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2012 Paul S. Nahirney On Becoming a Mission-Shaped Church: A Progress Report on a Diocesan Engagement with Marks of Mission This thesis explores the topic of what it means to be a mission-shaped church. Factors that have contributed to the decline of the Christian...
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2011 Matthew Richard Lawrence Writer-Priest: How Pastors Write Their Way Toward Vocational and Congregational Health This thesis examines the role of writing for pastors, especially as it promotes vocational and congregational health. It examines purported causes for...
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2011 Joseph Andrew Lane Canaries in the Coalmine: The Impact of Creative People on Congregational Development in the Episcopal Church The Episcopal Church is suspended between a very real desire to welcome new members and an equally real sense of anxiety over its...
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2011 James Wesley Harris, Jr. You Want to Close What? A Study of the Turnaround of One Episcopal Educational Institution Over the course of fifteen months, Saint James Episcopal School, Ormond Beach, Florida journeyed through the death and resurrection stages of a...
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2011 Lisa Anne Gray For God’s Sake, Step Away From the Church: Moving from Attractional Mindset to Missional Imagination This thesis reclaims the primacy of missio Deo and a re-imagined role for the church in a 21st century context. Examining one judicatory’s attempt...
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2011 Diane M. Jardine Bruce U2 and Pirates and Prayers, O MY! : Managing the Anxiety of Change Within the Emergent Church/Creative Ministry Movement Among Existing Parishes and Missions in the Diocese of Los Angeles The development of “alternative liturgies” within...
