Index Catalog // Emory Theses and Dissertations

1. SPIRIT-ENABLED: Discipleship in a Multicultural Congregation

Student Name:: Ndjungu, Chris Nkemba
Date Uploaded:: 05/03/2022
Research Field:: Theology, Divinity, and Cultural Resources Management
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

2. Eat the Livestream: Hybrid Communion in a Digital Era of Worship

Student Name:: Natwick, Joseph
Date Uploaded:: 04/30/2022
Research Field:: Religion, Clergy, Theology, and Religion, General
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

3. Between Sword and Surrender: Finding New Narratives for Christian Belonging

Student Name:: de Silva, Christopher
Date Uploaded:: 04/29/2022
Research Field:: Theology and Religion, General
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

4. Encountering the Presence of God through Images: Practicing Visio Divina as Prayer

Student Name:: Lee, Sun Joo
Date Uploaded:: 04/29/2022
Research Field:: Theology
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

5. Making It Plain Building a Biblical Framework for Deconstructing White Racist and Supremacist Thought Narratives for the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer Atlanta and Others.

Student Name:: Bonner, Ronald S.
Date Uploaded:: 04/29/2022
Research Field:: Religion, General
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

6. The Bible In One Hand, The Smartphone in the Other: The Great Commission in the Age of Social Media

Student Name:: Holley, Bryan Scott
Date Uploaded:: 04/29/2022
Research Field:: Religion, Clergy, Theology, and Religion, Biblical Studies
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

7. The Psychological Impact of Visitor Restrictions on End-of-Life Patients

Student Name:: Boyd, Pamela L.
Date Uploaded:: 04/28/2022
Research Field:: Psychology, Experimental and Divinity
Department or Specialty:: Divinity

8. Reimagining Our Spirituality: Creating a Kingdom Culture In A Virtual Environment

Student Name:: Powers, Esther K.
Date Uploaded:: 04/28/2022
Research Field:: African American Studies, Black Studies, and Religion, General
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

9. Developing Virtual Ministry Models for Small Black Churches

Student Name:: Farmer, Timothy
Date Uploaded:: 04/27/2022
Research Field:: Theology
Department or Specialty:: Divinity

10. Looking Back to Move Forward: Navigating the Impact of Emotional Attachment to Subjective Interpretation of Past Worship Experiences on Church Growth in Rural Methodist Congregations

Student Name:: Cox, Tyler
Date Uploaded:: 04/27/2022
Research Field:: Religion, Clergy, Theology, and Divinity
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

11. Worship and the Lament

Student Name:: Byer-Thomas, Andrea
Date Uploaded:: 04/25/2022
Research Field:: Theology
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

12. Holy Space: Worship and Proclamation in the Liminal Space of Post-Disaster and Pre-Recovery

Student Name:: Abdnour, Nicole Partin
Date Uploaded:: 04/21/2022
Research Field:: Theology and Religion, General
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

13. Praxis of Pastoral Care: Helping a Congregation Navigate Grief and Change in Pastoral Transition

Student Name:: Hendrey, Darin
Date Uploaded:: 04/21/2022
Research Field:: Religion, Clergy, Pastoral Counseling, and Psychology, General
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

14. The 2x3 Initiative: A Collective Impact Effort in Florence, South Carolina to Mitigate Poverty, Food Insecurity, Diabetes, and Mobilize Sustainability through Health Awareness, Healthy Cooking, and Home Gardening

Student Name:: Cattenhead, James
Date Uploaded:: 04/21/2022
Research Field:: Health Sciences, Nutrition, Religion, General, and Agriculture, General
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

15. SOIL: A Study of Sin, Self, and Salvation

Student Name:: Lee, Phillip
Date Uploaded:: 04/20/2022
Research Field:: Religion, Biblical Studies, Psychology, Counseling, and Theology
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

16. Community Chaplaincy: Chaplaincy in the Margins

Student Name:: Fleck, Shannon
Date Uploaded:: 05/07/2021
Research Field:: Theology
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

17. From Surviving to Thriving: Exploring Healthy Pathways to Pastoral Succession in African American Baptist Churches using the Old Testament Succession Narrative of Moses and Joshua

Student Name:: Newton, Shareka
Date Uploaded:: 05/04/2021
Research Field:: Theology
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

18. Supporting Healthcare Staff Through Spiritual Resources: Reflection and Realignment to Overcome Workplace Adversity and Difficulty

Student Name:: Brndiar, Gary
Date Uploaded:: 05/03/2021
Research Field:: Spirituality, Health Sciences, Nursing, and Pastoral Counseling
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

19. Ethnography, Conflict, and Pastoral Leadership

Student Name:: Curtis, Mark
Date Uploaded:: 05/01/2021
Research Field:: Religion, Clergy and Theology
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

20. Speaking Their Language: Leveraging Ethnographic Principles in Order to Proclaim the Word Through Culturally Appropriate Methods

Student Name:: Morgan, Andy
Date Uploaded:: 05/01/2021
Research Field:: Divinity and Theology
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

21. Mentoring Community Kids: Introducing the Black Lives Matter Generation to the Black Church

Student Name:: Hinds, Michaiah
Date Uploaded:: 04/30/2021
Research Field:: Theology
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

22. Shaping Ministry to Provide Emancipatory Hope for Women Who Have Been Formally Incarcerated

Student Name:: Ford, Clarence
Date Uploaded:: 04/30/2021
Research Field:: Theology
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

23. A Grief Ministry: Creating A Safe Place To Do The Work of Greaving

Student Name:: McElroy, Nadine Hendricks
Date Uploaded:: 04/29/2021
Research Field:: Theology
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

24. Wandering and Wondering: Composing an Itinerant's Guide to Appreciation of Place

Student Name:: Largen, Jabe
Date Uploaded:: 04/29/2021
Research Field:: Theology
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

25. Re-Examining The Gospel: Personal Piety, Justice, and the Church

Student Name:: Mercer, Derrick
Date Uploaded:: 04/29/2021
Research Field:: Regional Studies
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

26. How Can They Hear Without a Preacher? The Possibilities of Morally Imaginative Preaching in the Small Membership Church

Student Name:: Fletcher, Bart A.
Date Uploaded:: 04/29/2021
Research Field:: Religion, General and Religion, Clergy
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

27. VIRTUAL RECTOR: MINISTERING TO A CONGREGATION FROM 500 MILES AWAY

Student Name:: Jurkovich-Hughes, Jocelynn
Date Uploaded:: 04/28/2021
Research Field:: Religion, General, Theology, and Religion, Clergy
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

28. From "Butts in the Pews" to Views: Calculating Online Worship Attendance

Student Name:: Hodges-Batzka, Diana
Date Uploaded:: 04/28/2021
Research Field:: Religion, Clergy and Theology
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

29. Constructing a Eucharistic Celebration of Tết (Vietnamese Lunar New Year) at Morrow Vietnamese Alliance Church

Student Name:: Nguyen, Nghia
Date Uploaded:: 04/28/2021
Research Field:: Religion, General, Theology, and Religion, Clergy
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

30. Engaging Black Millennials Ages 25-35 in Spiritual Formation and Leadership

Student Name:: Dixon, Cynthia
Date Uploaded:: 04/28/2021
Research Field:: Theology
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

31. Model for Implementing Intergenerational Ministries in Traditional Single Generation Churches

Student Name:: Cash, Brian
Date Uploaded:: 04/27/2021
Research Field:: Theology
Department or Specialty:: Divinity

32. STRUCTURED FOR MISSION: A NEW DISTRICT LEADERSHIP MODEL

Student Name:: Lewis, Paula
Date Uploaded:: 04/26/2021
Research Field:: Religion, Clergy and Divinity
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

33. The Transformative Power of Preaching: The influence of African American preaching and teaching on congregational culture

Student Name:: Henry, Walter
Date Uploaded:: 04/25/2021
Research Field:: Theology
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

34. Hampton University Ministers’ Conference: Nurturing Pastoral Imagination in African American Clergy

Student Name:: Haggins, Debra
Date Uploaded:: 04/25/2021
Research Field:: Theology, Divinity, and African American Studies
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

35. The Church's Responsibility to the Children of the Incarcerated: Ministry to the Fatherless and Motherless

Student Name:: Lawson, Martin
Date Uploaded:: 04/23/2021
Research Field:: Theology
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

36. The Title Christian Was Given, Not Earned: Churches that Lack Intentional Spiritual Formation Processes Cheapen Grace

Student Name:: May, Timothy
Date Uploaded:: 04/23/2021
Research Field:: Theology
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

37. Worship for the Next Generation: Finding Community in a Virtual World

Student Name:: Martin, Chad
Date Uploaded:: 04/23/2021
Research Field:: Theology
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

38. Understanding the Destructive Forces of Colonization: A Necessary Step to Foster Partnerships of Dignity in Haiti.

Student Name:: Hlad, Lorne
Date Uploaded:: 04/22/2021
Research Field:: Theology and Caribbean Studies
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

39. What Should We Wear: Clergywomen, Clothing, and Calling

Student Name:: Hrynyk, Jennifer
Date Uploaded:: 04/22/2021
Research Field:: Theology
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

40. Effecting Racial Transformation through Pedagogy and Proclamation: in an Historically White Southern Congregation

Student Name:: McClain, Douglas
Date Uploaded:: 04/22/2021
Research Field:: Education, Pedagogy, Education, Religious, and Divinity
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

41. Reclaiming the Practice of Lament: Lament as a Modern Pastoral Care Practice in the Face of Grief and Loss in the Bahamas.

Student Name:: Neilly, Jacinta Marie
Date Uploaded:: 04/22/2021
Research Field:: Theology
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

42. The Effect of Regular Sabbath Practice on the Members of Eastman First United Methodist Church

Student Name:: Goshorn, Theodore
Date Uploaded:: 04/22/2021
Research Field:: Religion, Biblical Studies and Theology
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

43. An Evolving Work of Art: Leadership Development among Early Career Adults

Student Name:: Woolly, D. Rhodes
Date Uploaded:: 05/18/2020
Research Field:: Religion, General and Religion, Clergy
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

44. Sowing the Seeds of Friendship: Cultivating Hospitality Across Class Lines

Student Name:: Evans, Hammett N.
Date Uploaded:: 05/08/2020
Research Field:: Theology
Department or Specialty:: Divinity

45. "Where Two or Three Are Gathered": Prophetic Disruption of the New Religious Marketplace

Student Name:: Battle, Jeremy
Date Uploaded:: 05/07/2020
Research Field:: Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Religion, History of, and Theology
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

46. Teaching White Sin, Black Skin: Toward a Christian Antiracism Pedagogy in the Era of Mass Incarceration

Student Name:: Francois, Willie
Date Uploaded:: 04/29/2020
Research Field:: Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Religion, Clergy, and Theology
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

47. Kids Are People, Too: Preaching to All Ages

Student Name:: Grissom, Kelsey
Date Uploaded:: 04/28/2020
Research Field:: Spirituality, Religion, General, and Theology
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

48. Hospitality in a Culture of Othering: A Critical Exploration of Multigenerational Community-Building Dialogues in Crumly’s Chapel

Student Name:: Baldwin II, John
Date Uploaded:: 04/27/2020
Research Field:: Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies and Theology
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

49. Giving Culture a Voice in Church: An Exploration of Popular Music and Holy Scripture

Student Name:: Hagan, Ebb
Date Uploaded:: 04/26/2020
Research Field:: Religion, Biblical Studies, Religion, Clergy, and Religion, General
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

50. SOUL CONVERSATIONS: Heart Religion through Spiritual Friendship for Emerging Adults

Student Name:: Summers, Andrea
Date Uploaded:: 04/25/2020
Research Field:: Spirituality, Religion, General, and Theology
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

51. Cultivating the Domestic Church: Experimenting in Family Catechetical Education

Student Name:: Butler, Anthony
Date Uploaded:: 04/24/2020
Research Field:: Education, Religious and Theology
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

52. The Pastor-Reader: How a Program of Regular Reading Is Formational for Practicing Ministers

Student Name:: Carty, Austin
Date Uploaded:: 04/24/2020
Research Field:: Theology
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

53. The Timeless Story Across the Ages: New for Every Generation

Student Name:: Gray, Susan
Date Uploaded:: 04/23/2020
Research Field:: Spirituality and Theology
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

54. Unity in Diversity: Reading Romans Through a Pastoral Theology Lens

Student Name:: Gabelman, TJ
Date Uploaded:: 04/23/2020
Research Field:: Religion, Biblical Studies, Religion, Clergy, and Divinity
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

55. Behind, In, In Front Of: A Study in Communal Hermeneutics

Student Name:: Perry, Nicholas
Date Uploaded:: 04/22/2020
Research Field:: Religion, Biblical Studies, Education, Religious, and Theology
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

56. Sabbath Rest: A Theological Response to Self-Care for African American Clergy

Student Name:: Sparks, Tanisha
Date Uploaded:: 05/10/2019
Research Field:: Religion, Clergy and African American Studies
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

57. The Power of Mourning: Creating a Space of Vulnerability for African-American Clergywomen to Lament and Holler

Student Name:: Butler, Tori
Date Uploaded:: 05/10/2019
Research Field:: African American Studies, Anthropology, Cultural, and Theology
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

58. Ecosystem Theory and Boundary Leadership as applied to the Church: Developing a Method and Analytic Framework to restore the Place of Churches in their Local Communities.

Student Name:: Mowry, Keck
Date Uploaded:: 05/09/2019
Research Field:: Religion, Clergy, Divinity, and Sociology, Organization Theory
Department or Specialty:: Divinity

59. Preaching for Vision Casting

Student Name:: Smith, Kellen
Date Uploaded:: 05/09/2019
Research Field:: Theology
Department or Specialty:: Theological Studies

60. Replanted: New Life In Old Soil For Dying Homogenous Churches

Student Name:: Gravely, William K.
Date Uploaded:: 05/09/2019
Research Field:: African American Studies and Theology
Department or Specialty:: Divinity

61. On Intentional Modeling:  An Exploration of Communicating Values Concerning Money and Generosity  to Young Children by Their Parents

Student Name:: Swanson, Brett
Date Uploaded:: 05/09/2019
Research Field:: Theology
Department or Specialty:: Divinity

62. Participatory Leadership: Building New Habits in the Body of Christ

Student Name:: Barr, Cameron
Date Uploaded:: 05/08/2019
Research Field:: Religion, Clergy and Theology
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

63. A Matter of Life and Death: How Eulogists Inform and Influence Homegoings

Student Name:: Adams, Priscilla
Date Uploaded:: 05/08/2019
Research Field:: Theology

64. Creating a Liturgy of Life: Cultivating Thriving Elders

Student Name:: Furr-Vancini, Lauren
Date Uploaded:: 05/08/2019
Research Field:: Religion, Clergy and Pastoral Counseling
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

65. The Future of Campus Ministry Amid Church and College Disruption

Student Name:: Cheyney, Stephen
Date Uploaded:: 05/07/2019
Research Field:: Spirituality, Theology, and Education, Higher
Department or Specialty:: Divinity

66. The Class Meeting: Does Experiential Spiritual Formation Create Inviting Disciples?

Student Name:: Bruce, Robert
Date Uploaded:: 05/07/2019
Research Field:: Religion, Clergy and Theology
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

67. Exploring the Creation of a Multi-Denominational (Mosaic) Church Campus

Student Name:: Crowe, Sheila
Date Uploaded:: 05/07/2019
Research Field:: Religion, General
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

68. Running From Noise to the Silence of Prayer: Encountering Lectio Divina and Contemplative Worship

Student Name:: Boone, Julie
Date Uploaded:: 05/07/2019
Research Field:: Spirituality and Theology
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

69. Starved to Death for Love: Working with Children in Poverty

Student Name:: Jones, Carlons Don
Date Uploaded:: 05/07/2019
Research Field:: Religion, General, Education, Religious, and Divinity
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

70. Ecosystem Theory and Boundary Leadership as applied to the Church: Developing a Method and Analytic Framework to Restore the Place of Churches in their Local Communities.

Student Name:: Mowry, Keck
Date Uploaded:: 05/06/2019
Research Field:: Religion, General, Divinity, and Sociology, Organization Theory
Department or Specialty:: Divinity

71. Kinfolk: Empowering Young Adult Leadership Through Familial and Vocational Structures in a Historical and Traditional United Methodist Church

Student Name:: Tschanz, Jonathan
Date Uploaded:: 05/06/2019
Research Field:: Religion, Clergy and Theology
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

72. The Freedom Church: Reviewing Our Practices for Ministry in the 21st Century

Student Name:: Miller, Melanie
Date Uploaded:: 05/06/2019
Research Field:: Religion, General, African American Studies, and Theology
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

73. The Year of Mark: Westfield Church's Year with the Bible's Oldest Gospel

Student Name:: Chapman, Jonathan
Date Uploaded:: 05/04/2019
Research Field:: Religion, Biblical Studies and Theology
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

74. The Dream Center Project: Faith-Based Economic and Community Development on J-Street

Student Name:: Davis, James G.
Date Uploaded:: 05/03/2019
Research Field:: Economics, Commerce-Business and Divinity
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

75. Building for the Future: Creating Faith-Building Community for Young Adults in the 21st Century

Student Name:: McCoy, Janet
Date Uploaded:: 05/02/2019
Research Field:: Religion, Biblical Studies and Religion, Clergy
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

76. DigiVangelism: Sharing Faith on Digital Platforms

Student Name:: Dandridge, Stacy
Date Uploaded:: 05/02/2019
Research Field:: Divinity
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

77. Reading the Bible with Rembrandt: Graphic Exegesis in Christian Education

Student Name:: Sonstegard-Spray, Maren
Date Uploaded:: 05/01/2019
Research Field:: Religion, Biblical Studies
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

78. Faith and Food Justice in New Rochelle, NY: The Peace Garden Project

Student Name:: Lewis, Michelle
Date Uploaded:: 06/19/2018
Research Field:: Religion, General
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

79. Gathered at the Table: Reimagining the Lord’s Supper at University Baptist Church

Student Name:: Kimmel, Kathryn E. S.
Date Uploaded:: 06/12/2018
Research Field:: Theology
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

80. Faith Community Support of the Atlanta/Fulton County Pre-Arrest Diversion Initiative

Student Name:: Noblitt, Joshua
Date Uploaded:: 05/08/2018
Research Field:: Theology
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

81. Standing in the Gap: Informing Advocates for African American Male Youth in Underdeveloped Communities

Student Name:: Royster, Michael D.
Date Uploaded:: 05/07/2018
Research Field:: African American Studies, Theology, and Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

82. Communication as a Practice of Community Building at Sandy Springs United Methodist Church

Student Name:: Martin, George
Date Uploaded:: 05/07/2018
Research Field:: Religion, General
Department or Specialty:: Divinity

83. Lord, Have Mercy: The Order of Confession and Forgiveness, Mystagogical Preaching, and the “Southern Way of Life”

Student Name:: Parvin, Allison
Date Uploaded:: 05/07/2018
Research Field:: Theology
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

84. Just As I Am: Believer's Baptism and Intellectual Disability

Student Name:: Whitesides, Kristin
Date Uploaded:: 05/05/2018
Research Field:: Religion, Biblical Studies and Religion, Clergy
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

85. Halibut for the Homeless: How the Gift of Wasted Food Fostered Friendships in a Local Congregation

Student Name:: Starr, Ryan
Date Uploaded:: 05/05/2018
Research Field:: Theology
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

86. Mastering Calling Comprehension: Answer God's Call with Clarity and Confidence

Student Name:: Burnett, Christopher
Date Uploaded:: 05/04/2018
Research Field:: Religion, Biblical Studies, Education, Religious, and Divinity
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

87. Health Incarnate: Growing a Healthier Community through Youth Ministry in Greene County, Georgia

Student Name:: Williams, Avis
Date Uploaded:: 05/04/2018
Research Field:: Theology

88. Leading God's Flock from Rough to Still Water: The Role of the Pastor in Eatonton First United Methodist Church's Tensions Over Worship

Student Name:: Terrell, Jessica
Date Uploaded:: 05/04/2018
Research Field:: Theology

89. Peace Be With You, Rest In Peace: Using Scripture To Address Spiritual Distress At The End Of Life

Student Name:: Witty, Sue
Date Uploaded:: 05/04/2018
Research Field:: Theology
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

90. Developing Intentional Ecclesiastical Mentors for Women in Ministry: “Encouraging and Strengthening Others”

Student Name:: Shine, Caroline
Date Uploaded:: 05/04/2018
Research Field:: Religion, Biblical Studies, Religion, Clergy, and Women's Studies
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

91. Oneness: The Liturgy of the Eucharist Inspiring Mission

Student Name:: Matthew M. Williams
Date Uploaded:: 05/04/2018
Research Field:: Theology
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

92. Coming to the Table: Eucharistic Practices and Beliefs among Worshipers at St. Luke United Methodist Church, Columbus, Georgia

Student Name:: Garrard, Cynthia
Date Uploaded:: 05/04/2018
Research Field:: Religion, General and Theology
Department or Specialty:: Theological Studies

93. Seeking Sanctuary: The Word of God for the People of God

Student Name:: Grimshaw, Gretchen
Date Uploaded:: 05/04/2018
Research Field:: Religion, Biblical Studies
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

94. The Importance of Reflexivity in Cultivating Pastoral Preaching in Response to Communal Trauma

Student Name:: Burgess, Adriane
Date Uploaded:: 05/04/2018
Research Field:: Pastoral Counseling and Divinity
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

95. Toward Communal Healing: Initiating A Collective Vision To Combat Congregational Crises

Student Name:: Lomax, Charles
Date Uploaded:: 05/04/2018
Research Field:: Religion, General
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

96. Living Your Methodist Identity: Recovering the Class Meeting for Disciple Building

Student Name:: Jennings, Thomas Gene
Date Uploaded:: 05/04/2018
Research Field:: Religion, General and Religion, History of
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

97. Recognizing Difference: New Roles for Churches Amid Dramatic Change

Student Name:: Smyth, Daniel
Date Uploaded:: 05/03/2018
Research Field:: Theology
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

98. Confronting Racism in Chatom

Student Name:: Morales, Holly
Date Uploaded:: 05/03/2018
Research Field:: Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies and Education, Social Sciences
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

99. A Living Hope: First Peter as a Model for Preaching Eschatology in the 21st Century

Student Name:: Scharf, Douglas
Date Uploaded:: 05/03/2018
Research Field:: Religion, Biblical Studies and Religion, Clergy
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

100. The Role of the Church in Racial Reconciliation Dialogue: Instructions from Matthew 15:21-28

Student Name:: Wells, Dorothy Sanders
Date Uploaded:: 05/03/2018
Research Field:: Theology
Department or Specialty:: Ministry

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1. SPIRIT-ENABLED: Discipleship in a Multicultural Congregation

2. Eat the Livestream: Hybrid Communion in a Digital Era of Worship

3. Between Sword and Surrender: Finding New Narratives for Christian Belonging

4. Encountering the Presence of God through Images: Practicing Visio Divina as Prayer

5. Making It Plain Building a Biblical Framework for Deconstructing White Racist and Supremacist Thought Narratives for the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer Atlanta and Others.

6. The Bible In One Hand, The Smartphone in the Other: The Great Commission in the Age of Social Media

7. The Psychological Impact of Visitor Restrictions on End-of-Life Patients

8. Reimagining Our Spirituality: Creating a Kingdom Culture In A Virtual Environment

9. Developing Virtual Ministry Models for Small Black Churches

10. Looking Back to Move Forward: Navigating the Impact of Emotional Attachment to Subjective Interpretation of Past Worship Experiences on Church Growth in Rural Methodist Congregations

11. Worship and the Lament

12. Holy Space: Worship and Proclamation in the Liminal Space of Post-Disaster and Pre-Recovery

13. Praxis of Pastoral Care: Helping a Congregation Navigate Grief and Change in Pastoral Transition

14. The 2x3 Initiative: A Collective Impact Effort in Florence, South Carolina to Mitigate Poverty, Food Insecurity, Diabetes, and Mobilize Sustainability through Health Awareness, Healthy Cooking, and Home Gardening

15. SOIL: A Study of Sin, Self, and Salvation

16. Community Chaplaincy: Chaplaincy in the Margins

17. From Surviving to Thriving: Exploring Healthy Pathways to Pastoral Succession in African American Baptist Churches using the Old Testament Succession Narrative of Moses and Joshua

18. Supporting Healthcare Staff Through Spiritual Resources: Reflection and Realignment to Overcome Workplace Adversity and Difficulty

19. Ethnography, Conflict, and Pastoral Leadership

20. Speaking Their Language: Leveraging Ethnographic Principles in Order to Proclaim the Word Through Culturally Appropriate Methods

21. Mentoring Community Kids: Introducing the Black Lives Matter Generation to the Black Church

22. Shaping Ministry to Provide Emancipatory Hope for Women Who Have Been Formally Incarcerated

23. A Grief Ministry: Creating A Safe Place To Do The Work of Greaving

24. Wandering and Wondering: Composing an Itinerant's Guide to Appreciation of Place

25. Re-Examining The Gospel: Personal Piety, Justice, and the Church

26. How Can They Hear Without a Preacher? The Possibilities of Morally Imaginative Preaching in the Small Membership Church

27. VIRTUAL RECTOR: MINISTERING TO A CONGREGATION FROM 500 MILES AWAY

28. From "Butts in the Pews" to Views: Calculating Online Worship Attendance

29. Constructing a Eucharistic Celebration of Tết (Vietnamese Lunar New Year) at Morrow Vietnamese Alliance Church

30. Engaging Black Millennials Ages 25-35 in Spiritual Formation and Leadership

31. Model for Implementing Intergenerational Ministries in Traditional Single Generation Churches

32. STRUCTURED FOR MISSION: A NEW DISTRICT LEADERSHIP MODEL

33. The Transformative Power of Preaching: The influence of African American preaching and teaching on congregational culture

34. Hampton University Ministers’ Conference: Nurturing Pastoral Imagination in African American Clergy

35. The Church's Responsibility to the Children of the Incarcerated: Ministry to the Fatherless and Motherless

36. The Title Christian Was Given, Not Earned: Churches that Lack Intentional Spiritual Formation Processes Cheapen Grace

37. Worship for the Next Generation: Finding Community in a Virtual World

38. Understanding the Destructive Forces of Colonization: A Necessary Step to Foster Partnerships of Dignity in Haiti.

39. What Should We Wear: Clergywomen, Clothing, and Calling

40. Effecting Racial Transformation through Pedagogy and Proclamation: in an Historically White Southern Congregation

41. Reclaiming the Practice of Lament: Lament as a Modern Pastoral Care Practice in the Face of Grief and Loss in the Bahamas.

42. The Effect of Regular Sabbath Practice on the Members of Eastman First United Methodist Church

43. An Evolving Work of Art: Leadership Development among Early Career Adults

44. Sowing the Seeds of Friendship: Cultivating Hospitality Across Class Lines

45. "Where Two or Three Are Gathered": Prophetic Disruption of the New Religious Marketplace

46. Teaching White Sin, Black Skin: Toward a Christian Antiracism Pedagogy in the Era of Mass Incarceration

47. Kids Are People, Too: Preaching to All Ages

48. Hospitality in a Culture of Othering: A Critical Exploration of Multigenerational Community-Building Dialogues in Crumly’s Chapel

49. Giving Culture a Voice in Church: An Exploration of Popular Music and Holy Scripture

50. SOUL CONVERSATIONS: Heart Religion through Spiritual Friendship for Emerging Adults

51. Cultivating the Domestic Church: Experimenting in Family Catechetical Education

52. The Pastor-Reader: How a Program of Regular Reading Is Formational for Practicing Ministers

53. The Timeless Story Across the Ages: New for Every Generation

54. Unity in Diversity: Reading Romans Through a Pastoral Theology Lens

55. Behind, In, In Front Of: A Study in Communal Hermeneutics

56. Sabbath Rest: A Theological Response to Self-Care for African American Clergy

57. The Power of Mourning: Creating a Space of Vulnerability for African-American Clergywomen to Lament and Holler

58. Ecosystem Theory and Boundary Leadership as applied to the Church: Developing a Method and Analytic Framework to restore the Place of Churches in their Local Communities.

59. Preaching for Vision Casting

60. Replanted: New Life In Old Soil For Dying Homogenous Churches

61. On Intentional Modeling: An Exploration of Communicating Values Concerning Money and Generosity to Young Children by Their Parents

62. Participatory Leadership: Building New Habits in the Body of Christ

63. A Matter of Life and Death: How Eulogists Inform and Influence Homegoings

64. Creating a Liturgy of Life: Cultivating Thriving Elders

65. The Future of Campus Ministry Amid Church and College Disruption

66. The Class Meeting: Does Experiential Spiritual Formation Create Inviting Disciples?

67. Exploring the Creation of a Multi-Denominational (Mosaic) Church Campus

68. Running From Noise to the Silence of Prayer: Encountering Lectio Divina and Contemplative Worship

69. Starved to Death for Love: Working with Children in Poverty

70. Ecosystem Theory and Boundary Leadership as applied to the Church: Developing a Method and Analytic Framework to Restore the Place of Churches in their Local Communities.

71. Kinfolk: Empowering Young Adult Leadership Through Familial and Vocational Structures in a Historical and Traditional United Methodist Church

72. The Freedom Church: Reviewing Our Practices for Ministry in the 21st Century

73. The Year of Mark: Westfield Church's Year with the Bible's Oldest Gospel

74. The Dream Center Project: Faith-Based Economic and Community Development on J-Street

75. Building for the Future: Creating Faith-Building Community for Young Adults in the 21st Century

76. DigiVangelism: Sharing Faith on Digital Platforms

77. Reading the Bible with Rembrandt: Graphic Exegesis in Christian Education

78. Faith and Food Justice in New Rochelle, NY: The Peace Garden Project

61. On Intentional Modeling:  An Exploration of Communicating Values Concerning Money and Generosity  to Young Children by Their Parents