This dissertation introduces a history of the Olešnice parish based on research stemming from an accessible of sources. It focuses first of all on the parish?s creation and then on the state of the parish and how it was affected by Josef?s reforms. The dissertation questions how greatly these reforms influenced its inception and function. Its focus is on an internal organization and parish run, with its act within a state administration. The opening chapter summarizes the literature and other sources used for researching this subject and are followed with chapters about the church administration at the time of late modern period, and also the establishment of the České Budějovice bishopric and the spiritual committee Czech land Gubernia. The studies begin with the history of Olešnice. It first details the important institutions in a village (school, pastorate, authority) and the holding of properties. The next chapter is then focused on the origination and history of the Olešnice parish, with the main focus being on visitations and the churchmen. The end chapters are concerned with the sacred objects within the parish (the church, the chapel and the devotional pillar), patronage in local parish and school matters. The final chapter represent written production of parish and focus on situation of parish registry. Total summary is stated at the end.

This study was undertaken around the following problem statement: As a result of erratic pastoral care for the ministers' corps of the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) by the denomination, ministers are often left to their own resources (to fend for themselves?) and consequently experience solitude. Because of developments in society and the church, they exist and function more and more on the periphery of the lives of people and of society. With some ministers, this results in an alienation from their calling and uncertainty about how this calling should be realised in specific circumstances and contexts. From this, the following research hypothesis was formulated: When the DRC appoints pastors pastorum as an essential component of a comprehensive and holistic approach to the pastoral care of the minister, ministers will fulfil their calling with renewed self-confidence, improved competence and greater authority. This study was approached from the methodological question: Who does what, regarding who, how, where, when, why? The DRC functions according to the presbyterial synodal system of church government. Each pastor and congregation is, although selfreliant, also part of the DRC and the Church of Christ in general. The presbyterial synodal church government system is not the only way in which the church can be managed and is also not infallible. The weaknesses in the system have a negative effect especially on pastors who have attained an exceptionally important position in the system. The system of corporate episcopes is inadequate in current circumstances.</p. Concerning episcope. The service of episcope is scripturally defined, but the nature thereof depends on place, time and circumstances. In churches with an episcopal character, the episcope are the function of the bishop and possess an individual character. A general consensus exists that these episcope can be executed in a synodal-collegial manner, OR in an episcopal-personal manner. It is not necessary to apply the service in the figure of the bishop exclusively. It is essential to supplement the system of corporative episcope in the DRC with a system of personal episcope. The function of episcope must be applied to all levels of church life. Concerning the pastor. The term pastor is preferred to that of minister or preacher. No definition is given for a pastor, but the profile of the pastor is described in terms of the triangle: person, office and profession. The calling of the pastor is considered to be fundamental to this triangle. The pastoral care of pastors comprises the totality of activities provided by the entire church in order to, by means of a personal episcope (thus officially), communicate the gospel to the pastor in all facets of his humanity and, by utilizing all possible aids, to enable the pastor to fulfill his calling with renewed self-confidence (security of identity), authority (security of office) and competence (security of profession). On the strength of this description, the following resposibility is assigned to each church assembly in the process of pastoral care of pastors: The synod functions on the level of profession and office with favourable results on the personal level of the pastor. The circuit functions on the level of mutual care among pastors. The church council and congregation function on the level of the general priesthood of believers. The pastor pastorum The ministry of the pastor pastorum should be founded upon the metaphor of the shepherd. To be able to use this nowadays, the metaphor should be deconstructed first in order to look past the various romantic portrayals thereof. Then it has to be reconstructed in order to be applicable to current circumstances. The position and profile of the pastor pastorum is pointed out. Special attention is paid to the pastor pastorum as shepherd and as person who should be able to think systemically. Empirical research <lo>The empirical investigation attempts to connect the who and the what to the where and the when.<ol> <lo><li>The empirical investigation confirms the supposition that a need exists for pastoral care among pastors.</li> <li>The pastor prefers to be pastorally cared for by the church.</li> <li>For the pastor, the receiver of the pastoral care, it is not really important which church assembly the care emanates (comes?) from. Care from a major assembly which is removed further than the regional synod from the pastor, would, however, not be effective. </li> <li>It seems that lack of a vision on the whole is a serious problem, especially in churches from the reformed tradition.</li> <li>Solutions concerning pastoral care of pastors should be directed towards the person of the pastor as well as towards the structure in which the pastor works.</li></ol> The church can and must learn from other church traditions. / Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2008. / Practical Theology / PhD / Unrestricted

This study is the product of research in the field of systematic theology, particularly the subject of women in ministry. The goal was to provide, given the scope and limits of the study, the most persuasive case for women elders (or “pastors”) from a Reformed-Evangelical approach to date. The primary means of accomplishing this goal is by making an analytically constructed argument that is both exegetically and theologically sound. The introduction outlines the study’s basic objectives, structure, research methods, assumptions, and overall direction. Two gives a detailed literature review of major publications on the subject of women ministry in order to track the movement of the debate. Three explores theological methods that addresses theological loci, the role of hermeneutics, and the theological-analytical structure and content of Reformed-Evangelical arguments for women elders. Chapter Four explores conceptual framework, which frames the specific, contemporary debate over women elders in Reformed-Evangelical circles, and then addresses the insights and challenges of feminist theology and Roman Catholic theology. The heart of the study is captured in three main chapters that present a case for women elders in the church. The first argument provides a detailed examination of the “prohibition passages” in the New Testament and concludes that they do not prohibit women from being elders. The second argument provides a sweeping account of the proclamation of the gospel in New Testament theology, and affirms that anti-women-elder readings and attitudes simply do not conform to the actions, attitudes, and teachings of the early church regarding gender and gospel-proclamation. Finally, the third section provides three additional arguments in favor of women elders. The first argument addresses the nature of hermeneutics and application of specific interpretations, the second addresses the nature of marriage and its relationship to church leadership, and the third deals with functions of women in NT ministry. The research concludes with Chapter Eight, which summarizes the argument and introduces practical ramifications if the study’s premises and conclusions are true. / Philosophy and Systematic Theology / D. Th. (Systematic Theology)

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The pastor‘s own well-being is essential in order to attend to the spiritual well-being of others. Therefor pastors need to be cared for. I have found in transgeneration, narrative as well as participation-action-research, convergent within a threefold approach, a workable tool for caring, with pastors. But then we actually need a paradigm shift from a therapeutic towards a participatory mutual care approach within an African context. The focus is placed on pastoral attitude rather than specialised theories and prescribed techniques. This pastoral attitude is to be found within friendship related to the Celtic anamchara relationship. Particitatory pastoral care is not knowledge or skills for therapeutic practices as such, but rather a self emptying on a participatory journey, seeking unique outcomes. / Practical Theology / D. Th. (Practical Theology)

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The pastor‘s own well-being is essential in order to attend to the spiritual well-being of others. Therefor pastors need to be cared for. I have found in transgeneration, narrative as well as participation-action-research, convergent within a threefold approach, a workable tool for caring, with pastors. But then we actually need a paradigm shift from a therapeutic towards a participatory mutual care approach within an African context. The focus is placed on pastoral attitude rather than specialised theories and prescribed techniques. This pastoral attitude is to be found within friendship related to the Celtic anamchara relationship. Particitatory pastoral care is not knowledge or skills for therapeutic practices as such, but rather a self emptying on a participatory journey, seeking unique outcomes. / Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology / D. Th. (Practical Theology)

This thesis deals with the life and work of two pastors of the Evangelical Church of the Czech Brethren, Alfréd Kocáb and Jiří Doležal, between 1968-1989. For this research the oral history method was used. The thesis contains a selection of interviews, which the author conducted with the pastors in spring 2013, and an interpretation of them according to the rules of the discipline of oral history. Preceding to the interviews available materials related to both pastors were studied, which are mainly documents in church and state archives, but also interviews with contemporaries of both pastors. The aim of this thesis is to create a platform to the pastors to speak, so that they can present their life and work according to their memories and comment various events, which constituted them. The two pastors represent two different wings in the ECCB in that period. In this way, these two concepts and accents of life and theology are entering into a mutual dialog. Through two life testimonies we can pars pro toto observe the life of the church and the country in the difficult years 1968-1989. The second aim of the work was to create new historical sources in the form of recordings of interviews and transcriptions of them.

In this research, we aimed to outline the profile of the members of the community of practice of the Baptist Convention Alagoana from hypercorrection of events in order to evaluate whether social meaning when the emergence of these instances. For the development of this research, we use assumptions of Sociolinguistics variationist (LABOV, 2008[1972]) whose main objective is to demonstrate that the apparent linguistic chaos can be systematized and described, and that the variable uses found in speech may be occurring through influence of linguistic and social factors; whereas adopted theoretical and methodological aspects related to the third wave of sociolinguistic studies proposed by Eckert (2005; 2012) regarding the demarcation of community of practice and the search for social significance associated with linguistic forms. The population chosen to have his speech collected and their modus operandi observed was the community of practice formed by Baptists Pastors of the Baptist Convention Alagoana, stratify the sample according to the extralinguistic factor Time in pastorate into two groups, namely: Pastors with up to 10 years exercising the ministry (T1) and Pastors with more than 10 years (T2) exercising the function in the Baptist Church. Data collection was performed using three different instruments: structured interview (C1), Bible text reading (C2) and explanation of the biblical text (C3). These three collections were selected in order to observe whether the upward formality, motivated by the attention paid to speech (LABOV, 2008[1972]), influences the occurrence of hypercorrection. Simultaneously collected, we used participant observation whose notes have helped us to understand the modus operandi of the chosen community of practice, as well as the concerns and positions of members of the institution, in enabling a global view about the experience of employees and linking these observations to analysis of the phenomenon studied here. After transcribing the data, we analyze occurrences found qualitatively used for this excerpts taken from the structured interview, in order to outline the linguistic correction of imagery that hovers within this community of practice. Next, we describe the cases of hypercorrection more found in our data, in order to highlight the events that can be classified as such in our linguistic variety, as well as present, briefly, an overview of current uses in this community of practice with order to demonstrate the recurring features in the speech of employees with regard to the adoption of a differentiated linguistic variety/prestigious. Finally, we analyze the performance of the two extralinguistic factors, namely: the time the pastorate and the data collection context. Thus, through the results, we showed that the hypercorrection occurrences found in our corpus reflect the imagination of linguistic correctness and use of the prestigious variety required mainly formality of times is more frequent in the speech of Pastors who are starting their ministry and they need to build within this community of practice your persona and/or personal style. / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Nesta pesquisa, objetivamos delinear o perfil dos membros da comunidade de prática da Convenção Batista Alagoana a partir das ocorrências de hipercorreção com o intuito de avaliar se há significado social quando da emergência dessas instâncias. Para o desenvolvimento desta pesquisa, utilizamos pressupostos da Sociolinguística Variacionista (LABOV, 2008[1972]) cujo principal objetivo é demonstrar que o aparente caos linguístico pode ser sistematizado e descrito, bem como que os usos variáveis encontrados na fala podem estar ocorrendo por meio da influência de fatores linguísticos e sociais; ao passo que adotamos aspectos teórico-metodológicos relacionados à terceira onda dos estudos sociolinguísticos proposta por Eckert (2005; 2012) no que tange à delimitação de comunidade de prática e à busca por significado social associado às formas linguísticas. A população escolhida para ter sua fala coletada e seu modus operandi observado foi a comunidade de prática formada pelos Pastores Batistas da Convenção Batista Alagoana, estratificamos a amostra de acordo com o fator extralinguístico Tempo no pastorado em dois grupos, a saber: Pastores com até 10 anos exercendo o ministério (T1) e Pastores com mais de 10 anos (T2) exercendo a função na Igreja Batista. A coleta de dados foi realizada utilizando três instrumentos distintos: entrevista estruturada (C1), leitura de texto bíblico (C2) e explicação do texto bíblico (C3). Esses três momentos de coleta foram selecionados com vistas a observar se a formalidade ascendente, motivada pela atenção prestada à fala (LABOV, 2008[1972]), influencia a ocorrência de hipercorreção. Simultaneamente à coleta, fizemos uso da observação participante cujas anotações nos ajudaram a entender o modus operandi da comunidade de prática escolhida, assim como as inquietações e funções dos membros dessa Instituição, nos possibilitando um olhar global acerca da vivência dos colaboradores e associando essas observações à análise do fenômeno aqui estudado. Após a transcrição dos dados, analisamos as ocorrências encontradas qualitativamente, usamos para isso excertos retirados da entrevista estruturada, com o intuito de delinear o imaginário de correção linguística que paira no seio dessa comunidade de prática. Em seguida, descrevemos os casos de hipercorreção mais encontrados em nossos dados, com o objetivo de evidenciar as ocorrências que podem ser classificadas como tal em nossa variedade linguística, bem como apresentamos, de forma breve, um panorama dos usos correntes nessa comunidade de prática com vistas a demonstrar os traços recorrentes na fala dos colaboradores no que tange à adoção de uma variedade linguística diferenciada/prestigiosa. Por fim, analisamos a atuação dos dois fatores extralinguísticos, a saber: o Tempo no pastorado e o Contexto de coleta de dados. Dessa forma, por meio dos resultados obtidos, evidenciamos que as ocorrências de hipercorreção encontradas em nosso corpus refletem o imaginário de correção linguística e uso da variedade prestigiosa requerida principalmente em momentos de formalidade sendo mais frequente na fala de Pastores que estão iniciando seu ministério e que precisam construir dentro dessa comunidade de prática a sua persona e/ou estilo pessoal.

This research into Baptist leadership examines the processes of Christian leadership in terms of human relationships in churches under the microscope of a leadership theory known as leader member exchange theory (LMX), and discovers the correlation between a high level of LMX in a local church and the positive outcomes of leader legitimation in a society where pastoral tenure and pastoral termination project disheartening statistics. LMX theory is particularly suited for the study of the Baptist congregational leadership paradigm with emphasis on heightened follower participation in dyadic relationships between the pastor and church members. In the light of current convoluted leadership praxis, provides an appropriate theoretical tool for relational analysis. The background to this thesis is the perceived growing inclination among Baptist pastors to adopt a leadership paradigm, which exalts the person and role of the pastor to the exclusion of the church members. This “great man theory” is being modeled from sources that focus on church growth rather than church health, and represents a departure from servant leadership, which has long been the model for Baptists in general. This “new” trend of charismatic leadership may be one of the reasons for the inclination toward shorter tenures and pastoral termination, among Baptists, particularly in the USA. Understanding the peculiarities of congregational government is of particular importance to the research, with emphasis on the perceptions and expectations of church members regarding current leadership in their local church, and how the perception of personal value correlation translates into member satisfaction. The Literature on leadership offers a multiplicity of innovative ideas, mostly focused on the leader, and after literature research into the subjects of transactional transformational, complexity theory, and servant leadership no single theory of leadership offers completeness, hence the term quantum or complexity will assist in moving Baptist pastors from average leadership. <p.Critical elements of LMX were identified in the literature and processed into the questionnaire, which was distributed to among Baptist churches in South Africa and the United States. The results of the research are then analysed in the light of LMX theory, and the conclusion that in the congregational structure of Baptists, LMX theory offers valuable insights into member satisfaction. The characteristic of practical theology is the critical correlation of theological insight and empirical observation that will result in a new theory of praxis, and the final purpose is to focus attention on the positive outcome of healthy leader member exchange in local churches and the extended zone of influence through enhanced legitimation of pastoral leadership. / Thesis (PhD (Practical Theology))--University of Pretoria, 2007. / Practical Theology / PhD / unrestricted