Date
5-2005
Department
School of Behavioral Sciences
Degree
Doctor of Ministry (DMin)
Chair
Daniel Mitchell
Primary Subject Area
Religion, Clergy; Religion, General
Disciplines
Religion
Recommended Citation
Mathews, Steven Hugh, "A Spiritual Disciplines-Based Discipleship Curriculum for the Local Church" (2005). Doctoral Dissertations and Projects. 265.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/doctoral/265
Abstract
The practice of the spiritual disciplines in local Baptist churches is in decline, and there does not exist a curriculum designed to implement the disciplines into the public teaching ministry of the local church. The purpose of this project is to design, implement, and evaluate such a curriculum, with respect to participants' understanding of, motivation to practice, and perceived effectiveness in, ten key spiritual disciplines. The curriculum is evaluated by a diagnostic tool based on Bloom's Taxonomy, and is intended to measure increases in knowledge, motivation, and effectiveness.
