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The impact of inner healing prayer on Christian Maturity at Stanwich Congregational Church in Greenwich, Connecticut

<p> The purpose of writing <i>The Impact of inner healing prayer on Christian Maturity at Stanwich Congregational Church, Greenwich, Connecticut </i> is to determine the impact of Inner Healing prayer on a Christian&rsquo;s maturity and well-being in the five human dimensions: physical, emotional, spiritual, social, and intellectual. </p><p> Chapter 1 provides the purpose, goals, context, and rationale of this project. This chapter includes: the researcher&rsquo;s personal story, purpose of the study, ministry problem addressed, context in which research was conducted, research questions and model of research, definition of terms&mdash;inner healing, holistic holiness, spiritual formation/soul care, the soul, Christian maturity&mdash;and possible limitations and delimitations of the current project. </p><p> Chapter 2 provides literature review and theological foundations for present research of the impact that inner healing prayer can have on Christian maturity. </p><p> Chapter 3 sets forth the research methodology utilized in approaching inner healing prayer including: recruitment, selection and characteristics of participants, instrument used, standardization of treatment and data collection. </p><p> Chapter 4 presents an analysis of the findings including: quantitative and qualitative data of the five research questions, maturity levels before and after inner healing prayer, anecdotal participants&rsquo; responses of the greatest impact of inner healing prayer and greatest need for further growth. </p><p> Chapter 5 summarizes the purpose of current research and how the results fulfill that purpose. The research questions are restated. The researcher&rsquo;s conclusions include: surprises and what the researcher discovered that was not necessarily anticipated, findings in relation to literature review, reflections on the research design, recommendations for future research and concluding remarks.</p>

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:PROQUEST/oai:pqdtoai.proquest.com:10161697
Date24 November 2016
CreatorsDavis, Ingrid E.
PublisherNyack College, Alliance Theological Seminary
Source SetsProQuest.com
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
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