Dissertations / Project Portfolios from 2018
Creating an International Learning Community, Marc D. Andresen
Following the Man of Sorrows: A Theology of Suffering for Spiritual Formation, David Russell Beach
Developing Gospel Movement Leaders, Jacqueline E. Bland
A Portrait of a Successful Pastor: Reanimating the Pastor as Shepherd in a Success Oriented Culture, Steve Bontrager
Oral Culture and Digital Natives: What the American Church Can Learn from the Mission Field, Pamela Jean Hiscock Braman
How Does the Presence and Management of Leadership Tension Affect Leaders and the Organizations They Lead?, Aaron A. Cole
The Church Has Left the Building: A Leadership Perspective of Online Church versus Traditional Church, Valerie E. Crumpton
Faith Formation in a Frantic World: Leverage Your Phone to Transform Your Heart and Mind, Gregg Peter Farah
Reviving Aspects of Ateetee: An Arsi Oromo Women's Musical Ritual to Empower Women to Protect Their Human Rights and Participate in Society's Social and Religious Life, Talilee B. Fiqruu
Principles for Success in Succession of the Senior Leader, Phillip D. Goldsberry Sr.
Between Breaths: the Dialogic Shape of Christian Authority, Meghan Larissa Good
The Jesus Quotient: IQ -> EQ -> AQ, Jennie A. Harrop
A Discussion Starter on the Possibilities and Implications of Cultural Intelligence for Worship, Garfield O. Harvey
Shema, Shabbat, Shalom, and a Savior: Implications for Pastoral Ministry, Richard Hovey
The Contemporary Problems and Solutions that Influence the Exodus Population of Christians, Laura Lynn Howard
Transcendence at the Table: a Transfigurational Experience for Ecclesia while Breaking Bread Together, Julia Rachelle Hurlow
EPIC Discipleship Model for the Korean Millennials Through a Hybrid Program, Young-Hoon Jin
A Study in Worship: Blending the African American Style of Preaching with Epic Preaching, Jamale D. Kempt
Engaging Millennials through the Tradition of the Holy Spirit and Mission of the Assemblies of God, Jason D. Kennedy
A Cost-Sensitive Model for Revitalizing United Methodist Churches, Kory Knott
A Rhythm, Ritual and Rule for a Wisdom Monastic Community for Second Half of Life Pilgrims, Mary Laymon
Fostering Equanimity through Spiritual Disciplines to Increase Undergraduate Retention at Greenville University, Patrick Monroe Miller
Never Alone: Discovering the Path to Burnout Avoidance, Rick Millikin
Key Components of a Culturally Relevant Multiethnic Church Model, Pablo Morales
Pastoral Well-Being & Beyond: Three Streams of Pastoral Health and Personal Development, Brandon J. Morrow
The Digital Catechism: Confirmation for a Digital World, James Mueller
Where the Desert Fathers and Mothers Meet Permaculture, Brenda Nagunst
Narrative-Based Visual Theology for Oral Learning Pastor Training, Raymond Neu
Pastoral Leadership for the Small, Rural Church: the Second Career Pastor, Randall C. Nichols
Discipleship for the Next Generation: Engaging the Emerging Generation, Kevin Norwood
Working Priests: Improving the Care for Vineyard Bivocational Pastors, Aaron Peterson
Wrestling for the Souls of the Survivors: Helping Partners who are Married to Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse, John N. Raymond
Satanic Influences in the American Christian Church in a Post-Modern Consumer Society, Jerry F. Ressa
Creating Dialogical Preaching Experiences, Nathan A. Rouse
Towards Women Leaders in the Palestinian Evangelical Church, Madleine Sara
A Semiotic Approach to Conflict Transformation: Can Signs and Symbols Help Make Peace?, Samuel Kefas Sarpiya
The Spirit-Led Coach: an Alternative Approach to Athletic Coaching, Sean Silverii
Her Story: Forming a Woman's Voice in the Pulpit, Mindy Smith
Forming Resilient Rostered Ministers: a Proposed Model for First Call Ministry Formation for the North/West Lower Michigan Synod-ELCA, Christian A. Timm
The Last Judge: Shepherding and Parenting the Church and Laity through a 21st Century Family Dynamic, Kevin Anthony Wade
The Future of Undergraduate Biblical Higher Education: ABHE and the Bible College Movement, T. Scott Womble
Crossing Lines/Weaving Lives: Storytelling as a Means of Building Bridges across the Progressive/Conservative Divide, Jennifer Yocum
God With/In: Heal the World. Sing the Good News, Amanda Zentz-Alo
Creating an Officer Lifescape: a Path for the Vocational and Spiritual Formation of Salvation Army Officer-Moms, Janene Zielinski
Dissertations / Project Portfolios from 2017
The Ecological Gift of Spiritual Formation: A Renewal for Healthy Clergy, Jody Becker
Cultivating Contemplative Availability, Ronald Charles Coward Jr.
Infusing a Paradigm of Mission and Multiplication into the Greater Ohio District of the Wesleyan Church, Christopher Dyer
In the Way They Should Go: Nurturing the Relational and Spiritual Nature of Children, Jamee Free
Praying about Forgiveness in Japanese, English, and beyond Words: Bilingualism as an Underexplored Resource for Christian Spiritual Formation, Andrea Lundquist Johnson
Come to the Table: An Ancient-Future Ecclesiology, Christopher Lapp
A Church Family's Path through Founding Pastor Transition, Nick Martineau
Revitalization of Assemblies of God Churches in Stagnation or Decline, Mark L. Merrill
Roots, Routes, And Religion: Calling Playful Pilgrims To Follow The Way Of Jesus, Pamela Morse
Missional Communities: Why They Are Failing and How to Help Them Thrive, Matthew L. Murphy
Aging Gracefully: The Art of Elegant Kenosis, Mary A. Pandiani
Innovation and the Local Congregation: Unleashing the Creative Power of Communities of Faith, Dan S. Poffenberger
Meaning-Making as a Formational Pathway for Christian Adolescents, Timothy C. Prewette
The Restoration-Focused Church, David Ralph
The Story Pastor: A Faithful and Fruitful Identity for Pastors, Jordan Rimmer
The Established and the Unfolding Tension: A Resonance of Renewal for the Church of the Nazarene, Nathan Michael Roskam
Giving Permission for Creative Preaching in the Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod: Returning to Our Creative Roots, Glen Schlecht
Inner Healing and Deliverance as an Essential Component of the Discipleship Structure of the Local Church, Jonathan Lee Shoo Chiang
Centers and Edges: Toward a Dialogic Remedy for the Eroding Missional Footprint of Ecclesial Organizations in America, Jonathan Allen Spellman
Instilling Health and Vitality into the Third Wave Oraon Churches in Jharkhand, Samuel Stephens
Making the World a Better Place: The Praxis of Christian Community Development as a Church Planting and Multiplication Strategy in Urban Poor Communities in the United States, Phillip W. Struckmeyer
Vantage Point: Using Narrative and Discourse Analysis of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount to Improve Discipleship Outcomes, David J. Swisher
The Study of Brokenness as a Critical Success Factor in the Effective Leadership of the Pastor, Robert Thompson
Overcoming the Unique Spiritual Formation Challenges Experienced by Large-Church Staff, Scott Whaley
Redirecting the International Church from an Oasis Paradigm to Missional Thought, Community and Practice, David W. Young
The Efficacy of Late Antique Spiritual Practices for Family-Based Adolescent Faith Formation, Kevin M. Young
Dissertations / Project Portfolios from 2016
Crossing the Great Divide: Advocating for Cultural Intelligence in the Training of Missionaries to Navigate the Missiological Implications of Globalization, John Mitch Arbelaez
Global Warning: Stereotype Threat in the Global Church, Michael Badriaki
Spiritual Direction with Children the Next Natural Step in the Christian Historical Progression of Children's Spiritual Formation, Lacy Finn Borgo
Revitalization of Moderate Baptist Churches, George Hambric Brooks
Restorying God: Re-Imagining The God of The Bible and Re-Enchanting Our Neo-Secular Selves, Robert Joseph Burnham
Developing an Applied Semiotics of Prophetic Perceptuality, Mark John Chironna
Means of Grace as Formative Holiness: The Role and Significance of John Wesley's Spiritual Formation Practices in The Pursuit of Christian Holiness for The Church of The Nazarene, Aimee Stone Cooper
Spiritual Disciplines of Early Adventists, Heather Ripley Crews
Learning to Listen: Leadership Lessons From North American Indigenous Voices, William P. Dobrenen
"But I Wouldn't Do That": Teaching Cultural Empathy, Julie A. Dodge
Under One Roof: Authentic Leadership As A Way of Retaining G2 Leaders in an Intergenerational Church, Matthew Robert Edwards
Hospitality and The Kingdom of God: Our Invitation to Join the Work of Restoration, Shannon Frances Garvin
Mind The Gap: Navigating the Pitfalls of Cross-Cultural Partnership, Ashley Purcelle Goad
Our Flight From Death is Killing Us: Applying a Psychological Framework to a Christian Understanding of the Human Condition, G. Mark Griffith
Elder-At-The-Fire: Missional Generativity, Jo A. Harlow
Towards a Holistic Practice of Christian Formation: How Ignatian Spirituality Can Help Evangelicalism, Eric Mark Haskins
Biblical Hospitality: An Environment for Leader Development, Joanne L. Holz
Richard Baxter's Paradigm for Pastoral Spiritual Formation, Robert W. Hyatt Jr
Theocentric Vision: A Model for the Discernment of Congregational Vision as Spiritual Formation, Kurtley Elliott Knight
Leaving Decline and Towards Growth: Discovering the Keys to Church Regeneration in South Wales, Elizabeth M. A. Linssen
Spiritual Renovation through Accountability: A Contemporary Look at John Wesley's Class Meeting and his Admonition to Watch over one Another in Love, Robert Marshall
Aging Baby Boomers, Churches, and the Second Half of Life (Challenges for Boomers and Their Churches), Terry L. Nyhuis
The Rule of St. Benedict Contextualized for Southeastern University, James C. Owen
Down to Earth Leadership: Influencing Communities Through the Virtues of Jesus Christ, Deve Persad
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Baptism as Beginning in Christ, and Becoming Like Christ, Eric E. Peterson
Convergent Commensality: Towards Generational Reconciliation Through Differentiated Table Felowship, Daniel Proffitt
Deconstructing Faith and A Disorienting Community, Scott Thomas Scrivner