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Wallace, Layne. "Teaching congregations a theology of preaching helping the congregation hear preaching /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2006. http://www.tren.com.

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Spindt, Judith A. "Motivating the congregation." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1995. http://www.tren.com.

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Buwalda, Herbert J. "Growing as an inclusive congregation." Chicago, Ill : McCormick Theological Seminary, 1997. http://www.tren.com.

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Keidosiute, Elena. "Missionary activity of Mariae Vitae Congregation." Universität Potsdam, 2010. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2010/4347/.

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The Mariae Vitae Congregation was the first and possibly the most important missionary institution in Poland-Lithuania in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. According to the Rule of Mariae Vitae Congregation, it had to deal with religious and lay education of converted girls (mainly Jewish) and provide them with practical skills of work so they could establish in Catholic society. The innovatory social program of Mariae Vitae Congregation including education and financial help answered to possible problems of neophytes in Poland and Lithuania of that time.
Die Maria Vitae Ordensgemeinschaft war die erste und vermutlich wichtigste Missionsinstitution im polnisch-litauischen Gebiet des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts. Gemäß ihrer Regeln war die Mariae Vitae Ordensgemeinschaft in der religiösen und Laienbildung von (vor allem jüdischen) konvertierten Mädchen tätig. Sie ließ ihnen praktische Arbeitsfähigkeiten angedeihen, damit sie sich in der katholischen Gesellschaft etablieren konnten. Das neuerungsträchtige Sozialprogramm der Mariae Vitae Ordensgemeinschaft, das finanzielle und Bildungshilfe miteinschloß, gab Antworten auf mögliche Probleme von für jüngst Konvertierte in Polen und Litauen dieser Zeit.

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Barbee, Mark Alexander. "Implementing discipleship in a local congregation." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1986. http://www.tren.com.

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Gray, Rodney A. "Developing gift consciousness in a congregation." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1996. http://www.tren.com.

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Warren, Truman John. "A congregation at mid-life, enlarging the vision of a congregation toward ministries of outreach and care-giving." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 1995. http://www.tren.com.

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Hardaway, Gregory S. "Effectively pastoring a small inner city congregation." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2000. http://www.tren.com.

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Kugle, Georgiana M. "Promise and contradiction in an integrated congregation." Chicago, Ill : McCormick Theological Seminary, 1996. http://www.tren.com.

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Jordan, Mark A. "Pastoral leadership in multiple-congregation churches [microform] /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2004. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p100-0143.

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Balkan, William Howard. "A specialized ministry to a dying congregation." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1995. http://www.tren.com.

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Bernhardt, Robert J. "Mobilizing for mission rejuvenating a traditional congregation /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1996. http://www.tren.com.

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Thesis (D. Min.)--Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, 1996.
Includes vita. "An annotated bibliography on the unchurched": (leaves 116-120). Includes bibliographical references (leaves 253-256).

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Hsu, Chang-Jung. "Building a Bible-based, mission-oriented congregation." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2001. http://www.tren.com.

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Grobler, Aldeon Barend. "A framework for crafting and implementing a congregational strategy in the local congregations of the reformed churches of South Africa / by A.B. Grobler." Thesis, North-West University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/4613.

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The church is not like any other institution or organisation in society. Although the church is primarily invisible and spiritual, it is a visible organisation in the world, and it spans across borders of nations, languages and countries. John Calvin strongly rejected the notion that the church is only a spiritual organisation of which the visible administrative side is downplayed. The fellowship of the church must not only be seen as a mystical relation with Jesus Christ. At the three-yearly synod of the GKSA, which was held in the year 2000, a report was tabled titled 'Preservation and Growth of the Church'. The report requested that all local congregations should develop and implement a congregational strategy that is applicable to their own unique environment. The congregational strategy's main purpose must be to guide the congregation to fulfil its biblical purpose. The fact that people are turning their backs on the traditional churches, including the GKSA who is losing about 2000 members per year, is an indication that it cannot be 'business as usual' for them in future. The purpose of this study is to design a framework for crafting and executing a congregational strategy for the local congregations of the GKSA. The study started with a literature study on the science of strategic management. This provided a theoretical foundation for the framework. Although the strategy of different organisations will differ vastly, the process to follow is much the same. The literature study indicated that the benefits of a well developed and executed organisational strategy are not limited to large profit making organisations, but is also useful to non-profit organisations such as government departments and church congregations. The literature study included a study on the essence and work of a congregation. The purpose of this part of the study was not to be a detailed theological study of the different views and types of church denominations, but only focused on the views of the GKSA. The literature study also tested the applicability of the strategic management theory on the nature and work of a congregation. An empirical study was performed in the congregations of the GKSA, which indicated that the majority of congregations do not have a congregational strategy. The main reason for not having a congregational strategy is that congregations do not have the knowledge and skills available to lead and facilitate the process of crafting and executing a congregational strategy. The empirical study also gathered best practices from congregations that are doing strategic management. These best practices were included in the proposed framework for crafting and executing a congregational strategy. The knowledge gained from the literature and empirical study was combined into a framework for crafting and executing a congregational strategy. This framework can be used by congregational leaders to guide them though their own process of crafting and executing their unique congregational strategy. The research concludes with a recommendation that the Theological School of the GKSA should consider including a course on strategic management in the training syllabus of aspiring ministers. The course should be developed specifically taking into account the background and circumstances of the GKSA, and should not be generic like the course that is included in the Baccalaureus Commercii curriculum. Because of the fast changing environment of the 21st century, the course should also be condensed and be presented to ministers already called in congregations. Because strategic management is a specialised management science, and external Strategic Management consultants tend to be expensive, the research also made the recommendation that the Administrative Bureau of the GKSA consider employing their own Strategic Management consultant for the GKSA with the specific assignment to assist and guide all congregations with their congregational strategy.
Thesis (Ph.D. (Business Management))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2011.

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Schultz, Harris H. "Chronic anxiety in a congregation, a systems approach." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1995. http://www.tren.com.

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Sykes, Barbara Ann. "Toward a mission orientation in an Anglican congregation." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp02/NQ43500.pdf.

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Sandau, Wayne Reinhold. "The open church diversity in the local congregation /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1987. http://www.tren.com.

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Olson, Ernest George. "Conflict management in congregation and community in Tonga." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/186161.

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This study has the principle goal of showing that Christian institutions and practices are powerful forces for social management within the Tongan community, and, more precisely, that congregations are a primary means for facilitating social control, cooperation, competition, and conflict management. My ethnographic research, including discourse analysis, reveals the distinct nature of conflict management in a range of situations within the congregation and community. Comparison of a number of congregations of different denominational affiliation exposes the factionalization as well as the unification within and among congregations. The study of conflict management processes reveals that congregations are the primary institutional social force in Tongan communities are the primary means for organizing labor, distributing resources, and delegating responsibility for a wide range of activities. Congregations' management of conflicts engenders the expression of opposing beliefs and viewpoints within and between congregations, fuels an ongoing process of congregational identity, and furthers the means by which religious groups are agents of cultural transformation in regard to definitions of self, family, kin group, and community.

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Talpesh, TeofiI D. "Mobilizing an immigrant congregation for ministry to immigrants." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), access this title online, 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.2986/tren.108-0020.

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Jordan, Mark A. "Pastoral leadership in multiple-congregation churches [electronic resource] /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2004. http://www.tren.com.

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Hood, Kenneth Loyd. "Grace and openness in a congregation experiencing change." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1995. http://www.tren.com.

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Grice, Richard Homer. "The practice of friendship in a chapel congregation." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2001. http://www.tren.com.

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Strong, Ernest L. "Increasing knowledge about biblical faith in a local congregation /." Free full text is available to ORU patrons only; click to view, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1790275471&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=456&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Grubbs, Charles Arthur. "A satellite ministry growth strategy for a rural congregation /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1987. http://www.tren.com.

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Pryor, Lynn Howard. "Leading the congregation to use prayer as a ministry." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1989. http://www.tren.com.

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Davis, Gregory L. "Increasing appreciation for multigenerational communion in a suburban congregation /." Free full text is available to ORU patrons only; click to view:, 2006. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1296086861&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=456&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Friedman, Robin Sue. "Congregation Anshi S'Fard : a new look at the past." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/23147.

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Harris, Eleanor M. "The Episcopal congregation of Charlotte Chapel, Edinburgh, 1794-1818." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/19991.

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This thesis reassesses the nature and importance of the Scottish Episcopal Church in Edinburgh and more widely. Based on a microstudy of one chapel community over a twenty-four year period, it addresses a series of questions of religion, identity, gender, culture and civic society in late Enlightenment Edinburgh, Scotland, and Britain, combining ecclesiastical, social and economic history. The study examines the congregation of Charlotte Episcopal Chapel, Rose Street, Edinburgh, from its foundation by English clergyman Daniel Sandford in 1794 to its move to the new Gothic chapel of St John's in 1818. Initially an independent chapel, Daniel Sandford's congregation joined the Scottish Episcopal Church in 1805 and the following year he was made Bishop of Edinburgh, although he contined to combine this role with that of rector to the chapel until his death in 1830. Methodologically, the thesis combines a detailed reassessment of Daniel Sandford's thought and ministry (Chapter Two) with a prosopographical study of 431 individuals connected with the congregation as officials or in the in the chapel registers (Chapter Three). Biography of the leader and prosopography of the community are brought to illuminate and enrich one another to understand the wealth and business networks of the congregation (Chapter Four) and their attitudes to politics, piety and gender (Chapter Five). The thesis argues that Daniel Sandford's Evangelical Episcopalianism was both original in Scotland, and one of the most successful in appealing to educated and influential members of Edinburgh society. The congregation, drawn largely from the newly-built West End of Edinburgh, were bourgeois and British in their composition. The core membership of privileged Scots, rooted in land and law, led, but were also challenged by and forced to adapt to a broad social spread who brought new wealth and influence into the West End through India and the consumer boom. The discussion opens up many avenues for further research including the connections between Scottish Episcopalianism and romanticism, the importance of India and social mobility within the consumer economy in the development of Edinburgh, and Scottish female intellectual culture and its engagement with religion and enlightenment. Understanding the role of enlightened, evangelical Episcopalianism, which is the contribution of this study, will form an important context for these enquiries.

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Braun, Wayne M. "The stewardship of the Gospel in the local congregation." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1997. http://www.tren.com.

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Sawatzky, Erick J. "Extending the boundary pastoral care of the Mennonite congregation /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1998. http://www.tren.com.

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Rogers, Thomas Lenson. "Storytelling to develop new life in a small congregation." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2000. http://www.tren.com.

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DeClaisse-Walford, Stephen Gerald. "Led by the Spirit? Discovering the ethos of congregations that reach out." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23215.

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The problem this study addresses is that the Christian church in the postmodern west is in a condition of zero growth and even decline. Conventional strategies intended to reverse this condition have tended to focus on improved implementation of traditional methodologies of church growth. Despite the application of such strategies the church continues to decline, indicating the urgent need for additional approaches. Practical theology suggests such an additional approach: greater engagement with the local community. Certain churches have been identified whose congregations, acting, it is believed, under the leadership of the Spirit, are engaging their immediate communities in a wide variety of ways often with the result that people touched by the church respond with a new or renewed interest in the Christian faith and in some instances join or rejoin the Christian family. The implication, and the hypothesis of the study, is that widespread application of the practices of such community-engaging congregations, called “holistic” congregations, might have a positive impact in terms of growth in the wider church community. To determine the validity of this implication a small-scale inductive, empirical, effect-to-cause study was undertaken. Combining qualitative and quantitative research methods intended to identify the ethos of those churches that meet the developed criteria of “holistic” churches, as compared to a second group of “non-holistic” churches, the study addresses the question: Is it possible to discover the ethos of holistic churches with a view to reproducing that ethos in other churches? Analysis of the data gathered during the study identifies a number of specific characteristics shared by the holistic churches. In addition to suggesting strategies that may profitably be investigated and implemented by churches that wish to become, or become more, holistic in terms of their outreach ministry, the results also advocate the further study of holism as a possible key feature to the future of the Church.
Thesis (PhD (Practical Theology))--University of Pretoria, 2005.
Practical Theology
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George, Christopher Eric. "Can I Get a Witness?: Reclaiming the Baptist Testimony Tradition to Enhance Sense of Community in a Church Congregation." Methodist Theological School in Ohio / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=mtso1461682546.

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Martin, Roger J. "Servant church, a local congregation responds to the third paradigm." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1995. http://www.tren.com.

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Berger, Kathryn. "Refounding a congregation the SSND and Kenyan traditions in dialogue /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1985. http://www.tren.com.

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Clark, Lon T. "A program of ministry to single adults within a congregation." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1986. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p100-0084.

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Scott, Walter Geoffrey. "The English Benedictine Congregation and the English mission 1685-1794." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.573913.

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Hall, John. "The rise of the youth congregation and its missiological significance." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.397117.

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Hook, Tina Colvin. "Women's perceptions of leadership roles within a Southern Baptist congregation." Click here to access thesis, 2009. http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/archive/spring2009/tina_c_hook/hook_tina_c_200901_mass.pdf.

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Thesis (M.A.)--Georgia Southern University, 2009.
"A thesis submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Georgia Southern University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Science in the Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology." Directed by William L. Smith. ETD. Includes bibliographical references (p. 48-53) and appendices.

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Hamlin, Thomas E. "Coming to the table revitalizing community in a starving congregation /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1996. http://www.tren.com.

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Griffith, Anna M. "Implementing an AIDS ministry model inside and outside the congregation." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1998. http://www.tren.com.

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Schrank, Jeffery T. "Helping a Lutheran congregation increase its benefits from doctrinal sermons." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1996. http://www.tren.com.

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Kim, Moon Hyun. "Revitalizing the congregation by preaching on the parables of Jesus." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1999. http://www.tren.com.

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Oh, Myung-Hun John. "Enhancing the spirit-filled life of a Korean immigrant congregation." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2000. http://www.tren.com.

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Dickens, LaTangee DeGrace. "Faith Leaders' Experiences on Health Counseling Provided to Their Congregation." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7132.

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Numerous faith-based organizations (FBOs), denominations, and religious groups are represented in the United States. Faith leaders have the responsibility of addressing the spiritual needs of the congregation; however, the health needs of parishioners may be a point of discussion faith leaders should address. Communities surrounding FBOs may have limited health care services, lack transportation, and have serious health issues. The purpose of this phenomenological qualitative study was to explore the experiences of faith leaders on giving health counseling to their congregation. Faith leaders play an essential role in providing health counseling on various health topics to their congregation and community. A total of 15 faith leaders were recruited from 6 counties in North Carolina by convenience sampling. Face-to-face face semi-structured interviews was the data collection method. The transformational leadership theory was used to examine how faith leaders motivate parishioners through constructs of the framework. Using NVivo, a qualitative data analysis software tool, the coded results indicated that faith leaders need specialized training to provide health counseling to parishioners about health issues shared beyond their field of expertise. The insight gained from faith leaders was important to understand the health-related resources needed to improve the health of parishioners. This study may be useful for faith leaders, public health educators, health policy makers, and researchers seeking to understand faith leaders' experiences; it could impact positive social change by providing resources and training needed to combat health-related issues within congregations.

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Grobler, Aldeon Barend. "An assessment of the business management skills required from ministers in the Reformed Churches of South Africa / A.B. Grobler." Thesis, North-West University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/2030.

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Moore, Bertram E. "Preaching to a denominationally-diverse Protestant congregation in the Navy chapel." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2007. http://www.tren.com.

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Sobin, Roger M. "Creating biblical awareness within a congregation for faith, renewal, and commitment." Chicago, Ill. : McCormick Theological Seminary, 2002. http://www.tren.com.

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Khaung, John Dai. "Increasing knowledge of praise and worship in a nondenominational immigrant congregation /." Free full text is available to ORU patrons only; click to view, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1706818061&sid=2&Fmt=2&clientId=456&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Hanson, Gary L. "Spiritual awakenings, developing a higher level of spirituality in the congregation." Chicago, Ill : McCormick Theological Seminary, 1999. http://www.tren.com.

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