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Doctor of Ministry (DMin)

Theses/Dissertations from 2024 2024

RENOUNCING THE DOMINANT SCRIPT: WEAVING TOGETHER MYSTICISM, MONASTICISM, AND SACRAMENTAL THEOLOGY TO CREATE A PENTECOSTAL MODEL OF SPIRITUAL FORMATION, Hilton Burkholder

BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN PROFESSION AND PRACTICE: CLEAR GOSPEL COMMUNICATION IN A CONTEXT SATURATED BY MORALISTIC THERAPEUTIC DEISM, Jordan Dunn

THE GREAT CULTURAL COMMISSION: FULFILLING THE COMMAND OF JESUS TO LEAD AND CREATE A CULTURE DIFFERENT THAN THE WORLD’S, Kevin D. Geer

SPIRITUAL FATHERING: DOES IT REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE?, Jeffrey A. Jacob

PATHWAYS TO FOSTER, DEVELOP, AND MEASURE UNITY IN A DIVERSE CHURCH SETTING, Timothy I. Parsons

EVANGELSHIP: MOBILIZING A CULTURE OF DISCIPLESHIP THAT LEADS TO EVANGELISM IN A MULTIETHNIC LATINO CONTEXT, Lawrence D. Perez

SABBATH AS A HEALING PLACE: ALLEVIATING ANXIETY, WORRY, AND DEPRESSION IN GEN. Z, Christopher Stephen

MULTIPLY ALABAMA: MOVING FROM CHURCH PLANTING TO CHURCH MULTIPLICATION BY MULTIPLYING LEADERS AND CHURCHES IN THE ALABAMA MINISTRY NETWORK, David P. Strahan

Theses/Dissertations from 2023 2023

A DAILY TIME WITH GOD FOR SPIRITUAL GROWTH: HOW WORSHIP, SCRIPTURE, AND PRAYER TRANSFORM PEOPLE INTO FULLY DEVOTED FOLLOWERS OF JESUS, Luke Cunningham

THE FUTURE OF PEOPLE BECOMING THE CHURCH: MULTIPLYING DISCIPLES, LEADERS, AND CAMPUSES IN A POST-CHRISTIAN, DE-CHURCHED, AND UNCHURCHED REGION OF THE UNITED STATES, Wesley D. Davis

CHURCH CAMPUS ENHANCEMENT FOR MAXIMUM MINISTRY EFFECTIVENESS: RESEARCH PROJECT, Denny R. Duron Jr.

DISCIPLESHIP RENEWED: RETURNING TO THE ANCIENT TEACHINGS OF JESUS AS THE MANUAL FOR MODERN-DAY CHRISTIANITY, Sarah Duron

A KINGDOM MODEL OF LEADERSHIP: DEVELOPING A BIBLICAL LEADERSHIP STANDARD ESTABLISHED ON KINGDOM PRINCIPLES AND EXEMPLIFIED BY THE PERSON AND MINISTRY OF JESUS, Meredith James

PROVIDING EFFECTIVE PASTORAL LEADERSHIP THROUGH DIFFICULT SEASONS: OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO BECOMING A REVITALIZED CHURCH, Joseph Lee

Pentecostal Health: The Intentionality of Being a Spirit-filled Ministry, Johnny L. Manning

MENTAL HEALTH IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CHURCH: DISMANTLING THE STIGMA OF TREATMENT AND SERVICES, Sonya R. McCurdy

YOUNG ADULT ATTRITION IN THE AMERICAN CHURCH: THE SUSPECTED CAUSES AND SUGGESTED CURES, Randall M. Morrow

TOWARD A EUCHARISTIC GATHERING: THE EFFICACY AND IMPLICATIONS OF THE RECOVERY OF THE GREAT TRADITION AT FAITH, HOPE, AND CHARITY WORSHIP CENTER, Ernest J. Rocker

CHRIST AS DIALOGUE WITH CULTURE: REIMAGING THE CHURCH FOR INCARNATIONAL DISCIPLESHIP AND MINISTRY, Sean Sloan

FAITHFUL IS THE WORD: FORGING A PASTORAL MENTALITY BASED ON AN ANALYSIS OF THE PHRASE “PISTOS HO LOGOS” AND ITS EFFECTIVENESS WHEN APPLIED TO PASTORAL SUCCESSION, Israel Sotolongo

CALLED TO SERVE: DEVELOPING AN UNDERSTANDING OF PENTECOSTAL PASTORAL AND PRACTICE FROM PENTECOSTAL THEOLOGY AND TRADITION, Joshua Willaford

Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022

A GOSPEL CENTERED AND HOLISTIC APPROACH TO CARING FOR INDIVDUALS EXPERIENCING POVERTY, Leon Battle

A PNEUMATOLOGICAL THEOLOGY AND CHRISTOLOGICAL PHILOSOPHY OF CHURCH CONFLICT FOR THE POST-PANDEMIC WESTERN CHURCH TO OUTLIVE, OUTLAST, AND OUTLOVE, Scott Bowman

INTENTIONAL MALE ALLIES/ADVOCATES: HOW MALE LEADERS CAN SUCCESSFULLY CHAMPION FEMALE MINISTERS IN THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD U.S.A., Saehee H. Duran

ENGAGING AND MOBILIZING BABY BOOMERS FOR EFFECTIVE MINISTRY, Paul D. Russell

THE PREVALENCE OF UNADDRESSED TRAUMA IN THE LIVES OF MINISTERIAL LEADERS AND PASTORAL CARE-ORIENTED STEPS TO GREATER SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH, Deanna D. Shrodes

MISSIOLOGICAL INTELLIGENCE: TAKING CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE TO A NEW LEVEL IN GUANACASTE, COSTA RICA, Adam Vaughan

Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021

A PRACTICAL CHRISTIAN MINISTRY FOR PARENTAL GRIEF AND LOSS, DonnaGillian Bailey

THE FATHER’S BUSINESS: EXPLORING THE CHALLENGES OF SECOND-GENERATION MINISTRY LEADERS, Garrett Booth

CREATION COSTS: HERMENEUTICAL AND SCIENTIFIC REPERCUSSIONS THROUGH THE LENS OF THE DAY AGE AND YOUNG EARTH VIEWS, Mark Alan Langner

THE MINISTRY OF THE SPIRIT, PROPHETIC WITNESS: A THEOLOGICAL MODEL FOR PROPHETS, Matthew C. Larson

DEFINING, ASSESSING, AND PROGRESSING DISCIPLESHIP: HELPING CHURCH LEADERS AND LAITY BECOME CONFIDENT AND EQUIPPED DISCIPLE-MAKERS, Matthew R. Ulrich

Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020

THE PAULINE CONCEPT OF DISCIPLESHIP AS A MODEL FOR ADDRESSING THE YOUTH DROPOUT IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CHURCH., Jacob Al Hassan

DEVELOPING A CHURCH PLANTING GROWTH STRATEGY FOR GROWING METROPOLITAN COMMUNITIES IN THE UNITED STATES, Aaron R. Burke

Healthy Church Multiplication in Modern Churches, William J. Burns

FACTORS THAT PRODUCE HIGH-CAPACITY LEADERS WITHIN THE CHURCH, Daniel O. Floyd

A THEOLOGY OF COMPASSION: ENCOURAGING LOCAL CHURCH MINISTRY TO CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE, Allen Griffin

DENOMINATIONAL INFLUENCE IN CHURCH REVITALIZATION, Donald J. Immel

GOD DOES NOT SHOW FAVORITISM: THE INTENTIONAL INCLUSION OF MINORITIES IN PENTECOSTAL LEADERSHIP, Terrell Robert Raburn

A STRATEGIC PLAN TO ASSIST PASTORS IN THE SUCCESSION BETWEEN A MENTORING LEAD PASTOR AND HIS OR HER MENTEE, Glen Wolf

Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019

Neighborliness: A Call to Racial and Socioeconomic Equity in Charlotte, North Carolina, David Daniel Docusen

A THEOLOGY AND PRACTICE OF FOSTER CARE MINISTRY: AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A CHURCH-BASED WRAPAROUND PROGRAM FOR FOSTER PARENTS, Robert Wesley Griffith

DEVELOPING SPIRITUAL MATURITY IN MINISTRY LEADERS THROUGH A WHOLE-BIBLE THEMATIC INSTRUCTION, Eric John Palmu

TECHNOLOGICAL DISCIPLESHIP: HOW MODERN PLATFORMS CAN IMPROVE DEVOTIONAL HABITS IN CORE CHURCH, Greg D. Phelps

DEVELOPING CIVICALLY ENGAGED, JUSTICE ORIENTED CHURCHES RIGHT FROM THE START - A HISPANIC PENTECOSTAL PERSPECTIVE, Elizabeth D. Rios

Assessing the Personal Needs and Professional Issues that Hinder Credentialed Women in the Ohio Ministry Network: Egalitarianism and the Image of God, Deedra Ann Shilliday

LIFTERS AND GIFTERS: KEEPING MILLENNIALS AND BOOMERS TOGETHER TO BUILD THE CHURCH, Richard Wilkerson