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Foundations For A Postgraduate Level Youth Ministry Course In São Paulo, Brazil
No full textAccording to the last census in Brazil in 2010, there is an overwhelming Christian population (86.8 percent). There are many seminaries, religious institutions, churches and great Christian theologians, both Catholic and Evangelical, however, youth ministry is not considered to be an area of study for any of them. For that reason, the aim of this final project is to create and develop a postgraduate level youth ministry course in São Paulo, Brazil.
Part One of this project describes the context of church and youth ministry in São Paulo, the history of youth ministry in Brazil and the context of adolescents living in São Paulo. This part aims to point out the challenges of youth ministry today and the ecclesiological, academic, social and cultural factors influencing the development of this ministry.
Part Two of this project explores all of the subjects to be studied in this course. Starting from a theological reflection on youth ministry, the discussion further examines a practical theology for youth ministry and for adoptive youth ministry. The next section of Part Two focuses on the development of adolescents and those factors influencing them such as a culture of abandonment, adolescent culture, family and peers. It then studies the practices of youth ministry, such as discipleship, teaching, pastoral care and programming. Finally it concentrates on all of the people involved in youth ministry like youth leaders, volunteers, parents, youth and the whole congregation.
The final part focuses on the development of a comprehensive syllabus for each of the four modules of the course and a teaching guide to the lectures of a course in Seminário Teológico Servo de Cristo (Servants of Christ Theological Seminary)
Young Adult Christian Leadership Formation for a Post-Christian Australian Context
Get PDFStirling Theological College has always been an institution adapting to the challenges of forming people for leadership, mission and ministry. Birthed as a training college for Churches of Christ in Australia, Stirling has had a fruitful history of training people for leadership, most particularly for local church congregations. In light of traditional models of training, this project proposes an innovative framework of leadership formation, that equips young people to lead in the diverse settings of everyday life and work, rather than simply for dedicated ecclesial contexts.
This project develops a University accredited formation program to assist young adults to reimagine Christian leadership beyond vocational ministry, and participate in collective, formative, Kingdom-based practices in order to bring about positive social change. Part One of this paper discusses the history of Stirling Theological College with a focus on leadership formation. Following this is an outline of the challenges of forming emerging generations in credible Christian leadership and the resulting implications.
The second part of this project provides a theological foundation for leadership formation, which begins with a review of relevant literature on leadership character, spiritual formation and future leadership trajectories. Two biblical studies on leadership, one from the Pastoral Epistles and one based on the characteristics of the Kingdom of God are also included. Key principles derived from both studies are then applied in a new vision for leadership formation that integrates academic resources, formative practices and theological reflection.
The third part of this project outlines the practical dimensions of creating a new unit of study, for young adults, focused on Christian leadership formation. This includes implementing academic resources and numerous practical elements. Finally there is an evaluation of the pilot project, concluding with reflections on the value of the work and the inspiring and transformative potential of such a program
COLLECTION 0044: Ralph Rath Collection
Get PDFRalph Rath (May 22, 1932 - August 12, 2019) was a Roman Catholic journalist. The collection includes Ralph Rath’s essays, articles and booklets. Materials also include conference programs, booklets, and magazines related to the Charismatic renewal in the Catholic Church and statements on the Catholic Charismatic Renewal
Emotional Pathways Towards Connection: Mapping Key Emotion Sequences of Withdrawers and Pursuers During EFT Change Events
No full textThe heart of change in Emotionally Focused Therapy involves engaging in emotions that redefine the self and promote new relational responses (Johnson, 2004). Past change process research studies demonstrated how partners stuck in rigid pursue-withdraw interactions made key emotional shifts that represent concrete changes in emotional experience and define each partner’s interactional position. However, the specific emotions and order of their engagement have not been identified for these transformational moments that lead to restoring attachment bonds. To better understand the emotional process in change, this study was designed to chart the emotions of partners using the CAMS (Pascual-Leone & Greenberg, 2005) to provide therapists with an emotional map for facilitating change. A sequential analysis was conducted to identify any prototypical emotion sequences. A Chi-square analysis was used to examine emotional differences between withdrawing and pursuing partners. Results revealed primary emotions as a key player in change. Withdrawers were more likely to demonstrate grief and hurt, whereas pursuers showed more anger. The emotion sequences identified revealed different focus on emotions between partners. Clinical implications include considering the differences between emotional expansion and transformation in relationship change
The Effects of Divine Comfort and Divine Strain on Self-Efficacy and Positive Well-Being Among Adolescents
No full textThis study was designed to examine the role of self-efficacy in explaining the link between divine comfort, divine strain, and adolescent positive well-being. Further, I examined the interaction between divine strain and divine comfort in relation to self-efficacy and positive well-being to capture the possible complexity of holding both views towards the divine. Research has found that both divine strain and divine comfort have opposing effects on adolescent positive well-being, but there remains a gap in psychological literature regarding their interaction. It may be that divine comfort is more effective in producing or enhancing self-efficacy, and, in turn, well-being, when individuals have relatively low levels of divine strain. I have examined how divine strain interacts with the relationship between divine comfort and self-efficacy, which previous research has found to generally produce well-being. Confirming the hypotheses, multiple regression analyses revealed that divine comfort fosters positive well-being through greater perceptions of self-efficacy only when levels of divine strain are at a low or medium level. Hypotheses and results are considered, and the implications of these findings are discussed
Formed for Mission: Building Spiritual Practices toward a Missional Identity
Get PDFThis project created a ministry plan for a six-week course in which participants embraced their identity as children of God, participated in spiritual disciplines, and developed practices unique to their giftings, rhythms, and relationships in life in order to engage missionally. The project and related course materials were utilized during a Sunday School class at First Presbyterian Church of Orlando, Florida. A recent congregational health survey revealed a disconnection between congregants and the church’s mission, as well as a lack of purposeful relationships within the church. This class was created as an experimental short-term version of what the church leadership hopes will become a long-term plan for individuals searching for a deeper connection to God and God’s mission in the community.
The project was founded on Scripture and literature relevant to developing a formation process toward a missional identity. Learning to exercise spiritual disciplines, beginning with the formational reading of Scripture, and the development of practices in everyday rhythms of life, the course work guided participants through a process of transformation, discovering who they are and how God might use them in his mission. Participants wrestled with identity—with the assumption that knowing whose they are would inform who they are.
Participants completed a spiritual health self-assessment on both the first and last Sundays as a tool to measure whether or not daily spiritual disciplines and practices led to a greater embracing of missional identity. The results of the survey showed a positive connection and provided a clear path forward to offering a longer option in the near future. The course work created for this project will be expanded to develop this long-term class that will delve even deeper into identity formation disciplines and practices that connect individuals with God’s larger mission
Freedom in Christ: Spiritual Deliverance within a Disciple-Making and Missional-Sending Church Vision
Get PDFTo empower people in the Temecula Valley and The Awakening Church to become fully alive in Christ and to his mission, this project creates a place for deliverance ministry along a disciple-making pathway whereby sin patterns and strongholds are broken through spiritual warfare, inner healing and obedience.
When Jesus sent his disciples on mission, while instructing them along the pathways of Judea, Luke 9:1-2 states, “he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases,and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.” The desire of The Awakening Church is to raise up disciples who continue to proclaim and demonstrate the kingdom of God with power and authority. In order to forward the gospel’s message and ministry to the broken, including those who are affluent, kingdom-laboring disciples must find freedom in Christ and operate fully with the abundant joy, divine guidance and real-time empowerment of the Holy Spirit.
This project seeks to enhance the current disciple-making strategy by embracing the development of a spiritual deliverance and healing ministry within the local body and for the valley. As part of The Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA) denominational movement, the historical emphasis on the four-fold gospel of Jesus is central – Jesus is Savior, Sanctifier, Healer and Coming King. Jesus as Divine Healer will take a renewed emphasis in the life of the church and the fulfillment of the Great Commission (Matthew 28:18-20). To make disciples of all nations we engage both the natural and spiritual worlds. Both are equally real when it comes to meeting the challenges and seizing the opportunities associated with our culture
