...cognitive function, religion has been one the crucial pieces of fabric woven into the thread of culture. Before I was able to take my first steps, the fabric of religion was woven into my life. With my grandmother as a Christian minister in training and my great-uncle as a pastor, the church has stuck with my family and I like glue. As I grew older, at the suggestion of my grandmother, I began to insert myself more in ministerial activities. Consequently, at the age of sixteen, I began to volunteer with my great-uncle, at a local nursing home. Each Sunday, for a year and a half, we would minister to approximately twenty residents who wanted to attend church but were physically unable to. Seeing the smiles on their faces, as well as developing a sense of fulfillment and amity, encouraged me to continue to work in the ministry....
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...and a brother called Alfred Daniel Williams King. In his childhood, Marthin Luther King Jr. was identified as Michael King Jr. but later change his name to Martin after his father adopted the name Martin in recognition of the Protestant leader Martin Luther. Martin Luther King Jr. was said to be extremely intelligent as he skipped both the ninth and eleventh grades, and started going to Morehouse College in Atlanta at the age of 15. He was quite popular in college, particularly with the female classmates. Although his family were highly religious and strongly associated with church and worship, Martin Luther King Jr. never really want to succeed his father footstep by joining the ministry and go against entering the ministry which causes his father a lot of stress at the time. But in junior year, everything changed as he took a Bible class and renewed his faith and began to aspire a career in the ministry. Marthin Luther King Jr study at Boston...
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...International Missionary Council Meeting. Throughout history, God has been working towards the restoration of His creation – this is the essence of missio dei. God has been calling on His people, from within and beyond the church, to take part in this ongoing mission to build His Kingdom on earth. David Bosch in ‘Transforming Mission’, defines missio dei as: “God the Father sending the Son, God the Father and the Son sending the Spirit, and the Father, Son and Holy Spirit sending the church into the world”. He goes on to state that, “Mission is not primarily an activity of the church, but an attribute of God. God is a missionary God. Mission is thereby seen as a movement from God to the world; the church is viewed as an instrument for that mission. There is church because there is mission, not vice versa. To participate in mission is to participate in the movement of God’s love toward people, since God is a fountain of sending love.” The Missionary Council of 1952 wrestled with the concept of missio dei, and the extent of God’s missionary activities in the world. 1. One view defined God’s activity in the secular world, over and above the church, where the world provided the agenda. 2. The opposing view held that the church was the principal vehicle of God’s mission. As a result, missio dei,...
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...defined what it meant to be human. To be human was to belong to a community and participate in beliefs, rituals, and ceremonies of that community. African Education was the oral instruction that emerged through their music, dance, folk tales, rituals, proverbs, poetry, and so on. These tools served as instruction. Slaves during the Antebellum Period formed new ideas and practices on their own that pronounced longing for freedom. These meetings were held in the brush harbors and praise houses, and were thus coined the “invisible church”. Story and song were the sources of education during this period of slavery. This oral communication was used as the education structure and was indispensable. 2. What role, if any, do the following items play in African American Christian Religious Education? The African American Pastor Hill makes the claim “The Black pastor as teacher is the most important leader in the educational ministry of the Black Church”. I agree, to a certain extent with Hill that the Black Pastor is the most important leader in the...
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...Synergism in Ministry Dennis Bratcher A paper presented to the Breckenridge Conference on Clergy Preparation I. Introduction II. Synergism: A Biblical and Theological Base III. The Church's Mission and Ministry: A Recovery of Balance IV. Divine-Human Synergism in Ministry Footnotes Bibliography I. Introduction The Issue In Context The Church In this series of conferences begun last year, we are in process of reflecting on the direction and focus of the ministry and ministerial training in the Church of the Nazarene as our community of faith moves into the twenty-first century. We have attempted to approach our task from two complimentary perspectives, caricatured last year as the "field" of hands-on work and the "realm" of reflective inquiry (although I think there are serious problems inherent in such an artificial dichotomy of responsibilities). -1- From our initial attempts, it has become obvious that we face a multiplicity of issues in such an endeavor. The range and diversity of these issues arise partly from the variety of theological, historical, and practical concerns operating with each of us as individuals and partly from the assumptions and perspectives imported from particular arenas of ministry. One common element that keeps reappearing in various forms is the issue of the nature and mission of the Church. This issue is not unique to our enterprise in these conferences, as the new eleventh Article of Faith on "The Church" adopted...
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...I rise from the benches and go to the front of the chapel. I have a dark blue veil on my head, floral shirt, and jeans. I pick up the script next to me and nod to my translator. I introduce myself as a women near the well and ask my audience if they would like to hear a story. The translator beside me translated my words into Hungarian. The audience says yes and I start to tell the story of the women at the well, also know as the Samaritan woman and Jesus. What I have just described is my service trip to Hungary the summer after my Junior year of high school. My church worked with an organization called Operation Mobilization in order to create a summer camp in Balatonfüred, Hungary. This summer camp taught Hungarian children and teenagers English and biblical stories in a new and exciting way. Each day, I would distribute my time between different activities. From prepping and acting in different roles, reviewing and teaching English lesson, conversing and playing with the Hungarian people. Even though there was a language barrier, everyone found a way to have fun and communicate what they desired to say by hand motions and translators. An example of this would be a young Hungarian girl communicating with me in...
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... sects and cults. A church: is a religious group that accepts the social environment in which it exists. In more plain language, a church is widely accepted by the host culture in which it resides. In America, Protestantism would be a church. It is generally accepted by the whole and is consistent with the culture's values (maybe not traditional Protestantism, but what forms we have of it today). Church may have denominations which are small changes made in the church that are still accepted by the host culture. A sect: is a religious group the rejects the social environment in which it exists. Now, it's not as extreme as that definition makes it seem. A sect doesn't necessarily share the same values as the host culture. This causes some friction between the religious group and the host culture, but we accept the group as a society because we're more tolerant to differing religions in this day and age. Many churches started as sects. One well-known example was the Nazarenes. This was an reform movement within Judaism formed by Jesus' apostles after the execution of Jesus circa 30 CE They were largely dispersed or killed some four decades later when the Romans attacked Jerusalem and destroyed the temple. Again the most obvious North American example of a sect that evolved into a denomination is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), the Mormons. Their founder, Joseph Smith, had a revelation from God that the ministry of Jesus Christ continued after...
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...the life of the Church was nearly marred by the Christological heresies. Argument about the person and work of Jesus Christ. Arguments abound concerning the Historicity of the Christian religion, while many has maintained that Jesus had not intended a development of faith from his teachings, the quest to identify the historical Jesus and differentiate between the Jesus of history and the Jesus of faith is going on. One of those devastating heresies called Docetism appeared in the time of John the beloved, propounded by the Marcions and the Gnostics, a teaching that denied the human nature of Jesus Christ claiming that the body is matter and matter is evil, so that the body was just a “Phantom” a body merely given a human appearance in nature but not necessarily human, because they believe that God cannot associate with evil. So John wrote in his first epistle that “every Spirit that confesses not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God” 1John 4:3. The Jesus of History is the Jesus of the Historical Quests which is by now is on the 3rd stage. The Christ of Faith is the Christ of the Christian belief. To have any sort of separation between the two is like having a separation between the WORD and the CHRIST contrary to the Christian faith that was in the beginning with God as mentioned by John in John 1:2, 14. One cannot separate Jesus from Christ or try to successfully explain the distinction in the Jesus of History and the Christ of Faith. The Church acknowledges Jesus...
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...took over Ebenezer Baptist church which was struggling with only 13 members, and made it into a successful congregation. Williams, who was married to Jennie Celeste parks, had one surviving child, Alberta who marred Michael king Sr in 1926 after an 8 year courtship. Michael king Sr came from a poor sharecropper family in a poor community, not having much money to his name. In 1931, following the death of Williams, Michael king Sr became pastor of Ebenezer Baptist church carrying on the tradition of his father in law. After reaching the success, he adopted the name “Martin Luther king Sr”. In time it would be expected that Michael king Jr to do the same and adopt the name “Martin Luther King Jr”. At the age of 5, Martin Luther King Jr started public school, following the event of him being baptized in 1936. At the age of 12, Michael attempted suicide by allegedly jumping out a second story window after witnessing the traumatic death of his grandmother, Jennie. After skipping ninth and eleventh grade at Booker t Washington high school, he started Morehouse College in 1944 at the tender age of 15. It was said to be that Michael was a very popular student making his way through his first 2 years with ease. Although his family and heritage were deeply involved religion, Michael found over emotional displays of religious worship discomforting. This discomfort followed through with him for most of his teen life, meaning he didn’t chose to enter the ministry...
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...earned a sociology degree from Morehouse College and attended the liberal Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, Pennsylvania. He became valedictorian of his class in 1951, and also became student body president. He was also awarded with a fellowship for graduate study. But King rebelled against his father’s wish and was influenced by drinking beer and playing pool while attending College. He got involved with a white woman but went through difficult times before he broke off the affair. During the work on this doctorate, Martin Luther King Jr. met Corretta Scott, an aspiring singer and musician, at New England Conservatory School in Boston. They were married in June of 1953 and had four children, Yolanda, Martin Luther King III, Dexter Scott and Bernice. In 1954, while still working on his dissertation he also became a pastor at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. He finished his Ph.D. and was awarded his degree in 1955. King was only 25 years old when he completed these...
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...To indoctrinate is to teach or to instruct in a particularly set manner which should not be altered. Indoctrination is the act of brain-washing a learner so that he/she can only think in a particular way, especially in matters of religion. This happens especially when followers of a particular religion/denomination feel threatened by other groups/religions/denominations. In this case, members feel there is no other doctrine better than theirs and they will fight “tooth and nail” to safe-guard their doctrine. Indoctrination “refers to teaching aimed at making the learner believe in what they have learned in such a way that nothing, not even good counter reasons, can make them change their minds about what they learned” (Simuchimba 2008: 79). Philosophy is the seeing/viewing or understanding of life with its different aspects in an individual’s way or sometimes there could be a group of people viewing things the same way or rather they agree with each other’s ideas. Philosophy of Education then is the way an individual values education, especially formal education. Msango et al in (Tembo 2000: 33) define Philosophy of Education as: A critical and systematic intellectual endeavour to see education as a whole and as an integral part of men’s culture .... any philosophy dealing with or applied to the process of public or private education and used as a basis for the general determination, interpretation and evaluation of educational problems having to do with objectives, practices...
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...Romans 12:14-21 An Exegetical Paper on Forgiving Your Enemies Romans 12:14-21 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them. Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly; never be conceited. Repay no one evil for evil, but take thought for what is noble n the sight of all. If possible, so far as it depends upon you, live peaceably with all. Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God; for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” No, “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals upon his head.” Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. I. Introduction In our life, there will be people we run across that will not like us no matter what we do. At that moment we will need to make a choice, payback or forgiveness. One of the most prevalent problems plaguing modern Christianity is an insincere attitude when it comes to loving our enemies. George Washington Carver said, “I will never let another man ruin my life by making me hate him.” It all comes down to our attitude. Romans 12:14 (NLT) talks about attitude and how we need to act towards people who treat us wrong. “Bless those who persecute you. Don’t curse them; pray that God will bless them”. Why is this easier said than done? Human nature we want payback or at least what we think is payback...
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...A World Culture of Schooling? Kathryn M. Anderson-Levitt Introductory chapter to Anderson-Levitt, Kathryn, Ed. 2003 Local Meanings, Global Schooling: Anthropology and World Culture Theory. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. 1 Is there one global culture of schooling, or many? Are school systems around the world diverging from their original European sources, or are they converging toward a single model?i This book opens a dialogue between two very different perspectives on schooling around the world. On the one hand, anthropologists and many scholars in comparative education emphasize national variation, not to mention variation from district to district and from classroom to classroom. From their point of view, the nearly 200 national school systems in the world today represent some 200 different and diverging cultures of schooling. On the other hand, sociology’s “institutionalists” or world culture theorists argue that not only has the model of modern mass education spread from a common source, but that schools around the world are becoming more similar over time.ii According to world culture theory, rather than diverging, schools are converging toward a single global model. This question matters to anthropologists because when we look at globalization— the movement of people, money and ideas across the entire world in unprecedented volume—we wonder whether it really means that the world is becoming more homogeneous. Are we creating a global culture (a “McWorld” for the...
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...Research Paper Of “A Select Issue in Contemporary Theology: Charismatic Theology." THEO 510-C03 LUO (Fall 2012) Survey of Christian Doctrine Dr. Eunice Abogunrin, Professor Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary Carol H. Montgomery (ID# 24993689) November 11, 2012 CONTENTS COVER PAGE 1 CONTENTS 2 THESIS 3 INTRODUCTION 3 CHARSMATIC GIFTS DEBATE 3-12 CONCLUSION 12 BIBLIOGRAPHY 13 INTRODUCTION This research paper will show that biblical referred to as glossolalia; the ability to “speak in tongues” is fiercely debated. While the Bible gives clear examples of genuine glossolalia, which will be examined later, the modern debate centers around the need or not, nature, importance, and usage of “tongues” today. Lastly, this paper will examine the biblical accounts of glossolalia along with more occurrences that are contemporary to determine whether modern episodes of “tongues” are needed or not needed. Out of all the gifts, the one that Paul speaks of the most controversial is the gift of tongues. "Glossolalia" is the most commonly accepted term for "speaking in tongues." It comes from the Greek words meaning "tongues" or "languages," and "to speak." Although not exclusively, "speaking in tongues" is primarily practiced by Pentecostal Christians. Glossolalia is the "prayer language" of Pentecostal churches. Some Christians who speak in tongues believe they are speaking in an existing language. Most believe they are uttering a heavenly...
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...Exchange 37 (2008) 124-155 www.brill.nl/exch Ethiopian Traditional Values versus the Social Teaching of the Church Solomon Dejene Research Student, Nijmegen Institute for Mission Studies, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Email: S.Dejene@nim.ru.nl Abstract Even if the Roman Catholic Church does not have a very long history in Ethiopia and constitutes a small minority of the society, her social significance is great in part due to the structural development programs she runs through out the country. The main aim of this paper is to identify how much the Church1 has made use of traditional systems and values in reflecting and communicating pastorally particularly in regard the Social of the Church (henceforth CST). By analyzing four selected pastoral letters, this article tries to spell out the strengths and shortcomings of the Church in employing traditional systems and values in giving form to the CST. Keywords Catholic social teaching, human dignity, common good, solidarity, reconciliation and peace, contextualization, Ethiopian traditional values Introduction Most of the current national boundaries of Africa were drawn during the colonial period and do not reflect the socio-cultural, ethno-linguistic and religious compositions of the colonies. Although Ethiopia has successfully overcome European colonial power and survived as an independent state with the exception of a five year Italian occupation (1936-41), its contemporary national boarder is a result of the scramble for Africa....
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