Dissertations / Project Portfolios from 2023
Transgenerational Wellness: Trauma Informed Christian Spiritual Formation, Winford Amos
Storied Discipleship: Nine Practices for Jesus-Shaped Living, David Bach
The Wise Professor: The Skillful Art of Living in God's Mission, Aaron Badenhop
Reading Creation: Listening to the Spirit of God Through Engaging the Natural World, Benjamin L. Black
Belonging: The Heart of Our Family Calling, Janice M. Brewer-Stevens
Toward Wholeness: Discovering Intimacy With Jesus Through Holistic Healing, David H. Brown
The Love Effect: Crossing Our Divides Together Into Flourishing, Lang Charters
The Watering Place™: Creating Space For Spiritually Dehydrated and Hurried Women, Donna M. Cox
Race Matters: the Gospel, Racial Reconciliation, and the Church, Terry Crist
The Loft: Where Gen Z Goes to Build Relationships and Discover Spiritual Truths, Jeremy S. DeWeerdt
Building the Bridge and Crossing It: Using Digital Media to Connect Churches With Their Local Community, Andrew Blair Farley
Ears To Hear: Healing Clergy Deafness, Chesarae Fletcher
Infobesity: How Does Information Overload From Digital Technologies Affect Our Relationship With Jesus, Andy Gabruch
Impressions and Arrows: Forming Faithful Preteen Hearts, Wes Gallagher
Renewing a Nation: the Impact of the African Diaspora on the African American Family, Culture and the Black Church, Lolita R. Gilmore-Randall
Back to Eden: A Practical Ecotheology and Entrepreneurial Endeavor, Laura W. Gordon
Mteule: A Program of Healing and Spiritual Growth, Kathy Ham
Reimagining the Church's New Member Experience Through Mutual Storytelling, Laura Holland
Economic Peacemaking a New Master's Degree in Community Economic Development, Brian Humphreys
GCM: Generations in Community on Mission a Theoretical Framework for Intergenerational Disciples on Mission, Denise C. Johnson
Story Communion: A Guidebook for Creating Sacred Space to Foster Kinship Amid Diversity in Christian Communities, Amber Hogan Jones
Built to Last: An In-Depth Look at the Multisite Church and Ministry Succession, Scott R. Jones
Place Informs Posture: Developing a Model of Spatial Lectio Divina for Under-Resourced African Christian Leaders, Chris Kamalski
Spiritual Care The Needs of the Dying, Carmen Kampman
Korean American Young Adults: Spiritual and Emotional Formation Though Art, Hesed Lee
Spiritual Formation and Trust Building Envisioned for Nerima Baptist Church's Leaders in Japan Through Group Spiritual Direction, Nozomu Makita
Sanctified; a Formational Hermeneutic of the Sanctuary in Seven Reflections, Miguel Mendez
Sol's Porch: Seeking a More Unified Church in a Divisive Culture, Kevin Miller
Evangelical Prayer Beads: An Opportunity To (Re)Introduce The Use Of Prayer Beads To Evangelicals, Dan Alex Payne
Becoming a Spiritually Formed Leader an Invitation to a Life-Long Journey of Stability, Fidelity, and Obedience, Brad Pembleton
A Seat at the Table: Why the Seat You've Been Entrusted With is More Vital Than the Position You're Entitled To, Donna Pisani
Early Church History: Inspiring and Educating the Faith of Millennials, Troy Rappold
Healthy Souls and Steady Hands: A Relational Model for Soul Care of Rural, Assemblies of God Pastors, Nathaniel E. Rhoads
Healing Through Homecoming Rediscovering the Hospitality of Jesus as the Mission Tone of the Church, W. Matthew Rice
Jesus Tribe, Christopher Richardson
Crossing the Jordan Together: Recoding the Language of Discipleship Used Among the Tribes of Jesus Followers, Brian D. Russell
Facing Jesus: Rediscovering Jesus Through Art, Imagery, and Imagination, Julie Schendel
Ideas Explosion! How Church Can Create More Ideas, Scott M. Shelton
Re-Innergized The Ministry of the Holy Spirit, Stacey Spence-Baldwin
Thriving Pastors Cohort: Expanding Capacity for Lifelong Ministry, Michael Spivey
An Examination of Ministry Essentials for the 21 Century Post Pandemic African American Urban Church, Kenneth Sullivan Jr.
The Decline in Black Men's Church Attendance: The Role of Male Presence in Church and the Family, Gregory James Tate
Becoming All Flame Orthodox Spiritual Formation Curriculum and Lenten Meditation Based On the Liturgical and Monastic Tradition, Melaku Terefe
Liberated Voices an Online Course in Speaking Up, Seth J. Thomas
The Mass Exodus of Black Millennials From the Black Church: In Search of Biblical Blackness, Jacqueline A. Trim
The Church Surviving Crisis An Examination of Leaders' Disaster Response, Joel A. Tudman
Ecumenical Diplomacy: The Art of Welcoming Dialogue for the Sake of Mutual Christian Collaboration Toward Peacemaking, Justice, and Ethical Citizenship, Tiffanie Paige Wilson
Space Preacher and the Horror of ISIS (A Film), Joanna Wirtz
Dissertations / Project Portfolios from 2022
Eucatastrophic Tales: Tell the Story of God through Children's Literature, Matthew Beck
Imago Dei: Identity, Story, and Who We Are in Christ, James Dylan Branson
Building a Successful Young Alumni Program through Mentoring at the King's University, Kathleen Dian Busch
The Inevitable Church, Min Choi
The SatNav Series: Discipleship Journeys in Today's Culture, Tracy Cotterell
Discovering & Raising the "Trafficking Awareness Level" (TAL) in Avalon, Ron L. Eroen
Finding TOV: a Workbook, playbook sketchbook & Coaching Framework, Henry John Graf V
Biblical Contradictions: Embracing the Errors of Scripture as our Spiritual Teachers, Henry Craig Hadley
Bridging the Digital Divide: Digital Technology and Church, Martina L. Hagler
Discovering Life through Loss and Grief, Darcy L. Hansen
Teaching the Art of Sacred Storytelling for Use in Ministry, AbbyLynn Haskell
Semiotic Transfiguration: Becoming More Fully Human, Vern Hyndman
Bridging the Gap: A Guided Journey Engaging the Christian Faith Across Generations, Chad Ibach
The Shimmering Cathedral: Extraordinary Spiritual Experiences and the Meaning We Make of Them, Seth Daniel Jones
A Better Way: Using Richard Hooker's Notion of 'Image of God' to Work Through and Past Microaggressions in the Episcopal Church, Tamara J. Knowles
Foursquare Path: A Discipleship Journey Rooted in the Foursquare Gospel, Timothy Lee
Effective Hospice Chaplain Ministry, Dawn M. Linder
Single and Christian Masterclass and Community, Ryan Lui
Women's Holistic Transformation and Self-Help Groups, Desta Demessie Madie
Hope for the Heartbroken: A Sacred Space for Grace, Patricia Mayes
Apprentice Life: Finding Life in the Way of Jesus, Tim C. McCarthy
Bridging the Gap Between Orthodoxy and Orthopathy in the Life of The Reformed Pastor, Daniel McKinney
Contextualized Marketplace Ministry, Jamilah Merrick
Addressing Nurse Burnout, Matthew Panattoni
Old Faith New: Risking It All For The Kingdom of God, Bridget Thornton
The Battle Against Human Sex Trafficking: A Faith-Focused Approach Toward Making a Difference, Nancy VanderRoest
A New Paradigm for Ministry in the World: Spiritual Care Services of Maine, Lori H. Whittenmore
Counteracting Systemic Racism The Role of the Multiethnic Church, Janice Wilson
ReStory Your Church, Mark Youngman
Dissertations / Project Portfolios from 2021
Combating Ministry Burnout By Honoring Human Limitations, Dominic Abaria
A Taste of the Kingdom: Re-Imaging and Re-Articulating Kingdom Community, Jay J. Anderson
Calm and Quiet My Soul: A Holistic Approach to Spiritual Care for the Mothering Pastor, Alyssa Bell
Re-Imagining Ecclesiology: A New Missional Paradigm For Community Transformation, Michael J. Berry
The Green Lectionary: Creation Care and the Revised Common Lectionary, George Jacob Bolton V
Invitational Vulnerability: Practices that Increase Communal Resiliency by Nurturing Belonging Across Difference, Jenn Rombeek Burnett
A Community's Responsibility to Help Unaccompanied Homeless Teens, Spokane Valley, Calvin Bruce Coblentz
Transitional Ministry 2.0: When Transitional Ministry Finds Itself in Transition, Brian Craker
Signs of Atonement: Eucharist and Mimetism in the Brazilian Church, Guilherme Ribeiro De Paula
The Sobramesa Dinner Group: Discipline Boomers in Active Adult Living Communities, James Divine
Cultivating a Disciple-Centric Growth Culture in the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel, Tammy Dunahoo
Contextualizing and Defending the Gospel for Gen Z: A Chastened Rationalistic Approach to Christian Apologetics, Harry Edwards
A View of the Future from the Broad Top: Reaching, Connecting, and Engaging with Zillennials in Rural Pennsylvania, Jared Fields
The Development of a Robust, Self-Sustaining Internal Coaching Network, Harry Fritzenschaft
The Household of God: Building Communities of Shalom, Jodi Gatlin
The Invitation of Desire for God Opened by the Stories of Christian Mystics, Kathi Gatlin
From Recreational to Sacramental: Observing Past Entheogenic Practices and Considering Their Potential Application in the Future of Christianity, Heath Hollensbe
Winsome Wounds: A New Perception of Pastoral Suffering, Stephanie Hurd
Meshed Ministry: Retaining Young Adults During their Complex Migration into Adulthood, Randy Jumper
Vile Methods: Bridging Divides and Expanding Churches' Understanding of Creativity, Tyler Jack Kaufmann