The problem of this study is to compare the present practice in the field of leadership education in certain representative local Methodist Churches in the Central Texas Conference with 1) the procedures recommended by the Methodist Church, and 2) the specific needs of the local churches.

王澤堂. / "2009年6月". / "2009 nian 6 yue". / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 103-105). / Abstracts in Chinese and English. / Wang Zetang. / Chapter 第一章 --- 導論 / Chapter I. --- 引言 --- p.1 / Chapter II. --- 本硏究的重要和意義 --- p.1 / Chapter III. --- 與本硏究有關的學述著作 --- p.2 / Chapter IV. --- 硏究範圍 --- p.4 / Chapter V. --- 硏究方法及目的 --- p.4 / Chapter VI. --- 硏究資料來源 --- p.5 / Chapter VII. --- 硏究之限制 --- p.6 / Chapter 第二章 --- 循道公會在1940年代至1950年代的主要發展 / Chapter I. --- 引言 --- p.8 / Chapter II. --- 循道公會在1940年代的發展：籌建九龍堂和 九龍循道學校 --- p.8 / Chapter III. --- 循道公會在1950年代的發展 --- p.15 / Chapter 1. --- 九龍循道中學 --- p.15 / Chapter 2. --- 循道夜校 --- p.18 / Chapter 3. --- 石硤尾天台學校（循道會學校） --- p.18 / Chapter 4. --- 循道公會香港教區成立 --- p.20 / Chapter 5. --- 官塘循道學校 --- p.23 / Chapter IV. --- 小結 --- p.24 / Chapter 第三章 --- 循道公會在I960年代的主要發展 / Chapter I. --- 引言 --- p.27 / Chapter II. --- 北角堂及北角循道學校 --- p.27 / Chapter III. --- 官塘建堂建校計劃 --- p.33 / Chapter IV. --- 官塘區廉價房屋計劃 --- p.34 / Chapter V. --- 官塘雞寮徙置區 --- p.38 / Chapter 1. --- 官塘循道學校 --- p.38 / Chapter 2. --- 官塘循道診所 --- p.39 / Chapter VI. --- 官塘支堂 --- p.41 / Chapter VII. --- 華英中學 --- p.42 / Chapter VIII. --- 小結 --- p.45 / Chapter 第四章 --- 評析循道公會在1948年至1971年間的發展 / Chapter I. --- 循道公會在1948至1971年間對香港社會的貢獻 --- p.47 / Chapter 1. --- 學校教育 --- p.47 / Chapter 2. --- 房屋居所 --- p.48 / Chapter 3. --- 社會服務 --- p.50 / Chapter II. --- 發展背後的有利因素和優勢 --- p.51 / Chapter 1. --- 宣教士的角色和貢獻 --- p.52 / Chapter 2. --- 本地堂會的穩固基礎 --- p.55 / Chapter III. --- 跨越過的危機 --- p.57 / Chapter 1. --- 由建校達至建堂的夢想幻滅：策略的誤失？ --- p.57 / Chapter 2. --- 財政重擔：好大喜功的結果？ --- p.60 / Chapter 3. --- 華人教牧的培訓與流失，十個救火的青年？ --- p.63 / Chapter IV. --- 小結 --- p.68 / Chapter 第五章 --- 結論 / Chapter I. --- 教會對辦學校的重視 --- p.69 / Chapter II. --- 肩負對弱勢社群的承擔 --- p.70 / Chapter III. --- 大堂、細堂的資源共享 --- p.71 / Chapter IV. --- 三結合的文化 --- p.72 / Chapter V. --- 結語 --- p.73 / 附錄 --- p.75 / 附錄一：循道公會在1948年至1971年代的主要發展 事件 --- p.77 / 附錄二 ：香港循道公會與香港衛理公會在1960及 1970年代間的「聯合」經過 --- p.78 / 附錄三：1952-1975年循道公會港九聯區崇拜人 數 --- p.96 / 附錄四：1952-1975年循道公會港九聯區聖餐人 數 --- p.97 / 附錄五：1952-1975年循道公會港九聯區成人教友 入數 --- p.98 / 附錄六：1952-1975年循道公會港九聯區兒童教友 人數 --- p.99 / 附錄七：1952-1975年循道公會港九聯區教友總人 數（成人+兒童） --- p.100 / 附錄八：1952-1975年循道公會港九聯區成人洗 禮人數 --- p.101 / 附錄九：1952-1975年循道公會港九聯區兒童洗 禮人數 --- p.102 / 附錄十：1952-1975年循道公會港九聯區洗禮總 人數（成人+兒童） --- p.103 / 參考書目 --- p.104

Abstract not available. / Thesis (M.Th.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2011.

Thesis (D. Min.)--Southern Methodist University, Perkins School of Theology, 1977. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 196-201).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Southern Methodist University, Perkins School of Theology, 1977. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 196-201).

Marburg, University, Diss., Diss., 2003.

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Two primary sources of data were utilized: official church records, and a questionnaire survey administered to a random sample of Anglo and African-American United Methodists in the North Texas area. Questions covered socio-demographic and theological matters as well as perceptions of racism in the church. Ministers and lay members were surveyed separately.

"This paper is limited to a study of a sample of churches receiving support from the Commission on Minimum Salary of the North Texas Conference of the Methodist Church. It is further limited to the phases of membership, budgets, World Service, and minimum salary. The period to be covered is the four years from June, 1949, to June, 1953, during which time the Commission operated under the same principles and officers."-- leaf 1.

This thesis explores the significance of contemporary Christian spirituality for authentic Christian ministry. To this end an extensive survey of contemporary academic literature is conducted. The research bears in mind the almost unprecedented contemporary interest in `spirituality,' both for academics and laypersons alike, and presupposes the need to redefine and understand spirituality for our times. The study yields the finding that contemporary academic spirituality contributes a newfound authenticity to Christian ministry. Spirituality achieves such authenticity for ministry through highlighting and realising a number of outstanding features. These features include: a new global awareness, and an appreciation of spiritual diversity; a `this-worldly' embodiment or `materialism' as integral to spirituality; a rediscovery of the experiential dimension of ministry; a re-awakening of the contemplative spirit as permeative of every dimension of life and activity, and a new inter-disciplinary appreciation of the metaphors, means and stages for spiritual formation and maturation. The hermeneutically sound and convincing contribution of spirituality is ascribed to its growing academic credibility, its utilisation of its own historical tradition and documented experience, and its discriminative deployment of postmodernism's amenability to Christian spirituality. Finally, the thesis is not concerned with distilling practical ministerial activities from spirituality. It strives, rather, for an understanding of ministry at the ontological level, where self-understanding, vocational awareness and a desire for God realise the essence and dynamic of ministry. / Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / Thesis (D.Th.)