Are the words 'vision' and 'mission' mere 'fashion words' in modern society? Will these words disappear in years to come? The business community considers vision and mission as important 'tools' to pull their organizations forward. It is in these communities that we hear of success stories because of the correct usage of vision and mission statements. There is not always consensus on the meaning of the words 'vision' and 'mission', but there is consensus that the use of vision and mission contributes to the progress and success of the organization. Business men are focussed on performance and achievement. Vision and mission statements do play an integral role in those achievements. The Bible uses synonymous terms for vision and mission. The words vision and mission (as we understand them today in this context) do not appear in the Bible (in Afrikaans), but words with the same meaning are used. Leaders in religious communities are not always aware of the value of using these tools in the local assembly. Thus, there is a rising awareness of the advantages for the local assembly of using vision and mission statements. Various local assemblies have used them with great success. To ensure that 'vision' and 'mission' do not simply remain fashion words, it is of the utmost importance that religious communities understand, formulate and use them properly. Focussed leaders will accompany local assemblies more effectively. That will result in more success stories in the local assembly. / Dr. G.J. Basson

Thesis (Th. M.)--Dallas Theological Seminary, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 67-74).

The thesis of this study is that influential evangelicals have adopted views regarding the relation of faith, obedience, and justification (or, in other words, justification sola fide ) that are in conflict with the historic, Reformation doctrine of justification sola fide . Having departed from the historic, Reformation doctrine, their professions of holding justification sola fide are misleading and meaningless for the purpose of certifying their evangelical identity. To establish the unity of the Protestant tradition with regard to the meaning of sola fide , the views of Martin Luther, John Calvin, and the major Protestant creeds and confessions are examined. The thesis that unity existed among Protestants with regard to sola fide requires the examination of the development of the doctrine in Luther found in chapter 2. It shows that Luther's views gradually developed in his spiritual experience and that the major features of his mature understanding of sola fide are consistent with Calvin's systematic development of sola fide . In chapter 3 the views of John Calvin are examined. Three key perspectives on the meaning of sola fide through which the Reformation tradition can be examined and the views of current evangelicals tested are isolated: the passive definition of justifying faith, the distinction between justifying faith and obedience, and the dichotomy between the law and the gospel. Chapter 4 examines the Reformation tradition. An accurate assessment of the meaning of sola fide for that tradition may be best achieved by the examination of its a major creeds and confessions. The three key perspectives on the meaning of justification by faith alone previously isolated are found consistently embedded in the 16 th and 17 th century creeds of Protestantism. Having seen the unified meaning of justification sola fide in Calvin, Luther, and the Protestant tradition, chapters 5, 6, and 7 examine the views of three influential evangelical theologians in light of this crucial tradition. The views of Daniel Fuller, Norman Shepherd, and Don Garlington are weighed in the balance of the historic Reformation doctrine of justification by faith alone and found to depart from the historic doctrine. Chapter 8 seeks to make clear a number of important conclusions from the study as a whole. / This item is only available to students and faculty of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. If you are not associated with SBTS, this dissertation may be purchased from <a href="http://disexpress.umi.com/dxweb">http://disexpress.umi.com/dxweb</a> or downloaded through ProQuest's Dissertation and Theses database if your institution subscribes to that service.

Thesis (M.A.B.S.)--Multnomah Biblical Seminary, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 93-98).

Thesis (Ph.D.(Practical Theology))--University of Pretoria, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 241-260).

Thesis (M.A.B.S.)--Multnomah Biblical Seminary, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 93-98).

Thesis--Pontificia università gregoriana. / Includes bibliographical references.

No início dos anos 90, segundo o Instituto de Economia da Unicamp, o gasto salarial mensal de um grande time de futebol brasileiro era de, aproximadamente, US$ 40 mil. Em 1999, esse custo saltou para US$ 800 mil, aumentando 200%. Nesse período, tanto o salário dos principais jogadores, agora milionários, progrediu geometricamente, como a exploração midiática os tornou heróis dessa pátria de chuteiras. Quais os efeitos dessa hiper-exposição futebolística nos meios comunicativos de massa e nos processos constituintes da subjetividade em adolescentes provenientes das camadas populares? Essa é uma pesquisa sobre crenças e representações nos ritos de iniciação ao futebol, a partir da investigação dialética entre sujeito e contexto, necessidade e satisfação, em que toda representação está ancorada, produzindo sentidos. Ao averiguar o processo de identificação com personagens significantes, ídolos e heróis, bem como, ao analisar, em futebol, as representações sociais de futebol em jogadores aspirantes a profissional e a influência sobre suas práticas sociais, procurou-se desvelar os mitos, crenças e representações que norteiam suas carreiras e interferem no processo constitutivo da identidade. Enquanto referência teórica utilizou-se a abordagem identitária como metamorfose de Ciampa (1993, 1999) e das representações sociais de Moscovici (1978, 1984, 1988), Jodelet (1984), Arruda (2002) e Guareschi (1996, 2000), baseadas na análise das práticas discursivas dos sujeitos envolvidos. Como procedimento, realizaram-se entrevistas semi-estruturadas, com 10 atletas das divisões de base de um clube expressivo do nordeste brasileiro, escolhidos aleatoriamente, tendo como critério único de exclusão não pertencerem às categorias júnior e juvenil. Os sujeitos, em fase de iniciação profissional, eram oriundos das classes média e baixa, com idades entre 16 e 18 anos, na maioria negros, grau de escolaridade entre 1° grau incompleto e 2° grau completo e residentes no clube. A partir da análise qualitativa das marcas discursivas recorrentes, baseada no método de associação de idéias (Spink e Guareschi, 1993), emergiram as principais categorias temáticas: infância/iniciação ao futebol, a aprovação dos pais e o depósito maciço de expectativas no futuro profissional: introdução no universo esportivo através do olhar de um outro (pai, parente ou futebolista) reconhecedor da habilidade e potencial do sujeito e a consciência da não vocação para os estudos; socialização e reconhecimento: clube de referência como legitimador do bom jogador; a auto-imagem, percepção de si como jogador; a ideologia, o processo de ancoragem na representação glorificada e idolatrada do jogador de futebol profissional da elite; a objetivação da ilusão nas justificativas de se conciliar o amor à camisa e os interesses financeiros; a legitimação, sentimento de pertença a uma elite, já que, freqüentador de um clube de expressão - representação social de jogadores iniciantes sobre futebol; a alienação, expressa na falta de alternativas profissionais para possível fracasso, não representado e nunca admitido como possibilidade. / In the earlier 90th, according to the Instituto de Economia da Unicamp, the monthly amount with payment in a big soccer Brazilian team was about, US$ 40 thousand. In 1999, this total spent increase to US$ 800 thousand, growing about 200%. On this period, both, the main soccer players earnings, now millionaires, moved on in a geometric progression, and the mediatic exploration make then heroes on this motherland in football shoes. Which are the effects of this soccer hiper-exposition on the means of communication and on the subjective quality component process on teenagers from popular strata of society? This is a survey about the beliefs and representations on rites in the soccer players identification at the beginning of the professional career. The relevance of this study consists of the analysis about psycho-social significance or representation of soccer, making possible the discussion with reference to the part of this sport in the production process of each player, starting from the investigation of the subject-context and necessity-satisfaction interference, in which every representation is anchored. Entering the soccer psycho-social dimension, the intention was to reveal the myths, creeds and representations that bound the players career, interfering in the identity constitution process, examining the identification process with famous person, idols, heroes and analyzing the social representation of soccer in applicant players to be professional and its influence under the social custom. As for the theorical reference the approach used was that of the identity as a metamorphosis from Ciampa (1993,1999) and the social representations of Moscovici (1978,1984,1988), Spink (1993,1996), Jodelet (1984), Arruda (2002) and Guareschi (1996,2000), which are based on the analysis of discursive practice. As a procedure, an investigation was conducted based on the oral report with partially-structured interviews with 10 athletes from base divisions of a popular team in the northeast of Brazil. They were selected under a criterion of exclusion of the beginners coming from working class, between sixteen and eighteen years old, most of then black man, low level of instruction, and on the initial phase of the professionalism. From the qualitative analysis of the recurrent speech, based on the Ideas Association Approach (Spink and Guareschi, 1993), the main thematic categories have arisen: the early period/initiation to soccer, the parents approval and the expectatives on the professional future: introduction on the sportive universe through an outside view which recognize the fellows abilities and potencial and the conscious of doesnt have inclination to study; socialization and prestige: the team legitimating the image of a good player; the auto-image, perception about the self as a soccer player; the ideology, process anchored on the splendour and idolatrous representation of the professional soccer player; the objectification about ilusion on the conciliating justifications between love for the team and the financial interesting; the legitimating, feeling of be among the elite the beginner players social representation about soccer; the alienation, showed on the professional choices deficiency to a possible failure, never represented and accepted as a possibility.

No início dos anos 90, segundo o Instituto de Economia da Unicamp, o gasto salarial mensal de um grande time de futebol brasileiro era de, aproximadamente, US$ 40 mil. Em 1999, esse custo saltou para US$ 800 mil, aumentando 200%. Nesse período, tanto o salário dos principais jogadores, agora milionários, progrediu geometricamente, como a exploração midiática os tornou heróis dessa pátria de chuteiras. Quais os efeitos dessa hiper-exposição futebolística nos meios comunicativos de massa e nos processos constituintes da subjetividade em adolescentes provenientes das camadas populares? Essa é uma pesquisa sobre crenças e representações nos ritos de iniciação ao futebol, a partir da investigação dialética entre sujeito e contexto, necessidade e satisfação, em que toda representação está ancorada, produzindo sentidos. Ao averiguar o processo de identificação com personagens significantes, ídolos e heróis, bem como, ao analisar, em futebol, as representações sociais de futebol em jogadores aspirantes a profissional e a influência sobre suas práticas sociais, procurou-se desvelar os mitos, crenças e representações que norteiam suas carreiras e interferem no processo constitutivo da identidade. Enquanto referência teórica utilizou-se a abordagem identitária como metamorfose de Ciampa (1993, 1999) e das representações sociais de Moscovici (1978, 1984, 1988), Jodelet (1984), Arruda (2002) e Guareschi (1996, 2000), baseadas na análise das práticas discursivas dos sujeitos envolvidos. Como procedimento, realizaram-se entrevistas semi-estruturadas, com 10 atletas das divisões de base de um clube expressivo do nordeste brasileiro, escolhidos aleatoriamente, tendo como critério único de exclusão não pertencerem às categorias júnior e juvenil. Os sujeitos, em fase de iniciação profissional, eram oriundos das classes média e baixa, com idades entre 16 e 18 anos, na maioria negros, grau de escolaridade entre 1° grau incompleto e 2° grau completo e residentes no clube. A partir da análise qualitativa das marcas discursivas recorrentes, baseada no método de associação de idéias (Spink e Guareschi, 1993), emergiram as principais categorias temáticas: infância/iniciação ao futebol, a aprovação dos pais e o depósito maciço de expectativas no futuro profissional: introdução no universo esportivo através do olhar de um outro (pai, parente ou futebolista) reconhecedor da habilidade e potencial do sujeito e a consciência da não vocação para os estudos; socialização e reconhecimento: clube de referência como legitimador do bom jogador; a auto-imagem, percepção de si como jogador; a ideologia, o processo de ancoragem na representação glorificada e idolatrada do jogador de futebol profissional da elite; a objetivação da ilusão nas justificativas de se conciliar o amor à camisa e os interesses financeiros; a legitimação, sentimento de pertença a uma elite, já que, freqüentador de um clube de expressão - representação social de jogadores iniciantes sobre futebol; a alienação, expressa na falta de alternativas profissionais para possível fracasso, não representado e nunca admitido como possibilidade. / In the earlier 90th, according to the Instituto de Economia da Unicamp, the monthly amount with payment in a big soccer Brazilian team was about, US$ 40 thousand. In 1999, this total spent increase to US$ 800 thousand, growing about 200%. On this period, both, the main soccer players earnings, now millionaires, moved on in a geometric progression, and the mediatic exploration make then heroes on this motherland in football shoes. Which are the effects of this soccer hiper-exposition on the means of communication and on the subjective quality component process on teenagers from popular strata of society? This is a survey about the beliefs and representations on rites in the soccer players identification at the beginning of the professional career. The relevance of this study consists of the analysis about psycho-social significance or representation of soccer, making possible the discussion with reference to the part of this sport in the production process of each player, starting from the investigation of the subject-context and necessity-satisfaction interference, in which every representation is anchored. Entering the soccer psycho-social dimension, the intention was to reveal the myths, creeds and representations that bound the players career, interfering in the identity constitution process, examining the identification process with famous person, idols, heroes and analyzing the social representation of soccer in applicant players to be professional and its influence under the social custom. As for the theorical reference the approach used was that of the identity as a metamorphosis from Ciampa (1993,1999) and the social representations of Moscovici (1978,1984,1988), Spink (1993,1996), Jodelet (1984), Arruda (2002) and Guareschi (1996,2000), which are based on the analysis of discursive practice. As a procedure, an investigation was conducted based on the oral report with partially-structured interviews with 10 athletes from base divisions of a popular team in the northeast of Brazil. They were selected under a criterion of exclusion of the beginners coming from working class, between sixteen and eighteen years old, most of then black man, low level of instruction, and on the initial phase of the professionalism. From the qualitative analysis of the recurrent speech, based on the Ideas Association Approach (Spink and Guareschi, 1993), the main thematic categories have arisen: the early period/initiation to soccer, the parents approval and the expectatives on the professional future: introduction on the sportive universe through an outside view which recognize the fellows abilities and potencial and the conscious of doesnt have inclination to study; socialization and prestige: the team legitimating the image of a good player; the auto-image, perception about the self as a soccer player; the ideology, process anchored on the splendour and idolatrous representation of the professional soccer player; the objectification about ilusion on the conciliating justifications between love for the team and the financial interesting; the legitimating, feeling of be among the elite the beginner players social representation about soccer; the alienation, showed on the professional choices deficiency to a possible failure, never represented and accepted as a possibility.

Thesis (D. Min.)--Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, Lombard, Ill., 2002. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 149-154).