Dissertations from 2013
Church, culture and arts: the supremacy of arts in engaging church with culture in the twenty-first century North American urban neighborhoods, Richard Yung H. Chung
Jesus and his Jewish World: A Resource That Brings First-Century Biblical Context into the Twenty-First-Century World Through Technology, Paul D. Conway
Holiness of heart and life for the 21st-century church, Catherine Newberry Davis
The faith journey in H3, Randall J. Davis
The Jesus prayer for Pentecostals: a fresh proposal for spiritual formation in the Pentecostal church, Charles T. Dawes
Living Rhythms: Movements Toward Health and Holiness, Jill K. Sidler Fleagle
The Hope of an Open Hand: Civility as an Invitation to Incarnational Ministry, Kevin Dwight Glenn
How information communication technology can reshape missional ecclesiology: the making of a technomissional church, Michael D. Hearn Jr.
No longer in Kansas: the mainline church in the postmodern age, Susan Leo
Redeeming disruptions: a recommended model of spiritual formation for Christian Churches of the Pacific Northwest, Tony L. Nelson
Transcending the cultural and socio-political conditions in Friends decision-making processes: case of Burundi, David Niyonzima
Re-placing the church: missional opportunities in the emerging energy crisis, Brandon D. Rhodes
Identity formation in mixed-gender leadership community: forming leadership relationships around a common identity and a shared biblical narrative, Vicki A. Scheib
The Role of Spiritual Formation and Ministry Governance in Developing Mission-Oriented Governing Boards, Allen Schoonover
Describing a Pentecostal Spirituality and Eploring these Expressions within a Spiritual Formation Model, Jeremy Daniel Sims
Funny uncles and sons of Hell: gospelling in a persistent postmodern world, Joseph R. Skillen
Finding the way forward: re-introducing the practice of discernment as a means of determining God's direction for the Church of God reformation movement, Bruce W. Steffensen
Relational discernment : moving towards a holistic approach, Vonna Thomas
Message, Mode and Milieu: Recalling an Ancient Approach to Christian Discipleship Sufficient for the Western-Consumerist Context of the American College Student, William John Westfall
Does the presence or absence of virtues define the character of a leader and impact performance?, Glenn A. Williams
The right stuff at the right time: helping emerging leaders develop a leadership foundation, Randy Worden
Dissertations from 2012
Positive deviance : empowering ecclesial contextualization with theological praxis, Douglas Wayne Balzer
Image of grace: seeing and sharing the gospel through imagery, David Banks
Saturday leadership: submitted, engaged leadership for the exilic and templeless church, Henry Berg
Preparing men for eldership in an upper middle class local church through small group mentoring, Greggory Borror
Fingerprints of God: change and innovation at work in the church, Kristin D. Longenecker Bullock
Spiritual direction as preventative clergy care: presented in a Wesleyan Quadrilateral paradigm, Terry L. Clees
Inviting and encouraging racial, cultural, ethnic, and generational diversity within ecclesial community, Matthew D. Deames
Creating depth in the shallows: discipling Millennials in a technological culture, Carla Ann and Matthew Dyment
Empowered coaching: drawing out the best in those you lead, Dennis W. Easter
The church revolution from the edge, Dottie Escobedo-Frank
Four-footed ministers in formation: the four-footed ministers pastoral-care program training manual for dog ministry based on the CAM/PS model, Jerilyn E. Felton
Voices of the Imago Consumere: the dialogic formation of Christian identity in American consumer iculture, William D. Gibson
The 100 words that make us Christian, Thomas E. Ingram
Building a strong and firm marriage for Asian immigrant couples, Djohan Kusnadi
The response-able church: the incarnational identity of embraced spontaneity, Ted Moeller
Catechetical approach to redefining relationship between pastors and members of the congregation with an eye to mitigating pastoral burnout, Laurie J. Mulkey
Music as a bridge: an alternative for existing historical churches in reaching young adults, David B. Parker
A new creation: reimagining the beginning, the end and everything in between toward an evangelical environmental ethos, Russell Jerrold Pierson
Formed: a curriculum for Christlikeness for new monastic communities, Kevin Rains
A new way of life in ministry: sustaining hope in the midst of burnout, Benjamin C. Staley
A church in reformation: the Anglican Church of Canada responding to missio dei, Susan Titterington
The glory you gave me : a narrative theological approach to integrating and reconciling marginalized people within the local church community, Donna K. Wallace
The once and future church: discipleship and the hope of United Methodism, William H. Watson
Dissertations from 2011
Designing Communitas, Kevin Tyler Bates
Who cares? establishing and integrating care systems within a framework of faith communities, medical centers, and government agencies, Elizabeth T. Boatwright
A contemplative vocational discernment model for Christian college students, Barbara K. Dewald
Listening Life: An Approach to Spiritual Formation at Newberg Friends Church, Stephen D. Fawver
Under One Umbrella: Multiple Communities, One Church, Timothy Jacob Gillespie
Under One Umbrella: Multiple Communities, One Church, Timothy Jacob Gillespie
Conflict and the campus ministry leader : a strategy for preparation, Robert S. Henry
Adventures in churchland: discovering the beautiful mess Jesus loves, Dan Kimball
Anglican Eucharistic Liturgy: a Church-Planting Hope for the Post-Christian Culture of the Pacific Northwest, Anthony D. Kriz
The coming God: pursuing a theology of hope, Ed Love
Desert Living for Modern Day Ministers: Embracing the Life and Practice of Desert Living in Ministry Today, Kaye L. McKinley
The relationship between the great commission, the most important commandment, and abundance, Mark McNees
Dependence Versus Independence: an Evaluation of the Relationship between World Gospel Mission and the Africa Gospel Church in Kenya, Patrick L. Murunga
Sustaining team leadership in recovery at Magnolia Baptist Church in Riverside, California, Richard Perez
Re-imaging leadership development for Millennials, John Scott Ramsey
The moral and ethical influence by the Christian faith community upon the non-Christian population of Harney County, Oregon, John D. Stauffer
Faith Journeys in the Lives of Baby Boomers, William Henry Stewart Jr.
Imagery in Spiritual Formation: Recovering a Lost Art, John P. Stone
Spiritual direction and evangelicals : exploring its growth, Duzer Margie Van
Spiritual abuse : when the system becomes the persecutor, Gary R. Veenhuizen
Spiritual Abuse: When the System Becomes the Persecutor, Gary R. Veenhuizen
The Nature of Evangelism in Missional Churches, Russell York
Dissertations from 2010
Faith at work: how churches can better enable believers to integrate their personal faith in the workplace, Stuart D. Dugan
Leading as You Were Designed: Applying a Career Assessment Tool for Pastoral Compatibility in Ministry, Cameron R. Garven
Early Stage Adult Christian Formation in Emerging Northwest Culture, Robert E. Hunter
Never the Same: Using Short-term Missions as a Tool for Spiritual Formation, Thomas G. Moon
Rethinking missions: a pathway for helping the next generation to fulfill Christ's Great Commission, Jon Olson
Mobilizing Christ-followers for kingdom ministry, Shonnie Scott
X-ile, Todd Seelau
Mission Fields Across the Street: Sending and Supporting Simple Church Planters as Local Missionaries, Rick Shrout
The Good Soil Process: A Strategic Missional Process for American Institutional Churches, Keith Tilley
Pastoral Premarital Counseling for Bi-cultural Traditional Chinese and Chinese American Couples, Joseph Yeung
Dissertations from 2009
The Role of Human Emotion in Christian Discipleship, Alex Bryan
That They May Be One: Spiritual Formation and its Locus in Community, Phillip G. Carnes
It Takes a Missional Order to Raise a Leader: "Order-ing" Leadership Communities for Life Transformation and Missional Impact, Daniel L. Steigerwald
Sustaining Spiritual Leadership for the Long Haul: The Center for Spiritual Renewal at Barclay College, David O. Williams
Dissertations from 2008
Consumer Theology: Its Causes, Effects, and Solution, R. Douglas Bailey
A Proposal for Creating a Master of Divinity Specialization in Stewardship and an MA in Stewardship and Development Program, John R. Frank
Postmodern Trinitarian Philosophy: A Multiperspectival Approach, John Barry King Jr
Offering Hope: Ministry with the Chronically Ill, Marti Gates Lundy
Finding Life: An Organic Model of Renewal for Existing Churches, Thomas E. Rester Jr.
Exploring the Impact of Consumerism and the Role of Stewardship in the Church, Christine Roush
Remembering to be Faithful: The Role of Humility in the Revitalization of Pentecostal Churches, James O. Williams
Movies as the Vernacular of Adolescence, Jacob Youmans
Dissertations from 2007
Becoming Missional : Essential Characteristics Necessary in Transitioning the Church to Engage a Postmodern Culture, James R. Armstrong
E-Learning and the Academy: A New Paradigm for Training Youth Ministry Students, Richard Chromey
Preach to Reach: Seven Characteristics of Effective Evangelistic Preaching, Alan Ehler
Maintaining Spiritual Connectedness Over an Entire Ministry by Elders in the North Georgia Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, Charles W. Green
Pastoral Care, an Effective Front Porch for the Postmodern Church, Mark B. Hale
Wealth and Discipleship in Affluent America, Jeffrey T. Lincicome
Creating an Environment for Growth: Utilizing Classical Spiritual Disciplines within a Spiritual Formation Curriculum for a Postmodern World, John R. Morley Jr.
Dissertations from 2006
A Seven Strand Cord: Braiding Together Leadership Development for Mid-Adolescents, Richard Barrett Bartlett II
Reading Scripture with Both Eyes Open: God's Story Could Be Hazardous to Your Status Quo, Winn Griffin