Theses/Dissertations from 2024
A TRAINING MODEL FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING IN LARGE EVANGELICAL CHURCHES, Ginger Ann Beady
RENOUNCING THE DOMINANT SCRIPT: WEAVING TOGETHER MYSTICISM, MONASTICISM, AND SACRAMENTAL THEOLOGY TO CREATE A PENTECOSTAL MODEL OF SPIRITUAL FORMATION, Hilton Burkholder
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
TOWARD A EUCHARISTIC GATHERING: THE EFFICACY AND IMPLICATIONS OF THE RECOVERY OF THE GREAT TRADITION AT FAITH, HOPE, AND CHARITY WORSHIP CENTER, Ernest J. Crocker
A DAILY TIME WITH GOD FOR SPIRITUAL GROWTH: HOW WORSHIP, SCRIPTURE, AND PRAYER TRANSFORM PEOPLE INTO FULLY DEVOTED FOLLOWERS OF JESUS, Luke Cunningham
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
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
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
A GOSPEL CENTERED AND HOLISTIC APPROACH TO CARING FOR INDIVDUALS EXPERIENCING POVERTY, Leon Battle
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
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
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
Theses/Dissertations from 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