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Inclusivity in youth ministry praxis and the challenge of mainline church attrition

Verbum et Ecclesia
Despite a century of professional development in youth ministry, the American church continues to face generational attrition. This article explores this paradox, employing practical theology to scrutinise the historical praxis and philosophies shaping ...
Michael W. Droege, Malan Nel
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Faith Communities' Improvements in Readiness to Engage in Addictions Resilience and Recovery Support Programming. [PDF]

J Relig Health, 2021
Travis DJ, Vazquez CE, Spence R, Brooks D.   +3 more
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The Freedom of the Christian for Culture [PDF]

, 1999
(Excerpt) It is somewhat surprising for Timothy Lull to be invited to address a liturgical conference of any sort. I was talking to several of my colleagues at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary this week about what I would be saying, and one of them ...
Lull, Timothy
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Concluding Address: Culture and Worship, Once More [PDF]

, 1999
(Excerpt) The organizing principle I needed to pull together the events of this week became clear quite early in the institute. It became clear because of the great wisdom of the people who attended my discussion session after the opening keynote.
Dawn, Marva J
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Transformed and Transforming: What God Effects through the Presence of Christians in the World [PDF]

, 1999
(Excerpt) On the model of mystagogy: remember your experience last night at the vigil, please, and recall these words from the eucharistic prayer: God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, open our eyes to see your hand at work in the world about us ...
Nelson, Paul R
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Mega-costalism, socialising, and prosperity gospel in the South African context

In die Skriflig
There is a rising phenomenon of mega Pentecostal churches in South Africa and elsewhere on the continent of Africa, which is conceptualised here as mega-costalism. The phenomenon refers to churches with mega-church buildings that can attract large crowds
Mookgo S. Kgatle
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Phillip Tovey. Of Water and the Spirit: Mission and the Baptismal Liturgy. Norwich: Canterbury Press, 2015. viii + 151 pp. £16.99 eBook & paperback. ISBN 9781848258037. [PDF]

, 2016
No abstract ...
Davies, John Reuben
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Missional ecclesiology as basis for a new church order: A case study

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2013
In this contribution the author looks at the ecclesiology and church polity of the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika (NHKA) as a case study. Different approaches to ecclesiology and church polity by different NHKA theologians are examined.
Wim A. Dreyer
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Spirit and truth: Reckoning with the crises of Covid-19 for the Church. [PDF]

Dialog, 2020
Evener V.
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Moving the Conversation Forward: Open Questions and New Directions (Chapter in Communities in Dispute : Current Scholarship on the Johannine Epistles)

, 2014
Given that R. Alan Culpepper has fittingly summarized the essays in the introduction to the present collection, such an overview will not be necessary in this concluding essay.
Anderson, Paul N.
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