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A Socio-Cultural Analysis of Leadership Approaches in Ethiopian Immigrant Churches in the United States: Leadership Styles and Implications for Missions
The central research issue is to develop an understanding of how Ethiopian immigrant church leaders explain their lived experiences within the changing social contexts in…
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A Case Study of Challenges Foreign-born Church Leaders Face in Establishing Multicultural Churches in the United States
The purpose of this research was to find out how Foreign-born church leaders describe the challenges they face in establishing multicultural churches in the United…
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The Spirit’s Witness: A Historical and Theological Examination of the Testimonium Spiritus Sancti Internum
An adequate account of the epistemology of theology must take into consideration the work of the Holy Spirit in the self-communicative action of the triune…
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Marriage of God, Mission of God: A Missiological Paradigm based on the Church as the Bride of Christ Bearing Seed and Producing Fruit
This research was conducted to discover if a universal missiological paradigm has been, or can be developed from the entire biblical canon, as it is…
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Effective Urban Congregations: A Study of Ministry Factors That Contribute to the Effectiveness of a Lutheran Church -Missouri Synod Urban Congregation
The urban presence of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod is very challenged as any of the mainline denominations in North America that is predominantly Anglo Saxon…
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Bonding and Bridging Social Capital Among Immigrants in the United States: A Study Reconciling Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Principles as a New Paradigm for Reaching Out to a Racially Disjointed Community
The research investigates the formation of social capital based upon the bonding and bridging of immigrants and non-immigrants in the 21st century by focusing on…
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Theological and Missiological Implications of Contextualization: Interdisciplinary Analyses of the Notion of Context
The missiological derivatives of the notion “context,” such as contextualization and contextual theologies, are perceived as an integral part of missiology by the vast majority…
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Conrad Dieterich (1575-1639) and the Instruction of Luther’s Small Catechism
Bode, Gerhard H. “Conrad Dieterich (1575-1639) and the Instruction of Luther’s Small Catechism.” Ph.D. Diss., St. Louis, MO: Concordia Seminary, 2005.350 pp. Luther’s catechisms have…
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"Why Then the Law?" Salvation History and the Law in Martin Luther’s Interpretation of Galatians 1513-1522
Herrmann, Erik H. “‘Why Then the Law?’ Salvation History and the Law in Martin Luther’s Interpretation of Galatians 1513-1522.” Ph.D. Diss., St. Louis, MO: Concordia…