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Healing the Rift of Race and Faith in Johnston County, North Carolina
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HEALING THE RIFT OF RACE AND FAITH IN JOHNSTON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
William Kristen King, DMin
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2019
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Kevin M. Jones
Chapter 1 grasps the overarching issues surrounding the goal of reconciling faith and race in Johnston County, North Carolina. This chapter lays out the goals and other vital aspects to the project itself, such as research methodology.
Chapter 2 lays the biblical foundations for the basic premise of racial reconciliation. The chapter supplies the biblical motivation and ethos behind why this project in necessary. It looks primarily at the words of Jesus in John 17, Peter in Acts 10, Paul in Colossians 3 and the saints around the thrown of God in Revelation 7.
Chapter 3 covers the historical and social implications that surround the issue of race in the United States, the Southern Baptist Convention, and ultimately in Johnston County, North Carolina. It paints a detailed picture of the struggle that has long existed between African Americans and White Americans
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No full textA complete Torah Scroll from North Africa written in Sephardic script and adjusted at a later time to Yeminite traditions. Donated by Ken and Barbara Larson to SBTS in Sept. 201
Modern Versus Traditional Teaching Methodologies: An Experimental Design
Get PDFThe purpose of this project was to determine if a self-directed, modern
technology-based teaching method was as effective at teaching content as the traditional
lecture and workbook teaching method. With the demographics of Living Word Baptist
Church Elizabethtown being mostly Generation X and Millennials, it appeared prudent to
tailor any teacher training program to meet the needs of the church demographics. While
programs and books are available for teacher training, most focus on traditional teaching
methods. Generation X and Millennials generally have a strong propensity toward the
use of electronic technologies; therefore, the best solution to reach the targeted population
effectively appeared to be a technology-rich educational environment. Accordingly, this
project focused on discovering the most effective training methods, which meant
determining if self-directed learning using technology is as effective as traditional
teaching methods.
Chapter 1 explains the ministry context of Living Word Baptist Church
Elizabethtown, along with the rationale, purpose, goals, research methodologies,
definitions, and delimitations of the project.
Chapter 2 establishes that the warrant to teach is found throughout the
Scriptures, with the foundation to teach being laid in the Old Testament and expanded in
the New Testament. Jesus builds on this foundation by teaching and by directing his
disciples to go forward and teach. Additionally, in both the Old and New Testaments a
variety of teaching methods are abundantly demonstrated.
Chapter 3 is a brief history of education, specifically the growth and use of
new technologies in education, including hardware, software, and methods. The argument
is made that as civilization advances, education advances as well. Also, the church, which
was once a leader in education, no longer enjoys that position. The point is made that if
the church is to stay healthy and relevant, it should emulate the public and private school
systems by adopting and utilizing the latest technologies in hardware, software, and
teaching methodologies.
Chapter 4 outlines the elements of the research project, which is an explanation
of the goals, the methods to meet the goals, and the statistical methods of analysis. The
final analysis of the data examines the differences in the two teaching methods. Chapter
5 is an evaluation of the project’s purpose and goals. In short, it is a conflation of the
project results and includes recommendations for future projects
Classical Christian Education and Racial Representation: A Mixed Method Study
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CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN EDUCATION AND RACIAL
REPRESENTATION: A MIXED METHOD STUDY
Miranda Renea Webster, Ed.D.
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2019
Chair: Dr. Jeffrey Michael Horner
This explanatory sequential mixed method study examined the extent and state of racial diversity and racial representation among select Association of Classical Christian Schools (ACCS) schools. The following study asked four research questions: (1) To what extent, are the student bodies of ACCS schools racially diverse in comparison to their local demographics, determined by zip code? (2) What diversity emphases are represented on school websites? (3) What is the relationship, if any, between the content of the school’s website and the racial diversity of the student population? (4) What practices contribute to racial diversity in classical Christian schools?
Chapter 1 is an introduction to the research problem with definitions of classical Christian education and racial diversity. Chapter 2 outlines the background on racial diversity, historical overview of race and education within the United States, institutional approaches to racial diversity, the status of racial diversity and private schools within the United States, and the need for this study. Chapter 3 introduces, explains, and outlines the research methodology of this explanatory mixed method study. Chapter 4 is an analysis of findings for the quantitative data, qualitative data, and the responses from the interviews and questionnaires. Chapter 5 concludes with the research implications, applications, and limitations of this study. This research fills the void on understanding the state and extent of racial diversity among select ACCS schools.
Key Words: Classical Christian Education, Race, Racism, Racial Diversit
Transforming the Prayer Culture in Church Revitalization: A Mixed Methods Study
Get PDFChurches within the U.S. continue to decline at an alarming rate. Southern Baptist churches close their doors at a rate of approximately 1000 churches every year. Consequently, churches must be revitalized because church planting alone cannot replace or replenish dying churches. Those pastors graduating from seminaries face nearly a 75 percent chance that they will find themselves in a church revitalization situation. When faced with overwhelming odds, similar to the ones stated, the early church sought the Lord through prayer for direction and intervention. Likewise, twenty-first century churches have at their disposal the same power that the early church employed: seek God in prayer by developing the discipline of prayer to effect change in the church. This study examined the condition of Southern Baptist Convention churches over a period from 2006 to 2016. Having identified churches that have been revitalized, this study examined how pastors developed a culture of prayer in their churches during the revitalization process. By directing their congregation to pray at specific times, by remaining humble and patient in the process, and by teaching their congregations to pray, these pastors led their churches, through the power of the Lord, back to health
"That Which Is Not Assumed Is Not Healed": A Dogmatic Response to Recent Formulations of the Son's Assumption of a Fallen Human Nature
Get PDFThis dissertation contends that those who argue for the Son’s assumption of a fallen human nature are mistaken, because they work with a faulty notion of the nature of the hypostatic union, or revert Trinitarian order, or work with a defective notion of original sin. By retrieving the Thomistic categories of grace of union and habitual grace, together with the Patristic notion of inseparable operations, and the Post-Reformed theology of original sin, I show that the formulations that assert that the Son assumed a fallen human nature are out of step with faithful biblical, theological, and historical articulations. The chosen conversation partners are Karl Barth and Thomas Torrance. After the introduction, chapters 2 and 3 interact with these major influencers of twentieth- century theology and their proposals for Christ’s assumption of a fallen human nature.
Chapter 4 will starts the constructive part of the dissertation. After surveying some initial articulations and developments of the doctrine of inseparable operations, most of the argument depends on scholastic distinctions of real relations, missions and acts, and visible and invisible missions. Such distinctions allow one to understand what exactly “assuming” means and its relevancy for the moral status of Christ’s human nature.
Chapter 5 discusses the relationship of grace and nature as they relate to the incarnation. The entry point into this section will be the somewhat recent Roman Catholic kerfuffle over the existence of pure nature. Interacting with Herman Bavinck’s work, I argue that although Bavinck’s conception that grace is only opposed to sin and not nature is correct, some scholastic distinctions on the relationship of grace and nature in the incarnation are helpful. Here, I appeal to grace of union and habitual grace. Through a robust notion of how the Son’s human nature is actually sanctified, one can avoid the errors of those who propose Christ’s assumption of a fallen nature. In a way, this chapter is borrowing some conceptual apparatus from chapter 4. Since I clarify that created reality does not contradict God’s inner order, then I will argue that proposing an assumption of fallen nature needs to suppose that habitual grace is occurring “before” the actual personal union.
Chapter 6 is on the doctrine of original sin. Although the doctrine has major developments in the early church, the focus of this chapter is on Calvin and developments of the doctrine of original sin after the Swiss Reformer. After discussing a recent interpretation of Calvin’s doctrine of original sin, I propose a via media between this recent interpreter and some other established scholars. Nonetheless, Calvin’s doctrine still needed some development. And again, with the assistance of Herman Bavinck’s organic motif, I show how federal headship avoids not only the charge of arbitrariness in the transmission of sin, but also avoids the assumption of a fallen nature in Christ
The Lived Experience of African American Pastors: A Phenomenological Study
Get PDFEd. D., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2019This study uniquely aims to ascertain how African American pastors, serving in predominately African American churches, perceive how the intersection of race and faith has impacted their lived experience. Furthermore, in the aftermath of prominent national cases where black people were killed in confrontations with police, this research highlights their personal and pastoral responses. Specifically related to Christian education, this study serves to inform issues associated with vocational preparation and racial reconciliation efforts among Christian schools and ministries. While African American Christians must wrestle with dueling identity consciousnesses of who they are as Christians considering cultural context, they must also reconcile whether their experiences have contributed to making them who they are and if those experiences have hindered or helped them in their pursuit of holiness. This struggle magnifies in the Black pastor, who is both African American and the undershepherd of God’s flock. Whereas the Black pastor, historically, serves in functions beyond the pulpit, the social justice lens surrounding today’s climate often results in the African American pastor at the forefront of race related conversations. The appreciation of the lived experience of Black pastors can ultimately aid in understanding the whole being, prompting further dialogue surrounding the gospel and social justice
A Comparative Content Analysis of Worship Leader Job Descriptions and Undergraduate Worship Leader Curricula in the Southern Baptist Convention
Get PDFThe purpose of this research was to determine the characteristics described in worship leader job descriptions in the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) and examine the correspondence of these characteristics with worship leadership degree programs at Southern Baptist-affiliated colleges and universities. The researcher collected worship leader job descriptions from the website of the Southern Baptist Convention and conducted software-based content analysis to identify the knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics (KSAOs) found within. Forty-four KSAOs were identified on variety of musical, spiritual, leadership, and interpersonal topics. The researcher then collected the course descriptions from undergraduate worship studies and sacred music programs accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) at twenty-two SBC colleges and universities and analyzed them for the presence of the KSAOs identified in the first phase of the study.
The primary KSAOs identified in the job descriptions in the study were "lead corporate worship publicly," "people skills and teamwork with staff," "leadership skills," "management and administrative skills," "plan worship services," "lead or oversee choir," "lead vocalists," "lead worship band," "oversee worship technology," and "conducting skill." The primary KSAOs identified in course descriptions were "formal musicianship (music theory, aural skills, arranging)," "play an instrument (keyboard or guitar)," "general biblical and theological knowledge," "knowledge of philosophy and history of church music," "personal vocal skill," "conducting skill," "oversee worship technology," "lead or oversee choir," "theology of worship," and "plan worship services." Two statistical tests were employed to compare the ranking of KSAOs in job descriptions and course descriptions. While a Spearman rank correlation test indicated a statistically significant correlation between the ranking of KSAOs in job descriptions and course descriptions, these findings could not be replicated with a Kendall correlation.
The study provides a summary of worship leader training in the SBC since the denomination's 1845 founding, the development of contemporary worship from the Jesus movement to the present, biblical requirements for the leadership of public worship, and an overview of contemporary evangelical definitions of the worship leader’s role. The research concludes with suggested improvements for worship leader and worship pastor training and development, especially in the SBC
Affective Social Neurobiology and Student Formation in Christian Higher Education Institutions: A Transdisciplinary Multimethod Study
Get PDFThis multimethod study utilizes methods of grounded qualitative meta-analysis and transdisciplinary textual analysis to examine the extent to which the phenomenon of student spiritual formation at Christian higher education institutions reflects the growing body of literature on human development from the field of affective social neurobiology. The meta-analysis was based on four previously conducted qualitative studies of student spiritual formation at Christian higher education institutions. Each study was individually analyzed utilizing standard grounded theory processes of open, axial, and selective coding. The results of each were then combined for a grounded qualitative meta-analysis across the primary studies to produce hypotheses about the phenomenon of student spiritual formation derived from the data. These hypotheses were then read in light of affective social neurobiological research utilizing a transdisciplinary methodology. The thesis concludes with implications of the findings, application for those facilitating spiritual formation processes, and directions for future research
Establishing a Culture of Intimate Spiritual Care at Burtonsville Baptist Church in Burtonsville, Maryland
Get PDFThis project sought to begin a culture of intimate spiritual care at Burtonsville Baptist Church in Burtonsville, Maryland. Chapter 1 explores the need for the project. Chapter 2 examines the biblical evidence for the project. Chapter 3 details several supporting elements needed for a culture of intimate spiritual care to flourish. Chapter 4 explains the implementation of the project. Chapter 5 evaluates the results of the project, examining its strengths and weaknesses