From its earliest days, the Church has struggled to be in the world but not of it. Controversies in Rome and Corinth over what Christians could eat or not eat. Paul attempting to appease Judean nationalists in the Temple and being arrested....
Research influences its context. While careful researchers try to minimize this influence by, for example, avoiding research contexts where researchers exercise authority over individuals or organizations, many DMin students develop research that is designed to influence a context in which they are in power over...
It was a long evening. It was about a new, very well designed, cohort model DMin program that met the ATS Commission on Accrediting standards. There was keen interest in the program being offered in a population area in a nearby state that was separated...
"Ultimately, this book is about choices." Those familiar with the published work of Paul Borthwick, which spans 30 years of research and writing, will be accustomed to the focused challenges that the author provides, particularly along the lines of global perspective and Great Commission engagement....
In his book "Faith on the Road," Rieger urges the reader to consider the migrant narrative and to recognize the variant power differentials at work in other travel narratives playing out in humanity today....
"How do you canoe over mountains?" asks Tod Bolsinger. "You don’t. If you want to continue forward, you change". Canoeing the Mountains is about "the kind of leadership necessary for the local church to take the Christian mission into the uncharted territory of a post-Christendom...
In several thought-provoking plenary sessions, Dr. Rah emphasized the temptation of a dominant culture to overlook the importance of lament, which is an important expression for minority cultures. ...
The art of persuasion is a competency rooted in awareness of what counts as knowledge. Although skepticism over the value of theological education and challenges to the authority of pastoral leaders are not new, they are certainly dynamic factors today....
Drawing on the author’s experiences working with DMin students at Central Baptist Theological Seminary, including recent interactions with students from Myanmar, Korea, and the United States, this paper discusses the insights gained. ...
George Barna, founder and president of Barna Research Group, has been studying Christian churches in America for thirty years. In 1998, he wrote his twenty-fourth book - The Second Coming of the Church. The result of four years of research, Barna called this book more personal,...