The Evangelical Church Bethel has its origin in the labors of the missionaries of the United Presbyterian Church of North America. It was the deadly influenza of 1918/1919, commonly known as "Spanish flu," which was the reason for the arrival of Dr. Thomas Alexander Lambie at Sa…
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In this project, a responsive reading worship resource, cast in contemporary and inclusive language, based on the historic confessions of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) was developed and tested in three congregations. Readings were selected to give voice to the full range of h…
Life direction decisions are those choices which we affirm as being the appropriate guidance for our life. They project our intentions and reflect our hopes, fears, aspirations and ambitions. They chart the course we will follow and are formative for the other choices we make. T…
This project explores how a group of congregations in geographical proximity to each other can work together to promote their mutual redevelopment and growth. Case in point is the Atlantic City Presbyterian Mission Council (ACPMC), six PCUSA congregations, three of which are pre…
Henry Jessup and the American Presbyterian Mission to Syria faced a new challenge in 1885 when the Ottoman authorities closed various American schools there. Jessup, the Secretary of the American mission, responded with a rhetorical campaign against the Ottoman impositions that …
This study is a constructive analysis of models for preaching about war. It begins by describing the difficulties of preaching about war, then analyzes sixty-six sermons about the Persian Gulf War. The thesis is that the most effective preaching about war establishes profound po…
While Edward Said's theory of Orientalism insightfully probes the production of knowledge in colonial settings, it has been criticized by other theories emphasizing more the voice of indigenous resistance, the independence of the agency from a dominating discourse of a historica…
Traditional treatments of the life and thought of the Scottish Reformer John Knox have failed to address adequately the radical nature of the religious, political, and social changes proposed by Knox. This dissertation attempts to identify the core concerns that motivated Knox, …
This dissertation asserts the value of James Lyon’s Urania to the field of American music history as a vital contribution to the development of music in the British colonies prior to the War for Independence. While previous scholarship acknowledges Urania’s importance as the fir…
The purpose of this project was to enhance and sharpen the pastoral ministry effectiveness of the elders of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Overland Park, Kansas by developing and implementing a contextualized member visitation program strategy. The project featured twenty home …
The purpose of this dissertation is to develop a spiritual response for the Coptic Presbyterians in Egypt that enables them to cope and respond positively to the challenges they face, and equips them to reach out to the majority of the population more effectively in the present …