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Un modelo de discipulado para un colegio de pastores en la Iglesia Bautista Internacional en Santo Domingo, República Dominicana
Get PDFEsta tesis busca demostrar la importancia y la necesidad de desarrollar un colegio de pastores en la Iglesia Bautista Internacional (IBI) en Santo Domingo, República Dominicana. El capítulo 1 presenta el contexto ministerial del IBI, junto con la justificación, el propósito, los objetivos, las metodologías de investigación, las definiciones y las delimitaciones del proyecto. El capítulo 2 y 3 proporcionan la base bíblica y teológica para los requisitos y calificaciones para el ministerio pastoral tanto en el Antiguo como en el Nuevo Testamento. El capítulo 4 presenta los ejes de desarrollo personal y ministerial a los que deberán ser sometidos los pasantes y el capítulo 5 establece la importancia del discipulado/mentoreo como la herramienta principal de formación para luego argumentar sobre una instrucción basada en la educación de adultos activa y en el desarrollo de un plan de estudios tentativo para el colegio de pastores
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out: The Shining Face of Moses in Exodus 34:29−35
Get PDFThe shining face of Moses in Exodus 34:29–35 is a peculiar instance that is never explicitly repeated or explained in the Pentateuch, let alone the Hebrew Bible. To add to the confusion, Moses’s face, if translated literally, is “horned” not “shining.” Again, this is never explicitly explained in the text. However, this event, I argue, is pivotal in understanding the Sinai tradition. Subsequently, understanding the Sinai tradition, which makes up the bulk of the Pentateuch (Exodus 19–Numbers 10:10), is critical to understanding the logic of Genesis to Deuteronomy. So, what exactly is happening in this passage? This thesis argues that Moses’s shining face in Exodus 34:29–35 is a transformation into a royal priest and a renewed image of YHWH. Interpreting Moses’s encounter this way informs Israel on how to be fully human and relate to the law.
To achieve this argument, the thesis contains four chapters. In chapter 2, I argue that the cosmic geography of the ANE, vis à vis the cosmic mountain temple, is the primary theological grid for the Pentateuch, helping the reader understand what occurs atop Mt. Sinai in Exodus 32–34. In chapter 3, I show how the book of Exodus is focused on the cosmic mountain concept by examining Exodus in four literary movements: Exodus 1–18, 19–31, 32–34, and 34:29–25. In each movement, I highlight the temple/priestly clues that further inform Moses’s transformation in Exodus 34:29–35, concluding with how to interpret the much-debated “qrn” within the passage. In the fourth and final chapter, I explore how this interpretation of Moses’s transformation connects to the rhetorical aim of the Pentateuch regarding Israel’s anthropology and relationship to the “law.
Shepherding the Saints in the Face of Disease and Death: Pastoral Ministry During the Great Plague of London (1665-66)
Get PDFThis thesis is an examination of pastoral ministry in seventeenth century London during the Great Plague of 1665-66. Chapter 1 introduces the difficulty of pastoral ministry during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the need for guidance from church history. Chapter 2 surveys pastoral instruction in the theology of providence, disease, and medicine in English plague literature from 1665-66. Chapter 3 overviews the plague’s impact on church leadership, the loss of Anglican credibility, the courage of Nonconformist clergy, and the pastoral convictions of those who remained in London. Chapter 4 is a composite picture of pastoral ministry in London and its challenges during the plague year. Chapter 5 concludes with pastoral considerations for shepherding congregations during present and future public health crises
The Church's Role in a Pandemic: Reflection, Response, and Revival
Get PDFTh.M., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2023In this thesis, I argue that the church should commit to its essential role as “the people of God,” “the body of Christ,” and “the temple of the Holy Spirit” to serve the community and world while facing a global pandemic, using COVID-19 as an example. The church should glorify the Lord in this turbulent time through a humble reflection and vigorous response to begin a gradual revival process with the Lord’s blessings. Chapter 1 serves as an introduction to this study. In chapter 2, I summarize COVID-19 and quarantine as God’s purpose to remind the church to reflect on the spiritual implication and perform its ministries to serve the world to fulfill God’s will and be blessed with its revival. In chapter 3, I present the reflection on the church’s role in COVID-19. In addition to praying and meditation for God’s peace, hope, and love, I focused on proclaiming the gospel and performing public care to help the world to comply with God’s will. The church must “pray as if everything depends on God, and work as if everything depends on you,” attributed to St. Ignatius’ spirit (James 2 2:14—26). In chapter 4, I argue that the church must establish a closer relationship with God by responding to COVID-19 as God’s alert for the church to bridge people to God. In chapter 5, I summarize that the triune God helps people to know him by experiencing his presence during the COVID-19 challenges; Christ’s church relationship with God is enhanced to glorify him. It is God’s grace for the church’s role in COVID-19 to reflect and respond to serve the community. Chapter 6 concludes this study
Fire and Glory: Preaching First Peter to Prepare Central Baptist Church in Round Rock, Texas, to Endure Suffering
Get PDFThis project contains seven sermons which investigate the biblical theology of 1 Peter. Chapter 1 attempts to define biblical theology and explain its value for preaching. The remaining chapters exposit seven passages in 1 Peter with a view toward biblical theology. Key biblical-theological themes include the people of God, the Exodus, exile, temple, fire, and the righteous sufferer. The project seeks to encourage believers to view themselves as the new people of God as they suffer and attempt to live the Christian faith in an unbelieving society
Place and Pedagogy: Sunday School in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
Get PDFThis dissertation explored the development of Sunday School in England as it transitioned from a program that was society-based to a church-based educational ministry. Primary emphasis is given to Sunday School’s placement under church leadership and the change in purpose that impacted Sunday School’s functionality. The prominent contributing factors in this transition were the growth and advancement of mass education, and the shift from paid to gratuitous teachers within the Sunday School. Sunday Schools place in the church appears to be solidified by the end of the 19th century. The pedagogy most noticeably employed was the innovative use of catechetical instruction. The catechisms utilized in the Reformation are applied as curriculum and a method of pedagogy in the Sunday School as it becomes part of the educational ministry of the church
Making Providence Church in Duluth, Georgia, a More Welcoming Place to Persons with Disabilities
Get PDFThe aim of this project is to equip church members to be more welcoming to persons with disabilities. Chapter 1 shows how the church has unwittingly become an unwelcoming place to persons with disabilities. Statistics and surveys of persons with disabilities consistently indicate that they see the church as unwelcoming. To change this, we need to examine and refine the way we see disabilities and persons with disabilities. Chapter 2 provides a biblical and theological framework for understanding disabilities. Chapter 3 explores the social and cultural influences that have shaped the church and led it away from a biblical mindset. Chapter 4 outlines the steps we took in the project to move the church toward being a more welcoming place by emphasizing whole-person change, consisting of reforming beliefs, changing values, and developing relational skills as it pertains to persons with disabilities. Finally, chapter 5 assesses the results of the project
Equipping Students at Moore Theological College to Develop Biblically Faithful, Relevant Application in Preaching
Get PDFThis project was designed to equip students at Moore Theological to develop biblically faithful, relevant application in preaching. Students participated in an 8-week training program and evaluated themselves with regards to knowledge and skills in application before and after the program. Chapter 1 explores the ministry context in which the project takes place, outlining rationale, purpose, goals, research methodologies, definitions, and limitations. Chapter 2 argues biblically that application is essential to preaching because of God’s purposes in the gospel. Chapter 3 examines key elements necessary for doing better application, including the interdependent nature of meaning and application, the importance of addressing the hearer’s behaviors, beliefs, and affections, and the preacher’s self-awareness and personal godliness. Chapter 4 details the curriculum and course implementation. Chapter 5 evaluates the project by measuring against the stated goals
Leveraging Transferable Leadership Competencies to Increase Lay Leader Training Perception at New Vision Baptist Church, Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Get PDFThe purpose of this ministry project is to increase the perception of the value of leadership training among lay leaders at New Vision Baptist Church in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The result of accomplishing the project goals is to increase lay leader participation in training events, resulting in leaders equipped to take leadership competencies grounded in a biblical worldview into a variety of contexts. Chapter 1 details the context, rationale, purpose, goals, and methodology of the project. Chapter 2 outlines the biblical and theological foundation surrounding the equipping of lay leaders to lead inside and outside the church context. Chapter 3 reviews current leadership development literature surrounding the leadership competencies that are consistent in effective leaders. Chapter 4 lists the detailed steps of the project from the pre-training event survey regarding the perception of NVBC training to the implementation of the multi-session training event to the post-training event survey and analysis of the comparison of the two surveys. Chapter 5 provides an evaluation of the project’s purpose and goals, its strengths and weaknesses, what I would do differently, and theological and personal reflections
A Biblical Examination of Empathy and Its Implications On the Ministry of God’s Word
Get PDFThis thesis will argue that empathy is a disposition of love that willingly resonates with the experience of another image-bearer. This disposition is an activity that conveys God’s chief design purpose for human relationships, which is to know God and to make Him known. In the first chapter, this thesis will introduce empathy and the surrounding themes this thesis will examine. In the second chapter, this thesis will examine God’s purpose in relationships, as rooted in the imago Dei and place empathy within that larger purpose. In the third chapter, it will locate empathy within God’s command to be compassionate as God is compassionate (Luke 6:36), showing that empathy is a necessary implication of that command. In the final chapter, it will practically apply the framework within a biblical counseling methodology and to the heart of the counselor