Doctor of Ministry Theses Projects

Teacher-to-Student Ministry Within the Christian High-School

Joan F. Stratton — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:58:07 PDT

The Christian high school’s central distinctive and focus should be the discipling of young believers through teacher-to-student ministry. Such ministry is its primary function as an arm of the Body of Christ and in fulfillment of biblical mandates. This project discusses the roles and needed qualifications of the educators involved in this ministry; it examines the perceptions of students, parents, teachers, and administrators regarding such ministry; and it suggests practical measures that will help schools to prioritize the work of teacher-to-student ministry and to select and nurture the teachers who can fulfill its tremendous potential.

Reasons Why Church Members Do Not Regularly Attend Church

Alan C. McCullough — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:49:01 PDT

This project is an attempt to discover the reasons why people who profess Jesus Christ as Savior and are members of a Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia church do not regularly attend church. A survey was mailed to church members requesting reasons they do not attend and whether Scripture addresses attendance. Arguments were made from Scriptural exegesis, Church doctrine, Church history, and particularly Baptist history that believers in the Christ attend church regularly. The goal of this project is to better inform and equip churches for reaching and ministering to those who do not regularly attend.