Graduate Theses: D.Min. in Congregational Development
The following graduate theses are arranged in alphabetical order by graduation year. Click on the italicized titles under graduates' names to access the individual Abstracts.)
- 2006 Graduates
- 2005 Graduates
- 2004 Graduates
- 2003 Graduates
- 2002 Graduates
- 2001 Graduates
- 2000 Graduates
- 1999 Graduates
- 1998 Graduates
Bound copies of Thesis Projects can be found at: The United Library of Seabury-Western Theological Seminary and Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
2006 Graduates
Jo Ann Barker
A
Place Prepared: A People Prepared
Robert A. Davenport
What Do You Do After You've Dug the Well, Built the Rectory and the Bishop Needs a Land Rover?
Eugenia M. Durham
Anything You Can Dream, You Can Do
J. Parker Jameson
A
Community in Christ and Christ to the World: Imagining Adult Formation for
St. Luke's on the Lake Episcopal Church, Austin, Texas
Janet Lombardo
Teaching
to Transform: How Missional Teaching can Transform the Life of a Small Church
Eric V. Menees
Leadership
in the Face of Theological Crisis: An Examination of Four Congregations
Following General Convention 2003
2005 Graduates
Barbara Lynn Bond
Seeking
God in God's Country: A Case Study of Attempted Shared Ministry of Episcopal
and Lutheran Congregations in Rural Pennsylvania
Patricia Diane Boyce
Confirmation:
Rite Now!
Lydia Grace Burton-Edwards
The
Screen of Common Prayer: Using Visual Media Projection in Episcopal Liturgy
John Robert Cope
Fifteen
Years in a Missional Journey of Welcome And Reconciliation Foundry United
Methodist Church 1990-2005
Wilfredo Crespo
Meet, Greet and Follow: A Multi-Dimensional Unconventional Model for Faith
Development And Congregational Growth in Jail
Mark Bernard Cyr
A
Plan for the Support of Congregations in the Diocese of New York
John Michael De Beer
A
Vocation Worthy of Our Calling: Gifts Discernment and Congregational Development
Kenneth John Dorsch
Worship
Called To Its Senses: The Integration of the Spiritual and the Multi-Sensory
Neysa Anne Ellgren
Under
the Microscope: Lab Congregation Models for Church Development
Kathleen Michele Galvin
Congregational
Development An Oasis In a Desert Congregation
Stephen Garratt
"Treasures in Earthen Vessels:" Contemplative Ministries in Congregational
Settings
George Gray
Congregational
Size Dynamics and How One Congregation's Transition Was Made Easy
John C.N. Hall
Strangers
and Aliens, Citizens and Saints: Multicultural Challenges for Hispanic/Latino
Ministry in the Church
Michael J. Hanley
"Oh,
it's you again": Episcopal Visitations as Congregational Development
Mary Anne R. Heine
Awaking
a Sleeping Giant - the Spiritual Journey of a Dying Mission
Georgia Humphrey
A
Little Child Shall Lead Them: Understanding Seekers as They Join Churches
and Learn to Build a Relationship with God in the Present Day Culture
John Elliot Kitagawa
Reorganizing
a Corporate Size Parish for Mission
Ronald Douglas Osbourne
Influences
of Preschools on Congregational Vitality
Anita Dunn Ogden
Loving
God, Loving Country: Reflections on Faith and Citizenship
John Elswood Privett
Communion
in Christ's Body: Applying the Lessons of Ecumenical Dialogue to Challenging
Congregational Conversations
Anne Gavin Ritchie
Invisible
Believers: An Analysis of the Spirituality of the Unchurched With Implications
for Parish Evangelism
Ben A. Shambaugh
A
Tale of Two Towers: Making Episcopal Schools Missional In a Post Constantinian
World
Denise Shepherd-Moss
Feeding
Your Wolf! Dispelling Dangerous Myths in a Diverse Society
Gil Wade Stafford
Understanding
the Faith Stage of An Institution in Transition
David A. Stenner
Spiritual
Development of Leaders: A Key to Congregational Development
2004 Graduates
Jay J. Gantz
Grace
in the Ghetto
John Kenneth Gibson
Keeping
Them in the Fold: A Case Study of Membership Retention in Five Congregations
William Forrest Lee, III
Changing
Times- Timing Change The Rural and Small Town Church: Family Chaplaincy
or Missional Community? Developing a Missional Church Ethos in the Family
Church Context- A Case for Long-Term Pastorates
Trawin Malone
The
Continuing Relationship Between the Search Committee and a New Rector: What
Happens After You Say "I Do"?
Nancy Ann McLaughlin
I
Will With the Help of God: Baptismal Covenant in the Episcopal Church
O. John Schaefer, III
Our God, Our Faith, Our Children
A Study on the Role of Religious Formation For Children and Youth
In New Congregations in Gurnee, Illinois
John Thomas Sorensen
The
Role of the Bridge Minister in Leading Diocesan Change: Creating the Diocese
of Albany Spiritual Life Center
Daniel O. Worthington
Land
Purchasing for New Congregations
Demi Prentiss
Bridge
Ministers for Hire: Lay Ministry Coordinators as Pioneers of a New Paradigm
in Developing Churches
2003 Graduates
Adedokun A. Adewunmi
From
Survivor to Servant: New Life For A Family Congregation
Bruce W. Boss
The
Relationship Between Clergy and Lay Leadership in Turnaround Congregations
Geoffrey Thomas Boyer
Ministry
in the Marketplace: A Study of the Process Used by St. Michael's Episcopal
Church Lansing, Michigan to Engage the Commerical Neighborhood of Which
It is A Part
Ann Johnson Broomell
"Who
Dares Stand Idle": The Spiritual Life of the Agent of Change
John E. Day
Use
of Liturgy and Spirituality in working with chronically troubled congregations
Mark Gatza
Overachieving
Congregations: Demographic Pressures and Congregational Development
John Robert Hector, Jr.
The
Season of Anticipation in a Small Church
Rod Moore
An
Old Table in New Space: Restructuring the Congregation for the Recasting
of its Vision
Margaret E. G. Murray
'A
Better Wheel For These Times' Servant Leadership: A Paradigm for Clergy
Leadership in Today's Congregations
Carol Pinkham Oak
Clergy
Leadership Development
The First Two Years
The Transition into Ministry Program
Bill Steinberg
The
Story of Gracepoint: An Incarnational Approach to Church Planting
William Thomas Warne
"O
Lord, My Boat is So Small and the Sea is So Great": A Small Church's Story
of Growth and Revival
2002 Graduates
Richard McCracken-Bennett
Future
Story: A Tool for Change Agents in the Church
Rock Hal Schuler
Planning
Generation X Worship with Particular Reference to the Perspective of Tom
Beaudoin
2001 Graduates
Thomas Leighton Day
Kings
and Stool Pigeons: Authority For Ministry
William F. Dopp
Transforming
Emerging Congregations Into Missionary Outposts In The Episcopal Diocese
of San Diego: A Strategic Plan
Douglas Robert Dunn
In
Search of Vision: The St. Luke's Story
William Patrick Gahan, III
Miraculous
Expectations in the Lone Star State: A Study of Congregations Moving from
Maintenance to Mission in the Diocese of Texas
John Kirkland Graham
A
Relational Model for Lay Teams in Evangelism and Discipleship at St. Martin's
Episcopal Church in Houston, Texas
Frank Jay Hawkins, Jr.
When
the Boom Fizzles: Reclaiming Purpose in the Local Congregation
Richard M. Jones
New
Structures for Mission: A Regional Redevelopment Intervention
Colin Purdie Kelly, III
Establishing
a Contemporary Service at Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church
Mark J. Key
Examining
Models of Transformation
Frank Walter King
The
Conduit Model: Connecting Congregation and Community in Context
Edward Joseph Konieczny
Someone's
Sitting in My Pew: Learning Discipleship Through Church Marketing
Dennis Roy Maynard
Putting the Lilly Foundation Study of Effective Leadership in the Context
of Congregational Life
Steven Myron Pope
Team
Leadership for the Twenty-First Century Applied to a New Ministry in an
Established Church
Patrice McCullen Schexnayder
Life on Earth: How Does the Episcopal Church Respond to Environmental Concerns at the Turn of the Millennium?
John Joseph Sheffield
Internal
Transformation of Leadership at a Critical Growth Barrier
Edward Daniel Smith
The
Afterpastor: Leadership Characteristics of Successful Afterpastors
Peter Eric Van Horne
All
Things to All People: Training and Proficiency of Clergy for Multicultural
Ministry
2000 Graduates
Barbara June Thomas Cheney
Holy
Baptism: A Rite Transforming Diversity and Forming One Community
Theodore William Johnson
Congruence
and Transitions in Congregational Size
John E. Midwood
Toward
a New Paradigm for Inner City Churches
Courtland Manning Moore
Common
Denominators in Successful Large Parishes and their Application to Smaller
Congregations
W. Taylor Moore, Jr.
The
Church and the Revolution of Electronic Communications: Nine Case Studies
and Theological Conclusions
Robert Greider Partlow
The
Thriving Church in the Declining Community
Meredith Woods Potter
Finding
and Forming Asian Leaders for the Episcopal Church
Samuel Davis Tonge
Designing A Mutual Ministry Team for New Starts in Small Towns
Florence Read Winkelman
Enhancing
the Scope, Accessibility, and Success of Congregational Development Through
Communications Technology
1999 Graduates
John Stuart Adler
A
Letter to Chris: The First Seven Years of a New Plant Congregation
Wayne Harold Carlson
Racial
Change in Congregations: A Welcoming Response
Freda Blackburn Dohoney
A
Ministry of Hospitality for the Parish
Peter Rochefort Gustin
All
About Ladies and Nailing the Step: An Exploration of Congregational Idioms
Robert Raymond Hansel
What
You Already Have is All You Need: A Description and Assessment of the Lay-Led
St. Brigid's Episcopal Ministry in Batersville, Indiana
James Derek Harbin
It's
a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
William Edward Hardwick
Empowering
the Faithful: Preparing for Evangelism in the Episcopal Church
John Robert Honeychurch
Seminary-Trained
Priests (Canon 7) and Local Priests (Canon 9) Working Side-By-Side in the
Episcopal Church
Sherod Earl Mallow
Active
Leaving as a Solution to Problems Inherent in Clergy Departures
O. Bryce McProud
An
Emerging Paradigm for the Twenty-First Century: Small Group Ministry in
the Episcopal Church
Darrel Dwayne Proffitt
It
is No Small Pity When We Fail to Understand Ourselves: Seeking Excellence
in Congregational Life
Richard Evan Sanders
Congregational Redefinition and New Group Assimilation
Dabney Tyler Smith
A
Study in Congregational Relocation: A Survey of Nine Congregations
John David Stanway
Critical
Leadership: Redevelopment Principles in Regional Ministry
Paul Donald White, Jr.
Endowment
Funds: Friend or Foe?
1998 Graduates
Margaret Anderson Babcock
Passport
to the Future: How the Local Parish can Discover its Unique Personality
Harry Edgar Brunett
A
Seeker Ministry for the Next Generation
Jerry Clay Doherty
The
Caim Community: Early Celtic Christian Communities as a Model in Parish
Ministry
William Jay Fasel1
The Effectiveness of the Church Army in Starting a New Congregation Among
the "Hard Living" in Branson, Missouri
Arthur Guy Fouts
Computer-Mediated
Communications and Pastoral Care in Congregational Life
C. Eric Funston
Clergy
Well-Being and Congregational Vitality: A Case Study
Carolyn Shilling Gill
The Role of Collaboration in the New Leadership Paradigm As it Relates to
Congregational Development
Pamela S. Gregory
"Dear God, We have no idea where we are going..."
Larry W. Handwerk
Developing
Leaders for Congregational Change: The Effect of Education for Ministry:
Theological Education by Extension on Congregational Development
Alvin Carl Johnson, Jr.
How
Congregations Recover: The Journey Back from Trauma for Five Congregations
Douglas Peter Johnson
The
Time of Transition
Craig Martin Kallio
Catholics
on the Canterbury Trail
Joseph Walter Lund
A
Bridge Generation: A Study of the Return of the Traditional Church
Peter Ruhl Michaelson
Young Adults: An Examination of Ministry and Worship with Generation X
Elisabeth Gale Davis Morris
A Dialogue Between New Science, Learning Communities and Congregational
Development
Jason Lloyd Parkin
Building the Bridge: A Study of Personality Type, Conflict Resolution and
Bridge Ministry in Parallel Development
Bonnie Anne Perry
Vision and Vitality: A Study of Three, Vigorous, Cutting-Edge Congregations
Anne Louise Reed
Implication
of Gentrification on Membership Development in a Working Class Congregation
