Dissertations / Theses: 'Presbyterian Church'

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Park, Jae Neung. "Teaching Presbyterian polity in Clemson Korean Presbyterian Church." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2005. http://www.tren.com.

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Lee, Sung Gyu. "A church growth model in Korean-American Presbyterian churches with special reference to the Messiah Presbyterian Church of Washington /." Lynchburg, Va. : Liberty University, 2009. http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu.

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Xapile, Spiwo Patrick. "Unity negotiations between the Bantu Presbyterian Church and the Presbyterian Church of Southern Africa (1959-1971)." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13867.

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Talk about church unity evokes differing responses, with people responding both positively and negatively. These responses stem from memories of the past, realities of the present, and expectations of the future. Many believe that history is opening a door to a new ecclesiastical era. A door of opportunity, an opportunity to address the divisions that exist within the Church of Jesus Christ. But are churches prepared to forget their divided past, strive to find new expressions of fellowship, of witness, of communion with one another as the new South Africa promises to open the political door a little wider? In the attempt to wrestle with the unity negotiations between the Bantu Presbyterian Church (renamed Reformed Presbyterian Church of South Africa in 1979) and the Presbyterian Church of Southern Africa, this paper will look at opportunities that were missed. South AfriG.an history, bitter as it has been, provided the churches with possibilities to work towards unity. But these were not grasped. The Bantu Presbyterian Church and the Presbyterian Church of Southern Africa confess the same faith with no doctrinal differences. One would have hoped that it would have been less problematic to bring them together than two denominations from different confessional backgrounds. But the history of colonisation and of African resistance to it has largely shaped attitudes against proposals for a united church. European missionaries were seen by many Africans as identical with the colonial powers, and the gospel was regarded as a weapon to disarm them. In a brief historical discussion of missionary expansion I will trace the origins of the two churches, the Bantu Presbyterian Church with a history of African control, and, in fact a near total absence of whites, and the Presbyterian Church of Southern Africa which has always been white dominated. This will highlight the historical reasons that led to conservative attitudes grounded in racial prejudice, the main stumbling block for organic unity. Anyone who is aware of the level of race relations in South Africa since 1 948 cannot avoid asking questions on how the two churches even came to dream of such a union between white and African Christians. In this thesis it will be argued that the ecumenical movement and the World Council of Churches contributed much to challenging these two churches to talk about unity. Through their participation in conferences and programmes of the ecumenical movement, problems resulting from a divided witness became more glaring. The need to address these problems became an urgent matter. The clear witness of the World Council of Churches, its uncompromising challenge to social, economic, and political structures of injustice shaped the agenda for the General Assemblies of both the Bantu Presbyterian Church and the Presbyterian Church of Southern Africa.

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Lewis, Bonnie Sue. "The creation of Christian Indians : the rise of native clergy and their congregations in the Presbyterian Church /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/10466.

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Washington, Carrie. "The Roles of the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A., the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. and the United Presbyterian Church of North America in the Establishment and Support of Five Black Colleges." Thesis, North Texas State University, 1986. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc331660/.

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The problem of this study was the roles of the general assembly agencies of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., the Presbyterian Church in the U.S., and the United Presbyterian Church of North America in the development of Barber- Scotia College, Knoxville College, Johnson C. Smith University, Stillman College, and Mary Holmes College. The historical records of these three churches for the period from 1866 to 1983 were examined to analyze the factors surrounding the establishment of the five colleges, the differences and similarities in the administrative practices of the general assembly agencies charged with operating the colleges, the relationships of the colleges to the churches in the transition from dependent mission schools to independent colleges, and to identify way in which the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) may improve its support of Black higher education. The Presbyterian Churches established the mission schools to meet the religious, educational, and economical needs of the emancipated Black slaves. Though the three 2 churches had differences over the issues of slavery and doctrine, the administrative systems developed for the operations of the schools were very similar. All treated the missions schools as remedial temporary measures necessitated by the refusal of Southern and border states to provide adequately for the public education of Black people, and to satisfy the demand for educated Black clergy to attract Black members. From the period of 1866 to 1922, the churches laid the foundations for their educational and religious ministries to Black people by establishing over two-hundred schools. From 1923 to 1949, great reductions were made in the number of mission schools. During the period of 1950 to 1983, the Presbyterian Churches struggled with strategies to make the five remaining former mission schools independent of their administrative and financial support.

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Rhee, Jong-Bin. "Toward the establishment of a worship theology in the Presbyterian Church of Korea." Lynchburg, Va. : Liberty University, 2005. http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu.

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Francis, Jeffrey Charles. "Toward measuring conflict in Presbyterian Church sessions /." Access abstract and link to full text, 1990. http://0-wwwlib.umi.com.library.utulsa.edu/dissertations/fullcit/9028697.

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Park, Young Jun. "In the Presbyterian worship a case study on Presbyterian Church of Korea (TongHap) /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1998. http://www.tren.com.

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Petersen, David. "SOUTHERN PRESBYTERIAN CONSERVATIVES AND ECCLESIASTICAL DIVISION: THE FORMATION OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN AMERICA, 1926-1973." UKnowledge, 2009. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/gradschool_theses/80.

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Beginning with the fundamentalist controversy of the 1920’s, the Southern Presbyterian Church (PCUS) was consistently divided by numerous disagreements over reunion with the Northern Presbyterian Church, racial policies, changing theological views, and resolutions on current social controversies. Led by groups such as the Southern Presbyterian Journal, Concerned Presbyterians, Presbyterian Evangelistic Fellowship, and Presbyterian Churchmen United, conservatives attempted to redirect the direction of the PCUS; however, their efforts failed. Disgruntled by a liberal-moderate coalition that held power, many conservatives withdrew and created the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) in 1973, the first major division of a Southern denomination. The PCA was not solely founded because of racial disagreements or any single cultural debate; rather decades’ long theological disagreements regarding the church’s role in society fueled separation along with several sharp social controversies. This departure also expedited reunion (1983) between the Northern and Southern Presbyterian denominations that formed the present Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (PC(USA)). Like many other historic Protestant denominations, the PC(USA) has seen a decline in membership, but the PCA and other small Presbyterian denominations have been growing numerically thereby guaranteeing the continued presence of Presbyterianism in America.

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Rickard, John. "Re-Envisioning the presbytery, an intervention involving renewal and transformation of the Presbytery of North Alabama's communal and organizational life for its future ministry." Chicago, Ill : McCormick Theological Seminary, 1998. http://www.tren.com.

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MacRae, John P. "Guidance for the shepherding committees of the presbyteries of the Presbyterian Church in America." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1998. http://www.tren.com.

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Grant, Tony. "The virtual church building a church web site for York Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2001. http://www.tren.com.

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Quarterman, Clayton. "The application of Presbyterian polity and transfer of leadership in cross-cultural situations : a study in Presbyterian missiology." Thesis, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.683324.

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Killebrew, Katherine G. "The role of the Presbytery of West Jersey in congregational redevelopment." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2005. http://www.tren.com.

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Cowden, Clark. "How the Presbyterian Church (USA) can develop a meaningful Hispanic ministry." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2001. http://www.tren.com.

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Ravesloot, Todd M. "Redeemer Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis, Indiana : a rehabilitation plan." Virtual Press, 2004. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1292987.

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The structure now owned by Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Indianapolis, IN was built in 1903 at 16th and Delaware Streets by a very prominent congregation, the First Presbyterian Church. Since its construction, the building has been subject to a rehabilitation that destroyed many historic features of the building, followed by abandonment that led to its overall deterioration. For the past four years the building has been occupied once again following a partial rehabilitation.This study found that the building was historically intact on the exterior, but problems such as the deterioration of the limestone were threatening the overall integrity of the structure. The interior, which had been subject to many alterations as part of a 1958 renovation, was fully functional and in good condition but was missing many historic features.This study makes recommendations for repairs on the exterior and an interior rehabilitation that restores some missing historic features, and promotes the retention and stewardship of the existing historic features within the building.
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Hong, Chul. "A comparative study between Machen and McIntire concerning thier view of the church as related to their influence on the Presbyterian Church in Korea." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2006. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03232006-100913/.

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Kim, Soo-Chan. "Church-state relations in the history of the Presbyterian churches in Korea." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.274817.

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The purpose of this thesis is to challenge the existing research which has blamed the Korean conservative Presbyterian churches’ apolitical attitude and their ignoring of their socio-political responsibility on account of their conservative theological thinking. It also seeks to analyze and re-evaluate the conservative churches from a socio-theological perspective because hitherto the research has neglected the social factors which have played an important role in influencing their attitude no less than the theological factors. The historical period covered by this research is from 1884, the year the first Protestant missionary arrived in Korea, to the early 1990s. The reason is that during this period the church had had a relationship with three very different ruling political powers: (1) the Japanese colonial government, (2) the United States Military Government (USMG) and the first Korean republic ruled by a Christian president and (3) the military regime led by three Buddhist presidents which had ruled Korea until 1992. While the Korean Presbyterian churches in a different political setting maintained the principle of the separation of church and state, they formed and developed a different political ecclesiology in their own interests and kept a close relationship with the establishment for different reasons.

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Xapile, Spiwo Patrick. "The quest for unity between the Bantu Presbyterian Church of South Africa and the Presbyterian Church of Southern Africa, 1959-1973." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/70309.

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Thesis (DTh)--Stellenbosch University, 2000.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Nineteenth century Presbyterian witness in South Africa provides us with a wonderful testimony of close work relationships between ministers that served independent colonial congregations and missionaries in native mission stations. However, these relationships remained good as long as these two streams of Presbyterianism were kept separate. Attempts to form one Church failed resulting to the formation of the Presbyterian Church in South Africa, a coming together of some mission and colonial congregations, in 1897. The majority of mission congregations stayed out of this union and formed themselves into the Bantu Presbyterian Church in 1923. From the beginning of the twentieth century the Ecumenical Movement posed a challenge to the world church, condemning her inability to live as the Body of Christ and as God's one big family. South Africa witnessed a deeper polarization of society through the rise of divisive nationalist ideas among Africans and Europeans. Churches did not escape this wave of thought. They also could not ignore the challenge by the World Council of Churches. Unity talks started just after 1923 and took a serious turn in 1959 under the heat of South Africa's racist policies. In the same year a Committee on Union Negotiations was appointed by both Churches. It had become very clear that a divided witness was a mockery of Presbyterian witness as well as of Christian witness in general. This was evident in continued conflict in areas where work overlapped. Africans in both Churches did not understand why there were two Presbyterian Churches. They changed Churches as it suited them sometimes to avoid disciplinary action. Whilst there was a desire to have the two Churches unite problems relating to,: 1. the laws of the land, the legal policy of the Government, that of separate development and an un-Christ-like attitude of Whites towards blacks weighed heavily in the minds of most people. 2. a distorted Christian understanding of the members of both Churches as the Body of Christ due to lack of theological reflection, 3. suspicion and mistrust of each other 4. and an inadequate or total lack of information on unity negotiations with decisions only at the top with very little or no input from most congregations derailed all attempts on union. There were genuine fears on both sides. Blacks had learnt never to trust white people. These negotiations came to an end in 1973 with the Presbyterian Church of Southern Africa voting in favour and the Bantu Presbyterian Church against. In 1994 another attempt was made. This time the laws of .the land had changed, Both Churches had come to accept the need to come together. Past hurts were addressed and this led to the formation of the Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa on the 26th September 1999. It is still not too late. We can still help make this union have real meaning to most people at grass root level. We must help people develop trust, create a strong theological base and mobilize them around a better understanding of the church.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Negentiende eeuse Presbiteriaanse getuienis in Suid-Afrika verskaf aan ons 'n wonderlike getuienis van noue werksverhoudings tussen predikante, wat onafhanklike van koloniale gemeentes gedien het, en sendelinge wat die inheemse bevolking vanuit sendingstasies bedien het. Hierdie verhouding het goed gewerk solank as wat die twee Presbiteriaanse strome apart gehou is. Pogings om een kerk te vorm het misluk en aanleiding gegee tot die stigting van die Presbiteriaanse Kerk van Suid-Afrika deur die samevoeging van 'n aantal sendingstasies en koloniale gemeentes in 1897. Die meerderheid sendinggemeentes het egter buite hierdie kerkeenheid gebly en hulleself gedurende 1923 georganiseer as die "Bantu Presbyterian Chuch". Sedert die begin van die twintigste eeu het die Ekumeniese Beweging 'n uitdaging aan die Wereldkerk gerig deur haar onverrnoe tot uitlewing van "die liggaam van Christus" en "God se groot familie" te veroordeel. Suid-Afrika is verder gepolariseer deur die opkoms van verdelende nasionalistiese idees tussen die Swart en Wit gedeeltes van die bevolking. Die Kerke het nie ontsnap aan hierdie kennisgolf nie en hulle kon ook nie die uitdaging van die Wereldraad van Kerke ignoreer nie. Versoeningsgesprekke het net na 1923 begin en In ernstige wending in 1959 geneem veral as gevolg van Suid-Afrika se toenemende rassistiese beleidsrigtings. In dieselfde jaar is In Komitee van Eenheidsonderhandeling deur beide Kerke aangestel. Dit was duidelik dat die verdeelde geestelike uitlewing In bespotting van beide Presbiteriaanse sowel as Christelike getuienis gemaak het. Daar was volgehoue konflik binne areas waar werk oorvleuel het en Swartmense het nie verstaan waarom daar twee Presbiteriaanse Kerke was nie. Hulle het dan ook na willekeur van Kerk verander ten einde dissiplinere stappe te voorkom. Alhoewel daar 'n begeerte vir die vereniging van die twee kerke was is dit ernstig belemmer deur o.a.: 1. Die wette van die land, die regsbeleid van die Regering, afsonderlike ontwikkeling en In on-christelike houding van Blankes teenoor Swartes. 2. 'n Verwronge begrip van die Kerk (as Liggaam van Christus) onder gemeentelede, hoofsaaklik as gevolg van 'n gebrek aan teologiese refleksie. 3. Agterdog en wantroue en 4. 'n onvoldoende of selfs totale gebrek aan inligting oor eenheidsonderhandelings. Besluite is slegs in die topstruktuur geneem en daar was weinig of geen insette van die afsonderlike gemeentes nie. Bogenoemde faktore het aile pogings tot eenheid ontspoor, daar was werklike vrese aan beide kante en Swartes het 'n totale wantroue in Blankes ontwikkel. Die onderhandeling het in 1973 tot 'n einde gekom toe die Presbiteriaanse Kerk van Suidelike Afrika ten gunste van en die "Bantu Presbyterian Church" teen eenwording gestem het. 'n Verdere poging tot eenwording is in 1994 aangewend. Teen hierdie tyd was die landswette reeds gewysig en beide Kerke het die onderlinge behoefte aan mekaar besef. Verskille van die verled~ is aangespreek en die "United Presbyterian Church in South Africa" is op 26 September 1999 gestig. Hierdie eenwording was nie te laat nie en dit kan werklike betekenis vir mense op grondvlak he. Mense moet egter gehelp word om vertroue te ontwikkel, In sterk teologiese basis moet ontwikkel word en hulle moet gemobiliseer word tot 'n beter begrip van die kerk.

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Miner, M. H. "The human cost of Presbyterian identity : secularisation, stress and psychological outcomes for Presbyterian ministers in N.S.W. /." [Campbelltown, N.S.W. : The Author], 1996. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030711.103044/index.html.

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Linnemann, Patricia G. "A church on Walton Creek in the age of Wal-Mart, identity clarification in a small membership church." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1997. http://www.tren.com.

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Ingham, Diana L. "Experiencing meaning in two presbyterian churches a qualitative analysis /." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/4242.

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Thesis (M.S.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2005.
The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file viewed on (July 13, 2006) Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

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Philbrick, Ann M. "Buildings in balance, assessment of church buildings." Chicago, Ill : McCormick Theological Seminary, 1999. http://www.tren.com.

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Camroux, Martin Frederick. "Ecumenical church renewal : the example of the United Reformed Church." Thesis, Anglia Ruskin University, 2014. http://arro.anglia.ac.uk/332978/.

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Background to the Research. In his enthronement sermon as Archbishop of Canterbury in 1942 William Temple famously declared the ecumenical movement to be ‘the great new fact of our era’. For much of the twentieth century it was the major metanarrative of Church renewal. By the end of the century however the enthusiasm had largely dissipated, the organizations which represented it were in decline, and the hoped for organic unity looked further away than ever. Surprisingly little has been written on the attempt to achieve organic unity in England, what it hoped to achieve and why, at least in terms of its expectations, it failed. I propose to come at this major topic by focusing on the creation of the United Reformed Church, which was formed in 1972 by a union of the majority of congregations of the Congregational Church in England and Wales and the Presbyterian Church in England and saw its formation as a catalyst for the ecumenical renewal of the British churches. Methodology. This thesis, which is mainly resourced by documentary evidence and interviews, comes into the category of qualitative research but also uses statistics where they are relevant, for example when dealing with Church decline. Since I am a United Reformed Church minister, and have worked ecumenically, my role here draws upon the perspective of an observing participant. Conclusions. The research revealed that the hopes of the United Reformed Church to be a catalyst for church renewal were illusory and that the effects of its ecumenical priority were partially negative in the Church’s life. With the failure of its ecumenical hope the Church had little idea of its purpose and found great difficulty establishing an identity. It suffered from severe membership loss and the hoped for missionary advantage promised by its ecumenical strategy did not materialize. The thesis will analyse the reasons for failure, while noting that what failed was not ecumenism as such but a particular model of ecumenism.

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Young, Nancy K. "How shall we sing the Lord's song in a foreign land? preaching hope in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in a time of exile." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2004. http://www.tren.com.

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Scofield, Donald G. "Recovering the function of deacons in Rutherfordton Presbyterian Church." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2003. http://www.tren.com.

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MacLeod, James Lachlan. "The origins of the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/19963.

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In May of 1893, the Free Church split in two and those who left - predominantly Gaelic-speaking Highlanders - formed the Free Presbyterian Church. This thesis argues that this was as a result of the combination of four basic circumstances. 1. The social and intellectual turbulence of the late nineteenth century threw up many challenges for churchmen; for Highlanders of theologically conservative views this was crucial in contributing to their outlook. They found themselves in a rapidly changing world and this exaggerated the apparent threats posed by change within the Church. This turbulence alone did not produce the Free Presbyterian Disrupton, but in varying ways it transformed the world in which the men who were to form the Free Presbyterian Church lived and worked; in many ways their self-perception as a small group of righteous men facing an alien and hostile world is a direct - if not inevitable - product of the times which moulded them. 2. More particularly, the nineteenth century produced what were seen as assaults on the authority of the Bible from two influential sources; textual criticism and evolutionary science. The Free Church became bitterly divided over both these issues, and the departure from the traditional view of Scripture by many of the leading men in the Church was a major reason why the Free Prebyterians left in 1893. 3. The Free Church was further divided between the Highland and the Lowland parts of Scotland. The divide was there from the very beginning of the Free Church and antagonism went both ways, but it is my contention that the hostility of the Lowlanders in the Church to the position of the Highlanders was, at least in part, informed by the prevailing contemporary influence of theories about race. This mutual antagonsim had the effect of widening divisions which existed over other issues, and made a secession by Highlanders likely if not unavoidable.

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Bower, John R. "The Westminster Assembly's Larger catechism a critical edition /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2006. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p036-0358.

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Dawson, David. "Presbyterian missionaries in the Middle East." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1987. http://www.tren.com.

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Slater, Bryan A. "The role of short term missions in the life of the local church and how to make short term missions more effective through the local church, with special emphasis on Evangelical Presbyterian churches." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2001. http://www.tren.com.

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Khiangte, Lalzuala. "The work of the Holy Spirit among the Mizo Church." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1985. http://www.tren.com.

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Moore, Laurence James. "Sing to the Lord a new song: A study of changing musical practices in the Presbyterian Church of Victoria, 1861-1901." Thesis, Australian Catholic University, 2004. https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/download/55825981c46c5554a830cf2776e02713b2f8f2840796b65b0adf525817c4d717/2632941/65007_downloaded_stream_232.pdf.

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The latter half of the 19th century was a time of immense change in Presbyterianism worldwide in respect of the role of music in worship. Within this period the long tradition of unaccompanied congregational psalmody gave way to the introduction of hymnody, instrumental music (initially provided by harmoniums and later by pipe organs) and choral music in the form of anthems. The Presbyterian Church of Victoria, formed in 1859 as a union of the Church of Scotland and the majority of the Free Presbyterian and the United Presbyterian churches and numerically the strongest branch of Presbyterianism in Australia, was to the forefront in embracing this tide of change. Beginning in 1861 with the proposal for the compilation of a colonial hymnbook, issues associated with musical repertoire and practice occupied a prominent place in discussions and decision making over the next 30 years. Between 1861 and 1901 hymnody was successfully introduced into church worship with the adoption of three hymnals in 1867, 1883 and 1898. Programs of music education were devised for the teaching of the new repertoire and for improving the standard of congregational singing. A hallmark tradition of Presbyterianism was overturned with the introduction of instruments into worship, initially as a support for congregational singing but in time as providers of purely instrumental music also. The profile of the choir changed dramatically. Making extensive use of primary sources, this study aims to document the process of change in Victoria between 1861 and 1901, exploring the rationales underlying decisions taken and historical factors facilitating change. Musical developments in Victoria are viewed in the context of those elsewhere, especially Scotland and of general changes in aesthetic taste.;The study concludes that the process of musical change shows the Presbyterian Church of Victoria to have been a forward-looking and well-endowed institution with the confidence to take initiatives independent of Scottish control. It is also concluded that changes in musical practice within the worship of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria reflect developments taking place in other denominations and the changing aesthetic tastes of the Victorian era.

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Tarantino, Owen L. "Motivating staff to mission an analysis of church staff team leadership /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2009.

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Burch, John S. "An elder training program for Australian Presbyterian churches." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1996. http://www.tren.com.

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Dalglish, Robert L. "The spirituality of worship in the Presbyterian tradition." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2005. http://www.tren.com.

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Ricks, Tom. "Preaching the Revelation of Jesus Christ in EPC churches." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2004. http://www.tren.com.

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Sauer, Matthew L. "From chaos to community : creating the ekklesia through a unified purpose statement." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2005. http://www.tren.com.

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Goodwiller, Gregory A. "Rediscovering connectionalism, the church as mediated fellowships." Chicago, Ill : McCormick Theological Seminary, 1997. http://www.tren.com.

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Seda, Jonathan P. "Presbyterian worship and the Mexican context." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2002. http://www.tren.com.

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Pope, Earl A. "New England Calvinism and the disruption of the Presbyterian Church." New York : Garland Pub, 1987. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/15792178.html.

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Yoo, Kwangsuk. "Economic attitudes of members in the Ottawa Sarang Presbyterian Church." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/27429.

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My academic interest was and is in the problem of the interplay between religion and economy. Based purely on this academic interest, I visited the Ottawa Sarang Presbyterian Church (OSPC) established in 2004 and became its member. I decided to be baptized at this church, which I had intentionally delayed for a long time. During the survey of the OSPC members, I came to have a serious interest in the community of Korean immigrants that did not attract much attention in terms of the sociology of religion. After that, the subject of my Master thesis was going toward the relationship among religion, economy, and globalization. This thesis is just a beginning for deepening my understanding of the issue. I hope that this thesis may contribute to a better understanding of Korean immigrants in Canada, and I heartily appreciate the participation of the OSPC members in the survey. Further, I greatly owed the completion of this thesis to my wife and Dr. Peter Beyer. I thank all of them once again.

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Cavin, Meredith Lee. "Teacher training workshop in the small Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 1994. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p064-0010.

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Onwunta, Uma Agwu. "Ethnicity and missional strategies within the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/17328.

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Thesis (D.Th.)--University of Stellenbosch, 2006.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study and dissertation examines “Ethnicity and missional strategies within the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria.” A historical study of the mission methods and an empirical study of current missionary practices in the church point to the need for a new missional identity of the church. This missional identity requires a reversal of and a change to missionary strategies that should result into reconciliatory missiology. In the process of making this assessment of the Presbyterian mission in Nigeria, it was necessary to revisit the missionary ecclesiologies that shaped and contributed to the present identity. Thus, the research focused on the missionary impact of the Church of Scotland, Presbyterian Church in Canada, Presbyterian Church (USA), and the Netherlands Reformed Church (NRC). Insights from these historical excursions helped in determining not only the blessings that these ecclesiologies brought to bear on Nigerian Presbyterianism but also in discovering the burdens they brought on their trails, especially, regarding the seed of racism which was a precursor to the present ethnocentrism in the PCN. The second segment of this research was the empirical study of the current mission and work of the PCN. Using a focus group approach, sixteen leaders (8 Nigerians, 7 Canadians and 1 American) were interviewed through a structured questionnaire. The responses from these leaders were analysed in this paper and details of the analysis applied in chapter 4. The assumption in the hypothesis that the bane of contemporary PCN mission is ethnocentrism was affirmed. This problem as the research showed, was compounded by lack of adequate theological response both in the educational training and the liturgical activities of the church. Combining the historical data and the empirical research carried out, it was determined that the PCN needs a new theological orientation that can move it from the present institutionalized mode to a missonal frame. It was shown that this process would require a new definition of mission and a rediscovery of missional biblical metaphors that suit a conflict-ridden context of the Church as we have it in Nigeria. Three important metaphors were selected: community, servant and messenger. These metaphors formed the theological foundation for subsequent discussions on a missional frame which is the focus of chapter five. Chapter six outlines the meaning of conflicts and the causes of conflicts in Nigeria arguing for a reconciliatory missiology with a theologically-driven dialogue as its strategy. A theologically –driven dialogue is a strategy that, as is presented, enables the church to be God’s counter-cultural agent in the world, holding in tension the four cardinal points of obedience, critical contextualization, discernment and the anticipation of Christ’s return. It is argued that dialogue is a credible theological option through which the PCN can engage in the process of true reconciliation in the Nigerian society – a reconciliation which is based on the biblical cornerstones of truth, justice, peace and mercy. It is a task and a challenge for reconciliatory missiology - a momentous task the PCN is called upon to pursue in the 21st century.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie proefskrif ondersoek “Etnisiteit en missionale strategieë van die Presbiteriaanse Kerk in Nigerië”. ŉ Historiese blik op die sending metodes en ŉ studie van huidige missionêre praktyke binne die kerk dui daarop dat die kerk ŉ nuwe missionale identiteit benodig. ’n Nuwe missionale identiteit vereis ŉ transformasieproses in die huidige benadering van die Presbiteriaanse Kerk van Nigerië sodat die weg tot ŉ versoenende benadering gevind kan word. Om die huidige situasie te kan evalueer moes die missionêre ekklesiologie wat vorm gegee en bygedra het tot die huidige identiteit geëvalueer word. Gevolglik is die missionêre impak van die Kerk van Skotland, die Presbiteriaanse Kerke van Kanada en Amerika en die Nederlandse Gereformeerde Kerk nagegaan. Hulle het in baie opsigte help vorm aan die huidige identiteit van die Presbiteriaanse kerk in Nigerië. Die positiewe maar ook negatiewe gevolge van hulle werk is beskryf. Een aspek van hul werk was die invloed van die stille rassisme wat destyds geheers het en wat die voorloper was van die huidige etnosentrisme in die Presbiteriaanse Kerk van Nigerië. Die tweede deel van die navorsing ondersoek die huidige missionêre bediening en ingesteldheid van die Presbiteriaanse Kerk van Nigerië. Deur middel van ŉ fokus groep benadering en ’n vraelys, is onderhoude gevoer met 16 kerkleiers (8 Nigeriërs, 7 Kanadese en 1 Amerikaner). Die antwoorde van hierdie kerkleiers is geanaliseer en in hoofstuk 4 bespreek. Die voorveronderstelling in die hipotese dat die PKN etnosentrisme openbaar, is bevestig. Hierdie probleem, soos aangetoon in die navorsing, is versterk deur ŉ gebrek aan voldoende teologiese refleksie in die teologiese onderrig en in die liturgiese aktiwiteite van die kerk. Die historiese data en die empiriese navorsing toon aan dat die PKN ŉ nuwe teologiese oriëntasie benodig en dat dit slegs kan geskied as daar wegbeweeg word vanaf die huidige geïnstitusionaliseerde bedieningspraktyk na ŉ missionale raamwerk. Verder het dit duidelik geword dat ŉ nuwe verstaan van sending en ŉ herontdekking van missionale bybelse metafore nodig is om te spreek tot die konflik geteisterde konteks van die kerk in Nigerië. Drie belangrike metafore is voorgestel: gemeenskap, dienaar en boodskapper. Hierdie metafore voorsien die teologiese fundering vir die bespreking van ’n missionale verwysingsraamwerk vir die kerk se bediening. Hoofstuk 6 lig die betekenis van konflik asook die oorsake van konflik in Nigerië uit en argumenteer vir ŉ versoenende missiologie met ŉ teologies-gemotiveerde dialoog as strategie. ŉ Teologiesgemotiveerde dialoog is ŉ strategie wat, soos voorgelê in die navorsing, die kerk bemagtig om te reageer op die heersende kultuur, waar die vier kardinale aspekte van gehoorsaamheid, kritiese kontekstualisasie, onderskeiding en die afwagting van Christus se wederkoms byeen gebring word. Daar word geargumenteer dat dialoog ŉ waardige teologiese opsie is waardeur die Presbiteriaanse Kerk van Nigerië binne die Nigeriese samelewing kan opereer in ŉ proses van ware versoening – ŉ versoening wat gebaseer is op die bybelse hoekstene van waarheid, geregtigheid, vrede en genade. Die uitdaging van ŉ versoenende missiologie is die uitdaging waartoe die Presbiteriaanse Kerk van Nigerië in die 21ste eeu geroepe is.

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Palmerton, Ann R. "The Future of Milestones Ministry at Broad Street Presbyterian Church." Trinity Lutheran Seminary / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=trin1383669229.

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Fourney, Robert. "Equipping the elders for pastoral care at Glenview Presbyterian Church." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2005. http://www.tren.com.

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Codling, James. "Presbyterian missions to Indians in western Canada." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1990. http://www.tren.com.

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Park, Hyun Sik. "Deagil Presbyterian Church renovation another opportunity at a crisis, as a traditional church in Korea /." Lynchburg, Va. : Liberty University, 2000. http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu.

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Bowers, William Lloyd. "Preaching and renewal in the 'Main line' church." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1987. http://www.tren.com.

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Han, Manoh. "Effective strategies for healthy church growth in the Hap Dong Jung Tong Presbyterian denomination in Korea." Lynchburg, Va. : Liberty University, 2007. http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu.

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Chua, Daniel Meng-Wah. "A quest for spiritual renewal in Mount Carmel Bible-Presbyterian Church." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2004. http://www.tren.com.

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