Thesis (D. Min.)--Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2000. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 243-247).

Thesis (M.S.)--Calvary Theological Seminary, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves [73-75]).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Trinity International University, 2002. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 224-227).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Ashland Theological Seminary, 2002. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 162-165).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Erskine Theological Seminary, 2002. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 84-90).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, Lombard, Ill., 2001. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 134-140).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2002. / Includes abstract. Portions of appendices in Mandarin Chinese. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 211-226).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 2002. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 141-144).

Tyrimo problema: besikeičiančios visuomenės dvasiniai poreikiai reikalauja įtvirtinti ir tobulinti pasauliečių vaidmenį parapijoje. Tyrimo tikslas: išsiaiškinti pasauliečio vaidmens ypatumus Katalikų Bažnyčioje ir ištirti požiūrį į jo realizavimą X parapijoje. Tyrimo metodai: Bažnyčios dokumentų ir mokslinės literatūros lyginamoji analizė. Kokybinis tyrimas interviu ir interviu rezultatų analizė. Šis magistro darbas buvo skirtas sužinoti kai kuriuos pasauliečio vaidmens aspektus Katalikų Bažnyčioje ir išsiaiškinti bendruomenės narių požiūrį į pasauliečio vaidmens Bažnyčioje realizavimo X parapijoje ypatumus. Teorinėje dalyje pagal Bažnyčios dokumentus nagrinėjamas pasauliečio vaidmuo Bažnyčioje, palyginama dvasiškio ir pasauliečio misija, atskleidžiami bendruomenės ir parapijos panašumai ir skirtumai, tai pat apžvelgiama X parapijos struktūra ir veiklos sritys. Baigiamojoje darbo dalyje pateikiamos rekomendacijos ir išvados, kurios pagrindinės yra: 1. Apžvelgus literatūrą, susijusią su pasauliečių vaidmeniu Katalikų Bažnyčioje padaryta išvada, kad po II Vatikano susirinkimo atsirado galimybės ir poreikis pasauliečiams aktyviai dalyvauti Bažnyčios veikloje, ypatingai pasauliečiai yra reikalingi Naujosios Evangelizacijos misijoje. 2. Pasauliečiai ir dvasininkai yra susiję bendra karališkąja kunigyste, tačiau dvasininkų vaidmuo ypatingas. 3. Parapijos bendruomenė iš esmės skiriasi nuo kitų bendruomenių, nes jos pagrindinė misija yra dalyvavimas Šventų Mišių šventime... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The research problem: spiritual needs of a changing society require consolidate and develop the role of the laity in the parish. The research purpose is to clarify characteristics of the secular role in the Catholic Church, and to examine his approach to the realization in the X parish. Research methods: Church document and scientific literature, a comparative analysis. Qualitative research is done by interviews, questionnaire, and study of results. The purpose of this Master’s thesis is to analyse and clarify the role of the secular in the Catholic Church to clarify community members’ outlook on the role of the secular in the church realization X parish. The theoretical part according to church’s documents dealt with the role of laity in the church, showed comparison of clergy and laity mission, similarities and differences have been disclosed between community and perish, an overview of the X parish structure and activities were presented. The main recommendations and conclusions of the final part of the thesis are: 1. A review of the literature concerning the role of the laity of the Catholic Church, it was concluded that after the Second Vatican Council an opportunity and a need for lay people to actively participate in church activities, especially the laity of the New Evangelization are needed for the mission. 2. Laity and clergy are bonded by royal priesthood, but the role of clergy is special. 3. Parish community is fundamentally different from other communities... [to full text]

This study in Contextual Missiology has been motivated by seeming inadequacies and hazy pictures of the training of lay people for evangelization in Zimbabwe. It therefore seeks to identify ways in which Pastoral Training Centres can train lay leaders to animate local communities, take up lay ministries satisfactorily and move the agenda of the local Church forward. Ways were sought through engaging in a critical hermeneutical method of understanding and interpreting praxis, so that the meeting of praxis with faith leads to new practice in an on-going hermeneutical spiral. The task involved is to listen to those who evangelise and those evangelised to get a deeper understanding of the mission of the Church. This is a method employed by S Bate and F. J. Verstraelen. The research findings were that Pastoral Training Centres were established and started training laypeople over thirty years ago and yet the training seems inadequate and unsatisfactory. People from an African background in Zimbabwe have been converted to Christianity over a century ago and yet they seem to adhere to their traditional religious rituals along side the Christian belief. The Catholic Church in Zimbabwe has accepted small Christian communities as the locus of evangelization and yet on the ground what are operational are prayer groups. Lay leaders have taken up and exercise lay ministries and yet some communities seem not satisfied with the quality of services rendered by some of them. There is collaboration in the parishes between parish priests and laypeople especially in the work done by parish councils and lay associations and yet there seems to be some reluctance in giving laypeople key-decision making posts in the Church. The findings revealed a gap between the lived experiences of people and the critical reflections on those experiences. Narrative Theology was adopted to try to bridge the gap. It was within Narrative Theology that a theological model of training laypeople was developed. It is a proposal to start all pastoral situations, which include, lay leader training courses, seminars, discussions, homilies, catechetical instructions and Bible sharing, from either events experienced, proverbs, sayings or stories. / Thesis (Ph.D.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2004.