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2010 Leigh Farley Waggoner Latino Ministry In the Episcopal Church: Who Are We? The Episcopal Church has had Latino ministry for over forty years. Despite this tenure, we have little knowledge of who the people in the pews are, why they are there, who their leaders...
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2010 Andrew James Sheldon As It Was In The Beginning: Post-Ordination Formation In Ministry For The Missional Church In the transition into a first congregation the newly ordained clergyperson is already beset with a variety of challenges having to do with a change in...
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2010 Leon Clement Mozeliak, Jr. To Live or Die: What Criteria Help Determine Whether A Mission Can Grow Into A Parish: How Diocesan Dollars Should Be Spent This thesis explores the potential for growth of mission congregations in varied developmental circumstances and...
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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,...
