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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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For the greater good: how long-term ministries benefit Unitarian Universalism

von Courter, Wendy 22 May 2017 (has links)
Unitarian Universalist congregations suffer from short-term ministries, requiring focus on transition rather than faith development and congregational vision. This thesis suggests that long-term ministries are advantageous, and explores factors contributing to effective long-term ministries. The method was to interview clergy serving eight or more years in congregations and following other long-term ministers. Interviewees were then brought into dialogue with leadership theory, theology, and past studies of the topic. The analysis reveals benefits for Unitarian Universalist long-term ministries, including increased stability, trust, vision, resilience, and spiritual maturity. The thesis concludes with proposals to support long-term ministries more widely in Unitarian Universalism.
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ANÁLISE SISTÊMICA DAS RELAÇÕES DE PODER EM GRUPOS DE LIDERANÇA OFICIAL DE IGREJAS DE GOVERNO CONGREGACIONAL: Estudo de Caso em Igrejas Menonitas de Curitiba / A systemic analysis of Power relations in official leadership groups of Churches with congregational leadership a case study of Mennonite Churches in Curitiba

Friesen, Albert 31 August 2009 (has links)
Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-03T12:20:54Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 primeiras paginas.pdf: 40600 bytes, checksum: 23e7ab6c96eebd77fa55bf76f5ff4f1f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-08-31 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / This research deals with the theme of Power as its primary object of study, specifically in the form of the relations of Power in directorial counsels (pastoral and administrative) of Mennonite churches in Curitiba. The governing form of these churches presumes to be congregational, as such, the assemblies of the respective churches are considered to be supreme and final in terms of deliberations. The methodology of the research is sociological, inductive, and functionalistic, with phenomenological tendencies, having as its principal perspective systemic theory and its varied resources for research. The general theory of systems orients the foundations of the research, while the theory of social systems offers the overall framework. While the primary theory is applied in general terms, without reference to specific authors, the second concentrates, as theoretical reference, on the theory of the sociologist Niklas Luhmann. The method of research is that of participant-observer, with registers via video and audio, transcriptions, analysis and elaborations of conclusions. The technique of research indicated demonstrates itself to be effective in the acquisition of research data in terms of the field of research that deals with groups and their different functions in ecclesiastical contexts. The objectives seek to identify the systemic dynamics in meetings of the councils that were observed, as well as identify the process of power relationships. The hypotheses proposed as beginning points affirm that systemic theory is observed in every context, as well as that the elements (the counselors) of relations of power are not conscious of their acts of power. The principal and secondary hypotheses were confirmed by the participant-observer. The research verifies the general hypothesis that the churches observed and their social systems present systemic principles according to the general theory of systems and the theory of social systems of Niklas Luhmann. The specific hypotheses verify that the counselors of leadership groups present awareness of the power exercised and of the implicit power involved in their functions and roles: as formal groups, elected by the assembly to exercise power or in informal forms of power; that there exists a correlation between formal power and rigid boundaries , that their exists informal power and diffuse boundaries ; and that it is possible to work in preventive and interceptive ways via the concepts of power relations. In general terms, the Mennonite Churches of Curitiba preserve traces of congregational government, but the transition to pastoral centered and autocratic styles of government based on the counselors observed is a fact that appears to be irreversible. Apparently, the cause of this movement is based in the metropolitan social context and its implications, rather than a strategically planned change formed by Church leadership. Nonetheless, the social transformations of Mennonite traditions are directly proportional to its inclusion in the social context in which it finds itself, confirming systemic social principles in general.(AU) / A pesquisa a seguir tem o poder como objeto de estudos, especificamente na forma de relações de poder em conselhos diretores (pastoral e administrativo) de igrejas menonitas em Curitiba. A forma presumida de governo dessas igrejas é historicamente congregacional, isto é, as assembléias das respectivas igrejas são supremas e últimas nas deliberações. A metodologia de pesquisa é sociológica, indutiva, funcionalista, com tendências fenomenológicas, tendo como perspectiva principal a teoria sistêmica e seus recursos de pesquisa. A teoria geral dos sistemas orienta os fundamentos da pesquisa, a teoria dos sistemas sociais é o arcabouço da pesquisa. O método de pesquisa é a observação-participante com registros em vídeo e áudio, transcrição, análise e elaboração de conclusões. A técnica de pesquisa citada demonstrou-se eficaz e útil para o levantamento de dados em pesquisas de campo que tratam de grupos e suas funções diferenciadas em agremiações eclesiásticas. Os objetivos buscam identificar a dinâmica sistêmica nas reuniões dos conselhos observados, bem como identificar o processo das relações de poder nos mesmos. As hipóteses lançadas como ponto de partida afirmam que a teoria sistêmica em qualquer perspectiva é observável, bem como os elementos (conselheiros) das relações de poder se demonstram inconscientes de seus atos de poder. As hipóteses principais e secundárias foram confirmadas pela observação-participante, a saber: a pesquisa verifica a hipótese geral de que mesmo igrejas e seus sistemas sociais evidenciam princípios sistêmicos segundo a teoria geral dos sistemas e a teoria dos sistemas sociais de Niklas Luhmann. As hipóteses específicas verificam se os conselheiros dos grupos de liderança evidenciam consciência do poder exercido e do poder implícito em suas funções e papéis; se os grupos formais, eleitos pela assembléia exercem poder de fato ou se existe influência do poder informal; se existe uma correlação, entre o poder formal e as fronteiras rígidas , o poder informal e a fronteira difusa ; se é possível trabalhar preventivamente e interventivamente através do conceito de relações de poder e os princípios sociais sistêmicos. As igrejas menonitas de Curitiba de maneira geral preservam traços de governo congregacional, mas, a transição para estilos de governo pastorcêntricos e autocráticos a partir dos conselhos observados é um fato e parece irreversível. Aparentemente a causalidade desse movimento surge no contexto social metropolitano e suas implicações, mais do que numa mudança estrategicamente planejada pelas lideranças. Portanto, a transição parece ser cultural. Aliás, as transformações sociais das tradições menonitas são diretamente proporcionais à sua inclusão e inculturação no contexto social em que se situam, confirmando assim os princípios sistêmicos da sociedade em geral.(AU)
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Systems Informed Missional Experimentation: Finding Love at the Laundromat

Johnson, Matthew W. 13 June 2023 (has links)
No description available.

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