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Akimana, Gabriel PhD, 2016
“Translation Issues in an Inter-Confessional Bible Version: An Evaluation of Bibiliya Ijambo ry’Imana through a Hebrew-Kinyarwanda Analysis of Selected Passages.”
Blasu, Ebenezer Yaw PhD, 2017
“Christian Higher Education as Holistic Mission and Moral Transformation: An Assessment of Studying Environmental Science at the Presbyterian University College, Ghana, and the Ecological Thought of the Sokpoe-Eue for the Development of an African Theocology Curriculum.”
Dah, Ini Dorcas PhD, 2015
“Birifor Women Communicating the Gospel: An Analysis of the Work and Contribution of Birifor Women to the Growth of the Church in West Africa (Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, and Ghana).”
Gaisie, Rudolf Kuuku PhD, 2015
“The Logos as Nana (Ancestor): An Assessment of Ancestor Christology in the Light of Logos Christology from an African Missiological Perspective.”
Ng’ang’a, Abraham Waigi PhD, 2015
“African Theology and African Literature: A Theological Critique of Wole Soyinka’s Aesthetic Framework for Reconstituting African Life and Thought.”
Pym, David William PhD, 2015
“‘Children of the Enlightenment’? The Influence of Enlightenment Ideas upon Scottish Missionaries Who Went to Africa during the Nineteenth Century.”
Amoateng, Kofi PhD, 2018
“The Creedal Symbols of My Great Grandparents: The Adinkra Symbols Reveal the Theology of the Akan People of Ghana.”
Choi, ShinHo DMiss, 2017
“A Study on the Reputation of Religion and Its Influence on South Korean Christianity.”
Estrada Carrasquillo, Wilmer PhD, 2018
“Entre el templo y la ciudad: Constructing a Pentecostal Public Ecclesiology.”
Joo, Sang Rak PhD, 2017
“Entrepreneurial Church Planting (ECP) as a Model of Fresh Expressions in the South Korean Context: Case Studies Exploring Relationships between Church Planting and Social Capital.”
Kim, Micah PhD, 2018
“Missional Fidelity of MoveIn, an Intentional Christian Mission Movement to Unreached Immigrants to North America.”
Lang’at, Jane PhD, 2017
“Gender, Development, and Socio-cultural Change: Dress to Undress; A Case Study of the Root Cause/s of Female Sex Work in Salgaa, Kenya.”
Nam, Sung-Hyuk PhD, 2017
“A Case Study of Discipleship Practices of the Korean Immigrant Churches in the United States: The Principles of Reproduction in Discipleship.”
Oladimeji, Babatunde PhD, 2018
“Progressing from Corruption to Fidelity: An Exploration of the Church-Initiated Agentry in the Nigerian Society.”
Seo, Sin Hyung PhD, 2017
“Gajung (House) Church Ministry as a Renewal Movement for Korean Protestant Church: Focusing on the Ministry of Seoul Baptist Church of Houston.”
Dickerson, James PhD, 2018
“Assessing the Pre-field Cross-Cultural Training of the Latin American Caribbean Region of the Assemblies of God World Missions.”
Hatcher, Robert Timothy PhD, 2018
“Testing Dye’s Eight Conditions of Scripture Engagement Model in Cross-Cultural Vernacular Bible Translation Programs.”
Hilsinger, David Ray PhD, 2018
“China’s Guanxi Praxis Matrix: A Social and Biblical Exploration toward Effective Missiological Praxis in a China Context.”
Kazim, Paul PhD, 2017
“John 2-4 through Different Eyes: A Theory of the Process of Theological Contextualization.”
Rance, Valerie Ann PhD, 2017
“Trauma and Coping Mechanisms among Assemblies of God World Missionaries: Towards a Biblical Theory of Missionary Well-Being.”
Varghese, Vince DAIS, 2017
“Counseling Center for Personal Development as a Missional Strategy in Urban India.”
Muwina, Derrick PhD, 2017
“Kenneth Kaunda’s Philosophy of Christian Humanism in Africa from the Perspective of Christian Ethics.”
Santo, Noemí Martín PhD, 2016
“‘Cosas de Tierras Extrañas’: Textos y contextos de la relación del reyno del Nippon de Bernardino de Ávila.”
Zurlo, Gina A. PhD, 2017
“‘A Miracle from Nairobi’: David B. Barrett and the Quantification of World Christianity, 1957–1982.”
Porter, David Steven ThD, 2017
“The Predicament of Place: Lesslie Newbigin and a Missionary Commitment to Place.”
Allard, Stephen Bradley DIS, 2018
“Unearthing Impediments to Mission among the Eglises Pentecôtistes Unies Internationale de Côte d’Ivoire.”
Barkman, Linda Lee Smith PhD, 2018
“Hidden Power and False Expectations: Muted Group Dynamics in Intercultural Communication between Prison Ministry Volunteers and Incarcerated Women in the Prison Church.”
Blethen, Elisa J. DIS, 2018
“Cross-Cultural Management in Healthcare: A Case Study of Malamulo Hospital, a Seventh-day Adventist Mission Hospital in Malawi, Africa.”
Borg, Scott Alan DIS, 2018
“Ubuntugogy as Contextualized Instructional Design for Adult Leadership Development within the Swaziland Leadership Academy.”
Chan, Nam-Chen PhD, 2016
“Interculturality in the Local Church: Intercultural Leadership Effectiveness and the ‘Unified Church Identity’ in Malaysian Churches Missionally Engaged with Nepali Migrants.”
da Silva, Flavio Ulisses Alves DMiss, 2018
“New Wineskin Mentoring: Fostering Cultural Intelligence among Pioneers Team Leaders.”
Dixon, Rob DIS, 2018
“Together in Mission: A Model for Flourishing Male/Female Ministry Partnerships in InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA.”
Glanville, Karissa Louise PhD, 2016
“Community Discernment: Discerning the Legitimacy of a Child’s Revelatory Experience with God.”
Grimes, Jonathan D. PhD, 2018
“Incorporating Agency into a Cognitive Theory of Cultural Identity: Lessons from the Himalaya.”
Hendrickson, Craig PhD, 2017
“Steven, Charismatic Leadership, and Missional Change: Mission-Actional Ministry in a Multiethnic Church.”
Herrmann, Simon PhD, 2018
“Sickness and Healing: A Cognitive Study of Mature Lele Christians in Papua New Guinea.”
Howe, Robert Alexander DIS, 2018
“Diversity by Design: Intercultural Leadership Development for Multiethnic Witnessing Communities.”
Lu, Shi-Min PhD, 2018
“A Chinese Christian Theology of Family on Harmonious Relationship.”
Matenga, Jay DIS, 2017
“Mutuality of Belonging: Toward Harmonizing Culturally Diverse Missions Groups.”
Meulenberg, Michal PhD. 2017
“Attitudes and Behavior Intention of American Evangelicals in Faith Conversations with Muslims: An Analysis Using the Reasoned Action Approach.”
Nguyen, Kim-Son PhD, 2017
“Cultural Integration and the Gospel in Vietnamese Mission Theology: A Paradigm Shift.”
Obata, Yukikazu PhD, 2016
“Against the Odds: J. M. McCaleb’s Missionary Vision of Universality in the Context of Imperial Japan, 1892–1945.”
Pocklington, Kathryn R. DIS, 2017
“The Role of Prayer in Mission Formation: From Africa to Australia.”
Riches, Tanya Nicole PhD, 2017
“(Re)Imagining Identity in the Spirit: Worship and Social Engagement in Urban Aboriginal-Led Pentecostal Congregations.”
Schuckert, Tobias Johannes PhD, 2017
“Embodying the Gospel through Connectedness: 3/11 Tsunami Survivors’ Needs and the Japanese Church’s Response.”
Sellers, Larry Moore DIS, 2018
“Tasty New Sauces from Tired Old Pots: Factors Influencing the Use of African Proverbs in Ministry Lay Leaders of the Church of God in Côte d’Ivoire.”
Smiley, Gwendolyn C. DIS, 2018
“Appreciative Mentoring for World Horizons Personnel.”
Suh, Gil Sung DIS, 2017
“Exploring a Contextualized Leadership Development Model Built on Spiritual Formation for Emerging Leaders in Urban Cambodia.”
Towne, Philip Bryan PhD, 2017
“A Sanctuary for Self-Expression: An Ethnographic Case Study of Artists and Their Practice of Spirituality within the Downtown Fullerton Arts Community.”
Turner, Robert Dean DIS, 2018
“Cultural Consultants: Contextualized Learning for Indigenous Team Leadership Development at International Bible Institute of Cambodia.”
Voss, Isaac B. PhD, 2017
“Tell Me Your Story: Evaluating and Comparing Group Agency in Two African American Congregations in South Los Angeles.”
Williams, David Alun DMiss, 2017
“Relocating Holism: A Theology of Care for the Poor in Conversation with Sydney Anglicanism.”
Ade, Fanen PhD, 2017
“Human Agency and Capability: A Bottom-Up Perspective from North Central Nigeria.”
Banda, Joshua PhD, 2017
“Impacts of Congregation-Based HIV/AIDS Programmes in Lusaka, Zambia: How Abstinence and Marital Fidelity Efforts Function in Overall Strategies Addressing HIV/AIDS.”
Derungs, Klaus-Peter PhD, 2017
“Unbreakable Bones: Christian Mission and the Resilience of Temi Culture.”
Edwards, Brian PhD, 2017
“Self-Deception at the Intersection of Friedrich Nietzsche and the Apostle Paul.”
Gatawa, Laurence PhD, 2017
“Comparative Characterisations of Jesus and the Disciples in the Gospel of Mark, with Special Reference to Ancient Oral Narration.”
Hess, John PhD, 2017
“A Polanyian Tack: Political Implications.”
Kalu, George PhD, 2017
“Towards Environmental Sustainability in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria: A Theological Framework for Broader Involvement of the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria.”
Kuhn, Michael PhD, 2017
“Defending Divine Unity in the Muslim Milieu: The Trinitarian and Christological Formulations of Abū al-Faraj ‘Abd Allāh Ibn al-Ṭayyib and Iliyyā of Nisibis.”
Maxton, Anupama Esther PhD, 2017
“‘A Band of Evangelists, Native and Foreign’: The Story of Japanese Initiatives in Indigenizing the Japan Evangelistic Band, 1903–1940.”
Piatti, Norman PhD, 2017
“The Tibetan Diaspora and the Politics of Belonging in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis–St. Paul, Minnesota, USA).”
Poh, Philip YikHsiung PhD, 2017
“Third-Wave Missionary Leaders in Contemporary Yakland: An Analysis of Six Malfeasance and Leadership Formation Cases Using a Maturity-Support Approach.”
Sydnor, Paul PhD, 2017
“From Gravity to Grace: Finding a Redemptive Voice among Displaced Christians in Europe.”
Pachuau, Hminga PhD, 2018
“A Loving and Compassionate God: A Newly Constructed Hermeneutic for Preaching in the Contemporary Mizo Context.”
Lalramhluna, B. PhD, 2018
“Mizo Perception of Vai and Their Attitude towards Them: A Comparative Study between the Mizo in Mizoram and in Bangalore City.”
Copeland, Michael PhD, 2018
“Foreign Devils, Familiar Strangers: Han Christian Diffusion among Uyghur Muslims.”
Creighton, Luke PhD, 2018
“The Gospel Comes Home: Gospel Transmission and Translation in Turkey, 1820–2017.”
Molina, Bruno PhD, 2018
“An Analysis of The Transmission of the Gospel among Transcultural Hispanic Americans.”
Ngoy, Nelson Kalombo PhD, 2018
“Neo-Pentecostalism: A Post-colonial Critique of the Prosperity Gospel in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1960–2018).”
Oladipupo, Jacob Kehinde PhD, 2017
“African Wildfires: Yoruba Traditions, Neo-Pentecostal Power, and Baptists (1990–2015).”
Vines, Kenneth PhD, 2018
“Diffusion of Christianity to the Chikunda: The Role of Theological Education as Played by the Baptist Bible School In Luangwa.”
Kravtsev, Andrey PhD, 2017
“Russian Baptist Mission Theology in Historical and Contemporary Perspective.”
Chewachong, Amos Bongadu PhD, 2017
“Transnational Pentecostalism and the Dynamics of Proliferation in New Geo-Cultural Spaces: The Living Faith Church Worldwide, (aka) Winners’ Chapel in Cameroon, 1996–2014.”
McMahon, David Wilson PhD, 2018
“An Analysis of the Reception and Appropriation of the Bible by Manobo Christians in Central Mindanao, Philippines.”
Reeve, Richard John PhD, 2018
“Resourcing the Local Church: Attitudes among Mozambican Evangelicals towards Economic Dependency and Self-Reliance.”
Sarjaj, Sara Mashoume Afshari PhD, 2017
“Reception of Christian Television in Contemporary Iran: An Analysis of Audience Interactions and Negotiations.”