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2010 Francis Appleton Hubbard The Challenge of Ideological Diversity in the Local Congregation: It’s Not Easy Being a “Purple” Church, But It’s Worth It Major socio-political national or international issues which originate beyond the local congregation can seriously...
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2010 Robert Edward Droste Reaching Creative People In 2002, economist Richard Florida published The Rise of the Creative Class. In it, he described the emergence of a powerful economic class: “the scientists, engineers, artists, musicians, designers and...
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2010 Gawain Frederik de Leeuw From Wallflower to Dancer: Moving from the Pastoral Director to Community Organizer Model for the 21st Century Church The cultural context of the mainline church has changed over the last 50 years. The responsibilities of the priest,...
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2010 Judith Anne DeLorme-Loftus Compassion Resilience: The Law Enforcement Chaplain’s Response To Compassion Fatigue The ministry of the law enforcement chaplain is a ministry of listening, counseling, and support to law enforcement officers, support personnel, their...
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2010 Randall Carl Kidder Day It’s Not Just An Old, Old Story: Introducing Congregational Emotional Systems Through The Lens Of Multigenerational Transmission This thesis presents an overview of systems thinking (Bowen Family Systems Theory), a summary of the concept...
