The purpose of this dissertation is to answer the question: "What should constitute an encapsulated, online-mediated, contextualized leadership development curriculum for the Chinese House Church?" In the aftermath of and during the Cultural Revolution, Chinese Christians faced …
Despite the remote, isolated location of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), the tribal inhabitants of this corner of Bangladesh are beginning to embrace Christianity. Western discipling methods dependent on literacy have limited effectiveness with these tribals who are largely or…
The United States’ church membership, attendance, and affiliations have spiraled downward at an accelerated pace over the past two decades. However, Christians spend much of their time in the marketplace interacting with people from all walks of life. Now is the time for Christi…
This project seeks to increase the discipleship practices of the worship ministry at Park Place Baptist Church in Pearl, Mississippi. Chapter 1 presents the ministry context, rationale, and the methodology for this project. Chapter 2 provides biblical support for the need of the…
Many pastors, lay leaders, and followers of Jesus have a desire to make disciples, but there seems to be a general lack of understanding at the local church level about what it means to make disciples and equip disciple-makers. The Chartis discipleship assessment (www.chartisass…
The Research Author presents “A Study of the Prison Culture of the New York State Department of Corrections with Respect to Discipleship Goals of the Peoples Baptist Church in Brownsville, Brooklyn” as a problem in ministry for the formerly incarcerated members of the Peoples Ba…
This project equipped the members of Portland Memorial Missionary Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky in the process of disciple making. Chapter 1 presents the history and ministry context of Portland Memorial and the goals for this project. Chapter 2 provides exegesis of the…
The project director equipped a select group of men at Redemption Fellowship Church (RFC) to become disciple-makers. The project director chose a disciple-making plan after evaluating the lack of disciple-making efforts at RFC. The acknowledgment of the Great Commission as an ob…
The purpose of this qualitative study was to introduce, engage, and implement discipleship concepts and practices at Breakthrough COGBF to increase attendance, spiritual engagement, retention, and membership among men. The study included comparing the biblical concept of discipl…
The project director developed a discipleship strategy for Salem Baptist Church of Apex, North Carolina. The project director designed the discipleship strategy as a pathway to help members of Salem mature in their faith. In chapter 1, the project director describes the ministry…
This project was designed to develop disciple-makers at Flintville First Baptist Church in Flintville, Tennessee. Chapter 1 explains the context, rational, purpose, and goals of this project. Chapter 2 presents the biblical and theological support for developing disciple-makers.…
For the last twelve years I have served as the District Leader of Sunday School and Discipleship Ministry (SDMI) on the Intermountain District Church of the Nazarene. The mission of this team is to inspire, encourage and equip discipleship leaders from the 55 churches that make-…