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A tri-generational case study of the effects on attendance and attitudes at Susquehanna Valley Evangelical Free Church as worship forms change from "traditional" to "contemporary"Hitz, William B. January 2000 (has links)
Thesis (M.A.)--Lancaster Bible College, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 55-74).
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Caring for the big flock an examination of the practices of very large churches in the eastern district of the Evangelical Free Church of America in providing pastoral care /Waardenburg, Frank. January 1900 (has links)
Thesis (M.A.)--Lancaster Bible College, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 69-71).
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Leading the Evangelical Free Church of Sycamore-Dekalb to embrace the kingdom of God as central to its lifeReardon, Bradley J. January 2003 (has links)
Thesis (D. Min.)--Trinity International University, 2003. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 193-198).
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Establishing a leadership community to help transform Geylang Evangelical Free Church into a disciple making church through our care group ministryFam, Kenny. January 2002 (has links)
Thesis (D. Min.)--Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 2002. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 163-164).
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Strategically making disciples at First Evangelical Free Church of La Crosse, Wisconsin, through the principles learned in T-NetHolt, David T. January 2002 (has links)
Thesis (D. Min.)--Trinity International University, 2002. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 236-238).
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Standing at the crossroads: where does adult Sunday school go from here?Wollf, Randy Peter 05 1900 (has links)
Churches around the world offer Adult Sunday classes as a forum for adult religious
education. This time-honored approach to church-based adult education has encountered
difficulties in recent times. For many churches, Adult Sunday School is standing at a
crossroads. Where does it go from here? This study attempted to determine those factors
that influence adults' decisions about whether or not to attend Adult Sunday School and what
changes could be made to increase participation in the program.
The context for this study on Adult Sunday School is Langley Evangelical Free Church
located in Langley, British Columbia, Canada. This mid-sized church of approximately 600
people provided data upon which any conclusions were made. Surveys on Adult Sunday
School were distributed to 365 adults and 195 surveys were returned. Respondents were
given the opportunity to volunteer to participate in a discussion group to discuss the
implications of the survey results. The results was that thirty-one people participated in six
discussion groups. The discussion groups were instrumental in making sense of the data and
recommending changes to increase participation in Adult Sunday School.
The study asked participants to rate nine factors as to their influence in determining
whether or not they would attend Adult Sunday School. The factors were ranked by
respondents in the following order: spiritual growth, relevance, practicality, teaching style,
sharing experiences, social contact, learning, intergenerational and external expectations.
Other variables that were analyzed included age, marital status, family makeup, educational
level and involvement in small group Bible studies. There were some significant differences
in how members of some of the subgroups rated the factors. The study also looked at barriers
to participation which were categorized as situational barriers, organizational barriers and
personal barriers. The discussion groups concluded that three factors should be addressed to
increase participation in Adult Sunday School at Langley Evangelical Free Church: content
relevance, Sunday morning format and a more systematic structure. The results of this study
provide valuable information for designing a blueprint for change at Langley Evangelical
Free Church which may also be suggestive for other churches as they evaluate Adult Sunday
School.
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A call for continuity : the theological contribution of James OrrScorgie, Glen G. January 1986 (has links)
James Orr (1844-1913) was a Scottish theologian, apologist and polemicist. He was the leading United Presbyterian theologian at the time of the United Free Church of Scotland union of 1900, and beyond his own church and nation he came to exercise a significant influence in North America. This study is an examination of Orris theological contribution, what he believed and how he expressed it, in its historical setting Particular attention is paid to the convictions which undergirded and gave impetus to his activities. The study reveals that while Orr was far from unaffected by the intellectual movements of the late-Victorian period, his contribution may best be described as a call for continuity with the central tenets of evangelical orthodoxy. He was one of the earliest and principal British critics of the Ritschlian theology, and a strong opponent of rationalistic biblical criticism. He emphatically rejected all evolutionary interpretations of man's moral history, and held firmly to orthodox Christological formulations in the face of alternative assessments of the historical Jesus. While factors of temperament affected the tenor of his work, his contribution was most decisively shaped by the convictions that evangelical orthodoxy is ultimately self-authenticating, that truth comprises a unity or interconnected whole, that genuine Christian belief implies a two-story supernaturalist cosmology, and that the rationalism of the times was a temporary malaise. A general lack of support for his views within the scholarly community, combined with his own deep-seated populist instincts and common sense convictions, led Orr in later years to direct his appeals primarily toward the Christian public. The conclusion reached is that Orr deserves to be recognized, not so much as a brilliant or particularly original thinker, but as an able and exceptionally vigorous participant in a period of dramatic theological challenge and change.
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A systems approach to the revitalization of Chippewa Evangelical Free Church a regional church in Western Pennsylvania /Clinton, Patrick James. January 1983 (has links)
Project (D. Min.)--Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 1983. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 266-271).
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Using baptismal theology for spiritual formation within a small group setting at the Evangelical Free Church of Sycamore-DeKalb, DeKalb, ILRogers, Paul R. January 2004 (has links)
Thesis (D.W.S.)--Institute for Worship Studies, 2004. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 200-210).
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An evaluation of the Recovery Program at the Evangelical Free Church of Hershey, PennsylvaniaHaskell, Jeremy S. January 2004 (has links)
Thesis (Psy. D.)--Wheaton College Graduate School, 2004. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 148-153).
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