexts, relatively little research on emotional intelligence has occurred within the faith-based non-profit sector. The lack of research is noticeable as it relates to clergy …
Awareness is the precursor to change. This research project seeks to raise awareness and the significance of the foundational elements of missional church life at King of Glory Lutheran Church in Williamsburg, Virginia. It does so by first establishing the foundational elements …
Religion benefits both mental and behavioral health in the general population, but not among gay, bisexual, and queer-identified (GBQ) men. Non-affirming monotheistic religion, by causing internalized homophobia (IH), is a risk factor for most GBQ men’s mental health. High IH an…
The purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to determine to what extent a significant relationship existed between volunteers' perception of the virtuous leadership of ministry leaders' (operationalized using the cardinal virtues) and the self-reported spiritual wel…
Adult survivors of familial trauma present with many seemingly unrelated psychiatric and relational issues well into adulthood. Developmental and familial trauma is emerging in the research as a subset of complex posttraumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD). This specific type of trau…