...Mount olive baptist church Technology proposal By Charles Greene Student ID: 22490324 Presented to Dr. Frank Schmitt In partial fulfillment of the requirements of EDMN 876 CREATIVE MINISTRY USES FOR THE COMPUTER Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary Lynchburg, VA February, 15th 2011 Technology Recommendations for Mount Olive Baptist Church Prepared by Charles Greene PO Box 73404 Richmond, VA. 23235 Phone: 804-439-0486 Technology Recommendation MOBC should standardize and improve its network security. The mix of local vs. server accounts and the lack of standards for file church and file sharing not only requires more overall administration; but also puts MOBC’s data at risk from loss, theft, or access to private files by individuals who should normally be denied access. In order to provide a consistent model among its church MOBC should follow a standard set of guidelines for storing and sharing files. Additionally, all user accounts should be centralized on the servers at each location. Consistent file storage and sharing model will help users across the church to know where to put files so that they are secure and confidential. MOBC presently does...
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...2.1 Introduction 2.1 Introduction As we all know Information Technology is now evolving to its next level, and that’s why the proponent aims to develop a system for the membership of Churches of Christ, the technology that can help them is a system for securing the information of the new member, and present members, it will also updates the information of the member in times needed. The member of Churches of Christ is growing rapidly and that’s why they need a system that will holds and secures the member information. The proposed system is a Membership Information system that will save and updates any single information of a member of Churches of Christ. This system have data requirements for this to have best result, it requires information such as the member’s data which is so much important. Churches of Christ is using traditional system in recording member’s information and it is so difficult to manage every data with this kind of system that’s why Churches of Christ needs to improve their way of managing and recording information of the present and incoming member. 2.2 System Description 2.2 System Description Membership in Churches of Christ in the selected local which is in Riverside Quezon City has traditionally been done on paper, processed by hand and response letters written from a template and that’s why secretaries in Churches of Christ works so hard in order to serve the current and incoming member of their local . As the researcher studied the...
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...Using a Strategic System in today’s World Linda Porter Grand Canyon University: CHL 520 March 26, 2014 Using a Strategic System in today’s World The purpose of this paper is comprehend the need for 21st century churches to not disregard the strategic systems model plan that God has put in place to enhance, equip, and engage the church to full maturity in the Body of Christ. It is essential that the church I shepherd as senior pastor be equipped in the knowledge of the principles in which the church was built on which is the same foundation Jesus built his Church when he spoke to Apostle Peter “that upon this rock he would build his church”, (Matthew 16:18, NIV). The church goals have to be Christ centered and heaven focus, meaning the vision and mission of the church (Blackaby, 2001) is relative to the Word of God. As leaders that shepherd in the House of God we must have the on the characteristics of spirituality that is part of the foundation of the Great Commission, Matthew 28:16-20. We were built to evangelize the world that others may see Christ. God hand picked up for his purpose. Every ministry leader and auxiliary need to be spirit lead and Word fed and mindset (Ogden, 2003) must be that of God. Jesus taught the disciples that their main focus should be on evangelism. “Go into the hedges and highways and compel men to come unto me”, (Luke 14:23, NIV). Jesus had a strategic system in mind. He chose men that were willing to serve, he trained and equipped...
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...evangelical chaplains can provide worship in the military or corporate setting. Bryant and Brunson quotes George Barna in his book “Boiling Point” that, “10 to 20 percent of the population will rely on the Internet for their spiritual input by the year 2010 and if a church doesn't have a presence on the Web, then that church does not exist for most people.” It doesn’t matter if your church is a small or mega church, traditional, hybrid, or attractional church, there is a tremendous benefit in using technology to remain connected to people and spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Brunson and Bryant points out that using “emails as a quick effective way to respond to questions and issues or to announce important events within the church, and many pastors are using “blogs” as a sounding board to clarify their thoughts and the direction of their churches or simply to share insights into current events.” Additionally, some pastors and churches utilize graphics via data projection systems, and online streaming as a means of leading worship not only to the local congregation but to others viewing the worship service from around the world. For example, my pastor is extremely focused on the utilization of technology in how worship is lead. One of the tools we use is “Live Stream.” We broadcast our Sunday services, Wednesday night services as well as most of our special services where people are able to view our services around the world via the internet. Another technology tool use by my pastor...
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...Describe and explain the different forms of church governance in Zimbabwe Governance is a set of policies, power and structure by which the rights, powers and privileges of people are processed and protected. The term “government” refers to the management, administration, rule or direction, control, command, authority or leadership which processes and sees to the implementation of these policies. The Church government is set to manage and control the privileges of the children of God e.g. prosperity, healing etc. Simplified, it is the organization pattern by which the church movement or congregation rules, controls or directs itself. Even in the church in Zimbabwe, there are different forms of governments because of different understandings of scripture. * Episcopal form of government This is also known as the hierarchical form. The word Episcopal comes from the words “Epis/ epic” which means top and “scopos” which means to see, look or sight. This means that there is a man at the top to oversee what is happening below him. The principal officer in this type of government is the Bishop/overseer who is followed by a Priest/ Presbyter/ elder and then the deacons. The Bishop has a right to ordain the elder and he governs the church. Every decision at local level comes from the Bishop at Head office. It’s not a scriptural system but simply draws from the fact that in the Bible Moses was an overseer, followed by Aaron the High Priest. There were also elders who helped judge...
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...Take the Pepsi Challenge Professor Marsh Strayer University Discuss how PepsiCo uses its talent to sustain a competitive advantage in the marketplace. PepsiCo sustain a competitive advantage in the marketplace through talent acquisition, talent management and development, PepsiCo University, and inclusive culture. Talent acquisition is defined as finding the right talent when needed and delivering a consistent candidate experience across the attraction, recruitment, hiring, and onboarding process. Talent management and development is building bench strength for key leadership positions and delivering talent development opportunities and capability for employee learning. Learning at PepsiCo’s University, individuals will have a broad accessibility in a learning environment at culture is described as shaping the PepsiCo culture and reinforcing the behaviors required to support the talent of the present and the future that reflects multicultural, multigenerational, and global needs. (Church, 2010) PepsiCo’s approach on talent acquisition is mainly driven by their philosophy on talent management. They look for and acquire talent based on the potential of growth within the company, for that particular individual; grooming its employees to take on more advanced and functional roles within the company. PepsiCo prides itself on having a “bench”. The bench being more than one person to fill that particular role/ position as it becomes available, or as the company needs it to be...
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...IMPLEMENTING TECHNOLOGY UPDGRADES AT TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH & SCHOOL Prepared for Jill M. Braun Director of Educational Technology for Trinity Lutheran Church & School Prepared by Mark D. Davidson Administrative Assistant August 30, 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY iv INTRODUCTION 1 TECHNOLOGY EVALUATION PLAN 1 TECHNOLOGY BUDGET 2 TECHNOLOGY INVENTORY 3 TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES 3 CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER 4 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 5 POTENTIAL PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS 5 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 7 REFERENCES 8 FIGURES Figure 1: Technology Decision-Making Cycle 1 Figure 2: Breakdown of technology budget by category 2 Figure 3: Computer devices used at Trinity Lutheran School 4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This proposal discusses the benefits of implementing technology upgrades at Trinity Lutheran Church and School through the addition of computers and Chromebooks for students to use during classroom instruction, through increased bandwidth to allow the internet to work faster and more efficiently for both students and staff, and how developing a position for a full-time technology coach or Chief Technology Officer on staff to help with maintaining the current technology infrastructure of Trinity Lutheran Church and School, along with providing continuing education can aid the teachers in providing a more professional learning...
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...assimilation into a discourse community has been a long standing presence in academic conversation. Especially if you give the church the title of a discourse community. The church to which I would be referring to is Titus Harvest Dome Spectrum Church. Titus Harvest Dome (THD) is a large religious group (large church) that is located around a suburban area. From what I researched, I have found that the assimilation into Christianity can be related to the social aspects that surround them, as well as in them. Such as, the area the church is located in, or the population that lives there. Daniel Olson states in his research that smaller religious groups find more committed members through leaving and joining the group, compared to larger religious groups. Although Rahsaan Maxwell and Erik Bleich uses Muslims as his topic, presents relatable assimilation reasoning that Muslims who were born in France, was a French citizen, and spoke French would identify themselves as French. These researchers and others that I mention in the Annotated Bibliography, all mention how the social aspects of what surrounds a community has an effect on the process of joining/assimilating into the community, in this case it is the THD community. However, there has not been inquiry on how this would relate to the genres used by larger religious groups...
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...The Catholic church is an extremely influential interest group throughout Mexico, however they are not politicians or directly take part in government. This is due the freedom of religion Mexico upholds to its citizens. Though there is freedom of religion in Mexico, Catholicism is the majority religion of most citizens. President Fox made it clear in 2002 that the Catholic church was an accepted influence when he kissed the pope’s hand during an official papal visit to Mexico (55). The success of an interest group is determined based on the influence it has over constituents as well as the efficiency of influencing legislation and initiatives passed by politicians to better the lives of members. Camp wrote that many Mexicans did not feel they could...
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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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...Discuss the differences between churches, 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...
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...The Effect of Technology on Christianity: Blessing or Curse? By Dale B. Sims Last Sunday I worshipped with approximately 4000 other Christians at my church. My wife and I parked about a quarter of a mile from the building. A shuttle bus picked us up and drove us to the doors of the church. We entered the large, well-lit building and walked into the sanctuary. From the back of the room I saw row upon row of stadium seats filled with people. Everyone was conversing with their neighbor, a happy buzz of words filling the air. We found two empty seats and sat down. In front of us was a stage. Seated on the stage was a fifty-piece orchestra. Next to the stage, on either side and up high on the walls, were two very large projection screens, about 20 feet by 20 feet. Messages and pictures continuously flashed across the screens providing information concerning upcoming events at the church. Soon the orchestra launched into a rendition of a familiar hymn. That signaled the start of a service that followed the same format familiar to most evangelical congregations. There was a time of welcome. Some more announcements were made by one of the ministers. Suddenly the lights dimmed in the sanctuary and the huge screens on the walls showed a video of a young woman who gave us her testimony to the saving grace of Christ in her life. The video stopped and a live camera feed showed her being baptized by our pastor. The worshippers clapped, some cried, and loud exclamations could be heard throughout...
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...Security Objective Components STEPHANIE CASBY CJS 250 October 30th, 2011 Jenelle Velarde Security Objective Components Have you ever been to church and thought you had to worry about your safety? I know for myself that is one place besides my home that I have always felt safe. People in church attend with little thought given to their safety while they are there. Church is supposed to be a place of peace and serenity, not violence or death. In the last 50 years churches and other religious sites around the world has been victim’s to violent acts of crimes. There are several reasons for this type of crime in these religious places of worship; differences in religious beliefs, domestic disturbances, and racism are number one reason for these acts. In the last ten to fifteen years there has been an increase in violent crimes reported in churches, schools, and malls that seemed to be the target. In this paper I will discuss what component of the overall security objective deserves the most attention in the environments from the article. I will also discuss what components would be less pertinent for the environments during a vulnerability assessment. I will describe counter measures or possible solutions for the shootings, incidences of arson and bombing. Then I will discuss the components of the overall security objective that would be ore pertinent had the events occurred at the mall and if they would present alternative countermeasures that I will list and explain...
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...University Library - Newton Exhibition”). Truth really matters when it comes to the church telling lies and people believing their whole life. The Scientific Revolution started due to people questioning the church's ways. People did not agree with just believing the way the church said and have no reason to believe. It affected society by allowing more travel and new inventions to start a movement of creation known as the enlightenment. People started to realize the church used them for power and old them lies to get money and they stepped away lowing the power of the church sand starting...
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...DeVry University Keller Graduate School of Management Creating a Database for Storing and Managing Church Members’ Record for R.C.C.G. Heaven’s Gate Gbolade O. Soneyin gsoneyin@my.keller.edu (770) 598-5006 MIS-535-18371 Managerial Applications of Information Technology Professor Tanya Cannon Thursday, February 12, 2015 Table of Contents Subject of Course Project 3 Business Problem Stated 3 Name of the Organization 3 Proposed Solution 3 General Benefits 4 Audience 4 References 5 Abstract To help Heaven’s Gate move away from tracking its members on spreadsheets and paper, move to a database application that will not only track members, but also track department activities, members contributions, and do it all via the least economically, but yet effective, easily accessible and requiring limited technical or IT expertise to maintain. Keywords: RCCG, Database, Church, Heaven’s Gate, Application, Church Management Company Background Heaven’s Gate is one of many parishes of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria; finding out exactly how many parishes of the church existed was next to impossible. In her well-detailed article on the church, Olufunke Adeboye wrote about the church from 1952-2005. Founded by Josiah Olufemi Akindayomi in 1952, after receiving vision to write down the church’s name on a wooden board, this despite the fact the man was unschooled at the time; he cannot read nor know how to write. After writing...
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