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Sons of God: The New Covenant Reality Of Adoption In Christ
Get PDFAdoption as sons is a new covenant reality that is not fully experienced by Old Testament saints as it is merely foreshadowing what is to come in Christ as the mediator of a new covenant. Covenant theology is evaluated, and a different way forward is presented to show what Old Testament Saints experienced under the old covenant and how it points to the fulfillment in Christ. With this fulfillment, Christians gain the privileges of the true Son, the Lord Jesus, and are adopted as sons enabling them to cry out to the Father as such in a way no one under the old covenant could as the fullness of this reality was yet to come
Teaching the Purpose and Practice of Authentic Community to the Members at Cambrian Park Baptist Church in San Jose, California
Get PDFThis research project taught about and provided opportunities for the purpose and practice of authentic community to the members at Cambrian Park Baptist Church in San Jose, California. Chapter 1 describes the ministry context of the project and the rationale for its implementation. Chapter 2 explores the biblical and theological support for teaching to authentic community. Chapter 3 examines the practical and theoretical support for teaching to authentic community. Chapter 4 delineates, in chronological order, the preparation, implementation, and conclusion of the project. Chapter 5 evaluates the project’s goals and offers reflection on the strengths and weaknesses of the project, as well as theological and personal reflections
Developing a Biblical Worldview of Human Dignity in the High School Students of Twin Tiers Christian Academy in Breesport, New York
Get PDFThe project is for the equipping of the hearts and minds of the high school students at Twin Tiers Christian Academy in Breesport, New York, with a biblical worldview in areas of human dignity of the body. Chapter 1 provides a brief history and ministry context for Twin Tiers Christian Academy while also outlining the goals and project methodology. Chapter 2 provides the biblical and theological foundation for humans as image-bearers of God who are embodied souls called to live in Christlike righteousness through the exegesis of Genesis 1:26-27, 1 Corinthians 15:35-49, and Ephesians 4:17-24. Chapter 3 gives overviews of historical comparisons between non-biblical philosophies and a biblical worldview regarding the dignity of humans. Chapter 4 describes the project itself, giving an overview of the stages of development, implementation, and evaluation. Chapter 5 evaluates the efficacy of the project based upon the project’s goals and proposes changes to improve the project. Ultimately, this project sought to equip young people with a biblical understanding of image-bearing, how that effects day-to-day ethics, and how it connects to our hope in the gospel
Equipping Members to Make Disciples through One-on-One Bible Reading at First Baptist Church, Mt. Sterling, Kentucky
Get PDFThis Doctor of Ministry project was developed to equip members of First Baptist Church in Mt. Sterling, Kentucky to make disciples through one-on-one Bible reading. This was achieved through a six-week one-on-one Bible reading course. During this course, the large group sessions focused on the biblical/theological underpinning for one-on-one Bible reading, basic principles of hermeneutics, and practical advice for successful one-on-one Bible reading partnerships. After each session, participants read through a Bible study on the section of Mark with a Bible reading partner as homework.Chapter 1 explores the ministry context of First Baptist Church, as well as the rationale, purpose, research methodology, and the definitions/delimitations of the project. Chapter 2 gives the biblical and theological basis for the project, exploring how one-on-one Bible reading is one method by which Christians can fulfill Christ's command to make disciples. Chapter 3 flows from this chapter and considers why this method of disciple-making is particularly effective for churches today. After this, chapter 4 provides a clear description of the project and will outline its implementation. Finally, chapter 5 evaluates the project and includes personal and theological reflection
Developing a Theological Framework for Pastoral Succession at Pyeongtaek Daekwang Church in Pyeongtaek Korea
Get PDFThis project sought to examine selected leadership succession models to discover best practices and warnings for Pyeongtaek DaeKwang Church (PDC) and other churches to employ as deemed helpful. Chapter 1 introduces the context of PDC and provides an overview of the project’s rationale and purpose, followed by specific directions for achieving its goals. Chapter 2 provides a biblical framework from Scriptural examples such as Adam, David, and Jesus, who were entrusted as stewards. This chapter establishes the biblical framework of leadership succession. Chapter 3 establishes a basic overview of best practices for leadership succession from profit and non-profit organizations to serve as a guide for employing at PDC and others seeking to intentionally prepare and steward the leadership entrusted from Jesus Christ who is the head of the church. Chapter 4 specifies the implementation of the project as directed by each instrumentation. Chapter 5 evaluates the efficacy of the project based on the completion of the specified goals with reflection on its implementation and considerations for future implementation.
Ultimately, the project seeks to exhibit the glory of God through thoughtful preparation for leadership transitions
Implementing A Plan for Discipleship at Providence Baptist Church in Hayes, Virginia
Get PDFThis project endeavored to implement a discipleship plan at Providence Baptist Church in Hayes, Virginia by adopting the elements of continuous spiritual renewal as formulated by evangelical historian Richard Lovelace. Chapter one describes the context, purpose, rationale, goals, and methodology of the project. Chapter two demonstrates how union with Christ is the fountainhead of all spiritual formation through the exegesis of five New Testament passages: John 15:1–11; Romans 5:1–11; Romans 6:1–14; John 15:14–27; Ephesians 6:10–18. Chapter three provides a brief overview of church history revealing how an orientation toward mission, dependent prayer, community, and theological integration characterize a life of discipleship. Chapter four details the process whereby the project was implemented including its creation, promotion, and statistical analysis. Chapter five evaluates the project's purpose and goals, assesses its strengths and weaknesses, offers suggestions for improvement, and concludes with personal theological and practical reflections
Reconsidering the Aspect of Fear/Power in Evangelism and Missions
Get PDFThe cultural aspects of guilt/innocence, shame/honor, and fear/power have received much attention since the twentieth century. While theologians in Western contexts have considered the guilt/innocence aspect and missiologists have researched the shame/honor aspect in missiological contexts, scholars have located the fear/power aspect primarily in animistic cultures.The purpose of this dissertation is to extend the consideration of the aspect of fear to all cultures in the contexts of evangelism and missions. To achieve this goal, I will examine: (1) What do the Old and New Testaments teach about fear? (2) How has the church approached and managed fear in the context of evangelism and missions? (3) What changes would be necessary to supplement existing evangelistic methods in consideration of the aspect of fear? (4) What are the missiological implications of this study? Additionally, I will attempt to identify proper opposite values of fear, instead of power, to manage various types of fear.
Fear is a significant theme in the Bible, where fearing God plays an essential role for God’s people to conquer other fears, and authority appears to be better than power as an aspirational value against fear in the context of evangelism and missions. Scholars have significantly studied fear in individual and social contexts and have identified three major strategies to overcome these fears: mitigation, denial, and diversion. As an attempt to begin considering fear in all types of cultures in the context of evangelism and missions, I examine five gospel presentation methods through the lens of fear and suggest that Christians must acknowledge some key elements of the gospel in relation to fear to present the gospel to those who fear in all cultures.
I offer missiological implications: First, consider fear as an addendum to each of shame and guilt in non-animistic cultures. Second, fear impacts people through folk beliefs and sociopolitical fears. The presence of folk beliefs affecting people’s faith and the growing perception of sociopolitical fears calls for the need to consider the aspect of fear/authority. I provide suggestions to cultivate the fear of God and consider the aspect of fear in all cultures
The Impact of Servant Leadership and Christ-Centered Followership On the Problem of Police Brutality Against Minorities
Get PDFPh. D., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2021This dissertation proposes that a law enforcement leadership model predicated on Christ-centered followership with a biblically based shepherding framework enhanced by servant leadership can shape individual officers and the police subculture. This new model can uphold a Christian deontological ethic—an ethic of duty grounded in peacekeeping informed by the imago Dei, reconciliation, and meekness—for law enforcement that in tandem organically supports methodologies and philosophies that promote harmony, peace, and human flourishing. Therefore, the purpose of this dissertation is to construct a new model of leadership and guiding ethic for law enforcement that impacts the problem of police brutality against racial minorities. The model is intended to serve as an internal safeguard against police brutality in contexts with high concentrations of racial minorities, particularly African Americans.
Core principles and a leadership framework are drawn from Christ-centered followership for the law enforcement context, and servant leadership characteristics are integrated into the framework to enhance the model. As a result of the synthesis, the servant and shepherd model emerges as an applicable construct for law enforcement leaders to address the pattern of social distance, dehumanization, and power abuse that plagues police leadership and the overall police subculture. The new leadership model when coupled with a Christian deontological ethic can transform the police subculture and organically support a philosophy and methodology of policing that promotes harmony, peace, and human flourishing in minority-communities, specifically African-American communities
Implementing a Training Ministry for Developing Healthy Church Leadership at New Haven Baptist Church, Flint, Michigan
Get PDFChapter 1 provides the context, rationale, purpose, goals, and research methodology, as well as the definitions, limitations, and delimitations of the project. Chapter 2 examines the particular texts of the Old and New Testaments which bring light to the purpose of the project. This chapter also focuses on the primary results of examining those texts.
Chapter 3 details the primary results from the standpoint of history and today’s culture. This chapter also interacts with the four main approaches to church government.
After chapter 1 presented the contextual factors for the project, chapter 2 surveyed the biblical material in both the Old and New Testaments, and chapter 3 looked at the forms or models of church government, a pattern began to emerge for the church’s leadership team. It was concluded that, in the Bible and in history, there was a plurality of elders in leadership positions. Chapter 4 then describes the course based on the conclusion of plurality of eldership with a primary leader, and this theme was taught in six lessons to the leaders and potential leaders of the church. Finally, chapter 5 evaluates the project’s purpose, goals, strengths, weaknesses, and what could have been done differently. Included in this chapter are sundry personal and theological reflections as well as several strategies going forward
Love and Holiness in Reciprocal Entailment: Love as the Implementation of Holiness in Matthew’s Sermon on the Mount
Get PDFThe relationship between love and holiness has been an area of confusion. On one hand, when holiness is understood as separation, it is naturally in conflict with love. Yet others have understood them to be different expressions of the same reality. In this thesis, the relationship of love and holiness is explored considering recent lexicographical research on holiness, which has shown that its central meaning is the positive sense of devotion. Together with the theological implications of Matthew’s Sermon on the Mount given the contemporaneous and dominant cultural concept of purity as primarily a matter of externals, it is demonstrated that holiness and love exist in reciprocal entailment. The concept of polymorphism is applied to holiness: While love and holiness are distinct concepts, love is the comprehensive implementation of holiness for Jesus’ disciples, such that devotion to God is wholly implemented in nothing other than love in all its contours