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Simkins, Andrew John. "Developing a mission policy for Northview Christian Church." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1992. http://www.tren.com.
Full textFry, Helen Patricia. "Converting Jews? : from a mission to Jews to a mission with Jews." Thesis, University of Exeter, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.337726.
Full textMuzio, Rubens Ramiro. "A missional leadership model for Brazilian evangelical churches mobilizing pastors to become missionaries to the city /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2004. http://www.tren.com.
Full textBernard, John G. "Training church planters of Vietnam Christian Mission." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2005. http://www.tren.com.
Full textWilson, John Robert. "Mission and community in 1 Peter." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1989. http://www.tren.com.
Full textBrown, Dwayne L. "Equipping and empowering congregational leaders to embrace a missional church vision." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2006. http://www.tren.com.
Full textVelazco, Rafael. "Vocation and Christian witness a theology of ministry and mission for lay Christians /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2002. http://www.tren.com.
Full textFraser, James E. "Ministry, mission and myth in early Christian Fortriu." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/23348.
Full textBaker, Thomas A. "A vacation Bible school curriculum with special emphasis on mission work in Kazakhstan." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1995. http://www.tren.com.
Full textChinchen, Paul David. "A reformation of mission : reversing mission trends in Africa, an assessment of Protestant mission methods in Malawi." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52128.
Full textENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study and dissertation examines the mission methodologies of the Protestant church in Africa -- focusing on the country of Malawi as a case study. A historical study of early mission methods and an empirical study of current practices point to the need for a new approach to mission, a new approach that can best be described as a reformation of mission. This reformation requires the reversal of the five conventional trends that mission work in Africa has traced. At the crux of this reformation is the need to take the methodological phase of leadership development, a phase traditionally withheld until last, and make it paramount. In the process of making this assessment of mission in Africa it was necessary to first carry out historical research relevant to early mission work in Malawi. Historical research focused on the first five missions to initiate work in the country, all of which eventually established a permanent presence in Malawi. Three of these early churches were reformed or Presbyterian -- the Established Church of Scotland, the Free Church of Scotland, and the Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa. The other two missions were the Universities' Mission to Central Africa (Anglican) and the Zambezi Industrial Mission (independent/Baptist). These original missions to Malawi were directed and influenced by a vanguard of some of Africa's greatest pioneer mission workers -- David Livingstone, Robert Laws, A.c. Murray, William Murray, and David Scott. Details from this historical research assisted in determining what mission methodologies were being utilized at various points in time. The second segment of research pertinent to this dissertation is an empirical study of current mission and church work in Malawi. Over 100 denominations, missions, and parachurch organizations were studied. The findings from 83 of these organizations are analyzed in this paper. An exposition of data from this research is outlined in Chapter 4, but the most troubling discovery resulting from these findings was the absence of adequately trained Christian leadership and localized facilities to equip such leaders. This problem is compounded by a lack of vision for leadership development and a reluctance to commit the necessary resources. By combining this empirical research with the historical data cited above it was determined that mission in Malawi has proceeded through four paradigms of methodology: 1) pioneer mission work, 2) vocational (elementary education and vocational training), 3) church planting, and 4) pastor training. At present the church in Africa is entering a fifth dimension of mission methodology -- leadership development. Leadership training not in the traditional sense of preparing clergymen for the ministry, but a wholistic education that equips dedicated Christians for leadership in any spectrum -- religious, public or private. In order for this dissertation to present a comprehensive and effective model for mission it was also necessary to conduct a third investigation -- an analysis of what defines mission. Three important conclusions relevant to this paper can be drawn: 1) Every dimension of mission is equally valid. Whether it is ecclesiastical in its nature, proclamational, contextual, theological or liberational -- every aspect of mission is as vital as the next. 2) Mission is not mission if its central and ultimate purpose is not to reveal the grace of God made available through Christ. 3) The purpose of the church is mission -- not vise versa. These three elements of research -- historical, empirical and missiological -- form the foundation of the model for mission in Africa outlined in the final chapter of this dissertation. This model necessitates a reformation of mission that reverses the historic pattern of mission work and makes leadership development a priority. The significance of such a reformation is two-fold: 1) It will substantially increase the ability of national Christian leaders to effectively propagate the church and manage the affairs of mission in Africa. 2) It will enable expatriate mission personnel to be utilized at a point of contact where they can be most effective -- at the leadership development level. The church in Africa today is at a critical juncture. As mission enters the 21st century a reexamination of its methodology is imperative. Expatriate assistance is in decline, paralleled by swelling anti-Western sentiment that makes it progressively difficult for the foreign mission worker to maintain traditional footholds. As a result it is becoming increasingly pertinent that mission in Africa, and the church in the West, adopt a new model for mission that adequately equips the African for this inevitable transition. This new approach to mission offers a new hope to the continent. Africa's problems, as many believe, are not a result of poverty, civil unrest, or power-hungry potentates. At the root of Africa's problem is an absence of dedicated, wholistically equipped Christian leaders. Leaders with Christian morals, ethics and values -- equipped to serve the church and lead their country.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie studie en verhandeling ondersoek die sendingmetodologiee van die Protestantse Kerk in Afrika - en fokus op die land van Malawi, as 'n gevallestudie. 'n Historiese studie van vroee sendingmetodes en 'n empiriese studie van huidige praktyke dui op die behoefte aan 'n nuwe benadering tot sending, 'n nuwe benadering wat ten beste beskryf kan word as 'n hervorming van sending. Hierdie hervorming benodig die ommekeer van die vyf konvensionele tendense wat sendingwerk in Afrika gevolg het. Die kern van hierdie hervorming is die behoefte om die metodologiese fase van leierskapontwikkeling as van opperste belang te ago Hierdie fase is vroeer tradisioneel tot die laaste uitgestel en as van minder belang beskou. In die evanlueringsproses van sending in Afrika, moes daar eers 'n historiese ondersoek ten opsigte van vroee sending werk in Malawi gedoen word. Hierdie navorsing fokus op die eerste vyf sending ins tansies wat sendingwerk in Malawi gedoen word. Hierdie navorsing Fokus op die eerste vyf sending ins tansies wat sendingwerk in die land begin het. Hulle is al vyf uiteindelik permanent in Malawi gevestig. Drie van hierdie vroee Kerke was Gereformeerd of Presbiteriaans - die Church of Scotland, die Free Church of Scotland, en die Universities' Mission to Central Africa (Anglikaans) en die Zambezi Industrial Mission (onafhanklik Baptiste). Hierdie oorspronklike sendinge na Malawi is gerig en beinvloed deur voorlopers bestaande uit sommige van Afrika se grootste pionier sendingwerkers - David Livingstone, Robert Laws, AC Murray, William Murray en David Scott. Inligting ten opsigte van hierdie historiese navorsing het gehelp om vas te stel watter sendingmetodologieEr toegepas is tydens verskillende tydperke. Die tweede dee! van die navorsing van belang vir hierdie stud ie, is 'n empiriese studie van huidige sending - en kerklike werk in Malawi. Meer as 100 denominasies, sendinge, en para-kerklike organisasies is ondersoek. Die bevindinge van 83 van hiedie organisasies is ontleed in hierdie dokument. Hoofstuk bied 'n uiteensetting van data oor hierdie navorsing, maar die mees ontstellende bevinding wat hieruit gespruit het, was die afwesigheid van voldoende-opgeleide Christen leierskap asook plaaslike fasiliteite om sulke leiers toe te rus. Hierdie probleem is vererger deur 'n gebrek aan visie vir leierskapontwikkeling en 'n onwilligheid om die nodige bronne aan te wend. Deur hierdie empiriese navorsing to kombineer met bogenoemde historiese data, is daar vasgestel dat sending in Malawi deur vier paradigmas van metodologie beweeg het: 1) pioniersendingwerk, 2) beroepsopleiding (elementere sowel as beroepsopleiding, 3) kerkplanting, en 4) opleiding van leraars. Tans betree die kerk in Afrika 'n vyfde dimensie van sendingmetodologie, naarnlik leierskapontwikkeling -- nie in die tradisionele begrip van voorbereiding van predikante vir die bediening nie, maar 'n holistiese opleiding wat toegewyde Christene toerus vir leierskap in enige sfeer -- hetsy die godsdienstige, openbare of private sektor. Sodat hierdie verhandeling 'n algehele en effektiewe model vir sending kon bied, was dit ook nodig om 'n derde ondersoek te looks - 'n ontleding van wat sending beteken. Drie belangrike gevolgtrekkings tel' sake tot hierdie dokument, kan gemaak work: 1) Alle dimensies van sending is ewe geldig. Of dit kerklik, verkondigend, teologies kontekstueel of bevrydend van aard is -- alle aspekte van sending is ewe belangrik. 2) Sending is nie sending as sy sentrale en uiteindelike doe! nie is om God se genade, soos in Christus aangebied, te openbaar nie. 3) Die doel van die kerk is sending - nie omgekeerd nie. Hierdie drie elemente van navorsing - histories, empiries en missiologies - vorm die grondslag van die model vir sending in Afrika, S005 in die laaste hoofstuk van hierdie tesis geskets. Hierdie model benodig n hervorming van sending wat die historiese patroon van sendingwerk omkeer, en maak leierskapsontwikkeling n prioriteit. Die belangrikheid van so n hervorning is tweeledig: 1) Dit sal die verrnoe van nasionale Christen leiers subsansieel verhoog om die kerk te ontwikkel en sending sake in Afrika te bestuur. 2) Dit sal buitelandse sendingpersoneel in staat stel om benut te word by die mees effektiewe kontakpunt - die vlak van leierskapsontwikkeling. Die kerk in Afrika verkeer vandag in n kritieke tydsgewrig. Terwyl sending die 21 ste eeu be tree, is n herondersoek van sy metodologie gebiedend noodsaaklik. Buitelandse hulp neem af, terwyl groeiende anti-Westerse sentiment dit al moeiliker maak vir die buitelandse werker om tradisionele posisies te behou. Gevolglik word dit al meer belangrik dat sending in Afrika, en die kerk in die weste, n nuwe model aanvaar vir sending wat die Afrikaan voldoende sal toerus vir hierdie onafwendbare oorgang. Hierdie nuwe benadering tot sending bied nuwe hoop vir die vasteland. Daar word algemeen geglo dat Afrika so probleme nie die gevolg is van arrnoede, burgerlike onrus, of maghonger heersers nie. Baie glo dat die wortel van Afrika se probleem setel in n afwesigheid van toegewyde, holisties-toegeruste Christen leiers. Leiers met Christelike sedes en waardes - toegerus om die kerk te dien en hulland te lei.
Brinks, Raymond Gerald. "Cane harvest a kingdom multi-ministry strategy for mission : a strategy for the Christian Reformed mission outreach in the Dominican Republic /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1985. http://www.tren.com.
Full textJung, Hwa Jin. "Leadership training in mission field through discipleship groups." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2006. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p078-0045.
Full textKana, Maria Perpetua, and res cand@acu edu au. "Christian Mission in Malaysia : Past emphasis, present engagement and future possibilities." Australian Catholic University. School of Theology, 2004. http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/digitaltheses/public/adt-acuvp68.25092005.
Full textWolfinger, Cheryl. "Training leadership for staffing and funding of international sports mission teams." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2003. http://www.tren.com.
Full textDickson, John P. "Mission-commitment in ancient Judaism and in the Pauline communities : the shape, extent and background of early Christian mission /." Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, 2003. http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0613/2003376843.html.
Full textYang, Esther Xiyun Guo. "A call to lead a study on communicating the core values of the China ministry to the leadership of the Full Life Christian Fellowship in China /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2005. http://www.tren.com.
Full textMurphy, Larry J. "A project to develop leadership for mission churches in Brazil." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1998. http://www.tren.com.
Full textShinn, Beth Alison. "Christian mission in the early Middle Ages : an examination of mission, baptism, conversion, and saints' lives from the perspective of missiology." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/17581.
Full textKim, Tae Sub. "Israel and the universal mission in the Gospel of Matthew." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.610830.
Full textMajam, Iliya Ben. "Characteristics, causes and cures of nominality in Africa a case study of faith mission churches /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2002. http://www.tren.com.
Full textDerungs, Klaus-Peter. "Unbreakable bones : Christian mission and the resilience of Temi culture." Thesis, Middlesex University, 2017. http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/21636/.
Full textClark, Christopher Munro. "Jewish mission in the Christian state : Protestant missions to the Jews in 18th- and 19th-century Prussia." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.386487.
Full textCampese, Gioacchino. "Discipleship and mission in Matthew's Gospel an interpretation of Matt. 15:21-28 /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1995. http://www.tren.com.
Full textFietje, William. "Developing mentoring in a Christian organization." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1999. http://www.tren.com.
Full textKana, Maria Perpetua. "Christian Mission in Malaysia: Past emphasis, present engagement and future possibilities." Thesis, Australian Catholic University, 2004. https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/download/67c502bfbb42903b9b987cd9ab9edd56c1f11206ff06e66fb0c2b670e54dc655/496485/64941_downloaded_stream_166.pdf.
Full textNyuyki, Peter Siysi. "A missional approach to the traditional social associations of the NSO’ people of Cameroon." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/59094.
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Talley, John D. "A descriptive case study of the assimilation of Berean Mission Inc. into UFM international." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2001. http://www.tren.com.
Full textWordsworth, Helen. "How far does parish nursing make a difference to the mission of English churches?" Thesis, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.683003.
Full textPhillips, Dhinakaran Robert Jaba Prasad. "Evaluating contemporary Protestant missions to children at risk in South India : investigating foundations and principles for future Christian mission." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/33269.
Full textGaulke, Stephen. "The educational needs of the adult layperson concerning the mission of God research towards writing an introductory adult mission education course /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1989. http://www.tren.com.
Full textShaw, Martin C. "The globalization of Christian missions a historical study of CBInternational's response during the period of 1989-2004 /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2007. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p002-0812.
Full textWiseman, L. Kate. "E-quipped to serve : delivering holistic Christian mission training through e-learning." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2015. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/19687.
Full textAnderson, Marlene O. "The impact of developing a mission statement upon Christian international student leaders /." Free full text is available to ORU patrons only; click to view:, 2004. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/oru/fullcit?p3153963.
Full textSchuster, Jürgen. "Christian mission in eschatological perspective Lesslie Newbigin's contribution ; [foreword by Tite Tiénou]." Nürnberg Bonn VTR Publ. VKW, 2009. http://d-nb.info/996089357/04.
Full textBelser, Greg. "Utilizing servant leadership principles to accomplish the mission of the church." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2001. http://www.tren.com.
Full textGroenewold, Jelmer P. "Focusing a large rural midwestern Christian Reformed church for effective ministry." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1998. http://www.tren.com.
Full textBraun, Wayne M. "The stewardship of the Gospel in the local congregation." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1997. http://www.tren.com.
Full textMurray, George W. "Leadership transition in the context of merger a study of leadership change during the 1993-94 merger of Bible Christian Union into The Evangelical Alliance Mission /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 1995. http://www.tren.com.
Full textNewman, Lascelles George. "Mission from the margin : a critical analysis of the participation of West Indians as agents of Christian mission in the western missionary enterprise in Africa in the nineteenth century, with special reference to their conception of Christian mission." Thesis, Oxford Centre for Mission Studies, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.732960.
Full textHämäläinen, Arto. "Leadership the spirit and the structure : missiological perspectives for designing church and mission bodies /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2005. http://www.tren.com.
Full textBaker, Graham. "Eugenics and Christian mission : charitable welfare in transition : London and New York, c. 1865-1940." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2011. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:0aa85bak704-ded0-4913-8cda-7d8ae575357a.
Full textDaniel, William Harrison. "Patterns in mission preaching : the representation of the Christian message and Efik response in the Scottish Calabar Mission, Nigeria, 1846-1900." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/27861.
Full textCorby, John A. "Towards building a pool of qualified and trained mission leaders for the International Ministries division of the Christian and Missionary Alliance." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1999. http://www.tren.com.
Full textBae, Choon Sup. "Ancestor worship and the challenges it poses to the Christian mission and ministry." Pretoria : [S.n.], 2007. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-05272008-141650/.
Full textMathew, Abraham. "Towards a re-imagined Christian Mission in India in the context of 'Hindutva'." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.601135.
Full textNaish, Timothy James Neville. "'The possibility of dislocation' : imagery of displacement and the theology of Christian mission." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.420921.
Full textEnns, James Cornelius. "Saving Germany : North American Protestants and Christian mission to West Germany, 1945-1974." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.610651.
Full textBarbour, Lynn. "Strategic management and the Christian church : a mission-based framework for formulating strategy." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/50105.
Full textBinne alle soorte van organisasies is dit 'n sleuteldoelwit van bestuur om die organisasie se bestaande sukses in die markplek te fasiliteer en die toekoms daarvan te verseker. "lndeed, good strategy and good strategy execution are the most trustworthy signs of good management" (Thompson & Strickland, 2003). In die privaatsektor word formele strategiese bestuursraamwerke, modelIe en prosesse wyd toegepas ten einde die formulering en implementering van doelmatige strategiee te ondersteun. In die nie-winsgewende omgewing, insluitende religieuse organisasies soos kerke, word strategiese bestuursmodelle nouliks gebruik. Die akademiese literatuur bevat min oor strategie en die toepassing daarvan op religieuse organisasies, wat kerke insluit. Hierdie tekortkoming het 'n geleentheid vir ondersoek geskep. Die navorsingsprobleem wat dus aangespreek word in die werkstuk is die volgende: Kan die strategiese-formnuleringsraamwerk wat ontwikkel word in die besigheidsomgewing toegepas of aangepas word om 'n betroubare raamwerk vir strategie formulering in die Christelike Kerk daar te stel? 'n Uitgebreide literare soektog was onderneem. Dit sluit in materiaal oor strategiese bestuur, ekonomie, sosiologie, sendingkunde en algemene kerkliteratuur. As sodanig vorm dit die basis vir die ontwerp van 'n strategie formuleringsraamwerk wat bepalend is tot die Christelike Kerk. Alle Christelike Kerke is geroepe om in terme van die Groot Opdrag uit te reik en die evangelie te verkondig. Dit vorm deurgans die kernsending vir kerke. Die voorgestelde raamwerk erken die grondslag en sentrale rol van hierdie sending in die strategieformulering van die Christelike Kerk. Om die rede is die raamwerk die sending-gebaseerde raamwerk ("mission-based framework-) genoem. Hierdie sending-gebaseerde raamwerk erken die voordele van integrasie van die buite-in en binne-buite benaderinge tot strategiesebestuur. Dit omsluit beide 'n eksteme en interne ontledingselement. Hierdie kernkonsep van sending is 'n verwysingspunt vir die ander elemente. Die eksterne en interne analises word gedoen met verwysing na die sending. Die strategiese strekking word ook gerig met die sending. Die analise-integrasie element kombineer die bevindinge van die eksterne en interne analises. Die uitkoms word vergelyk met die strategiese strekking, wat weereens in Iyn is met die sending. Die strategie wat geformuleer is, word gemeet teen die sending. Die sending-gebaseerde raamwerk is toegepas ten einde die gebruik daarvan te toets as 'n instrument in die Kerk. In die werkstuk is die toepassing breed en gemik op die voorbeeldsteliing van die proses. Die raamwerk kan nietemin toegepas word op verskillende vlakke: industrie, kerklike of individuele kerkvlak. Na voltooiing en dokumentering van die ondersoek, en gebaseer op die uitgebreide akademiese en ander literatuur, is die navorsingsprobleem positief beantwoord. Die strategie formuleringsraamwerke en modelle wat ontwikkel is binne die besigheidsomgewing kan met kleinere verandering gebruik word om 'n geldige raamwerk te voorsien vir die formulering van strategie in die Christelike Kerk. Die kwessie van strategiese bestuur en die Christelike Kerk is op 'n bree en konseptuele wyse aangespreek in die werkstuk. Dit het toegelaat vir toepasbare navorsing oor die onderwerp. Nietemin is daar ander aspekte van ondersoek wat gevolg kan word en wat die ondersoek derhalwe kan verbreed. Daar is 'n beperktheid aan akademiese literatuur wat strategiese bestuur binne die Christelike Kerk, aanspreek. Die ondersoek wat in die werkstuk weerspieel word, is interessant en nuttig, en dit het op sekere wyse bygedra tot die uitbreiding van die kennisliggaam.
Noetzel, Lacy D. "Creation care and holistic mission Christian responsibility for the care of water resources /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2003. http://www.tren.com.
Full textStoltenow, Bradley R. "The significance of law and gospel preaching as a motivation to Christian mission." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 1998. http://www.tren.com.
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