Dissertations and Research Portfolios
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Research portfolios are the final submissions of students completing the Doctor of Ministry degree. Tyndale doctoral dissertations are also included here.
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A Ministry Journey that is Unfolding: How I Came to See Myself as a Female Preacher and Leader
(Tyndale University, 2024-04)This portfolio explores my unfolding ministry journey as a preacher and leader by exploring my background, beginnings, theological traditions, and experiences – all elements that shaped my deepest convictions concerning ... -
Transformational Servant Leadership as a Combined Approach to Locally-Led Poverty Alleviation in Rural Western Kenya
(Tyndale University, 2024-07)This research portfolio examined the author's leadership formation and ministry context. It then explored transformational servant leadership (TSL) and argued this approach to leadership was biblical, and effective in ... -
Steward Leadership in Action: Growing a Sense of Belonging within the English Ministry of a Chinese Canadian Church in Vancouver, Canada
(Tyndale University, 2024-08)This research portfolio focused on fostering a sense of belonging within the English Ministry (EM) at Lord’s Love Church (LLC), a non-denominational Chinese Canadian church in Vancouver, Canada. As an EM pastor, the author ... -
The Leadership Development Road Trip: Navigating Complexity, Harnessing Mentorship, and Embracing Shared Leadership on the Journey of Growing Young Leaders at Trinity Streetsville
(Tyndale University, 2024-02)This portfolio navigates the landscape of leadership development at Trinity Anglican Church amidst the challenges posed by declining membership within the Anglican Church of Canada. Advocating for lay leadership development, ... -
Leadership and the Incarnation: Reflections on Cross-Cultural Marketplace Mission and the Role of the Church
(Tyndale University, 2024-01)The leadership model of Christ’s incarnation provided a framework for this research study on the relationship between the church and cross-cultural marketplace mission workers. The author explored leadership through the ... -
Developing One’s Personal Prayer Life: An Essential Element for Spiritual Formation in the Fundamental Evangelical Community
(Tyndale University, 2022-02)In this Doctor of Ministry Research Portfolio, the author explored spiritual formation, being formed into the image of Christ, from three perspectives: her spiritual autobiography, instructional model of spiritual formation, ... -
Renovation: The Trinity Transforming Lives
(Tyndale University, 2024-01)The Trinity exists in perfect harmony and relationship. Humanity was created to share in that relational love. In pride, the created chose knowledge over a relationship with the Creator, breaking God’s designed order and ... -
The Lighthouse Foundation: Discovering the Underlying Reasons that Prevented Its Launch, While Understanding Leadership When Faced With Failure
(Tyndale University, 2023-08)The focus of this research portfolio was to discover the reasons that prevented the Lighthouse Foundation from launching. The Lighthouse Foundation is a non-profit ministry initiated by, but separate from the church, The ... -
Strengthening a Korean-Canadian Church Leadership Team by Developing Their Self-Awareness and Knowledge about Communication Styles
(Tyndale University, 2023-11)This Research Portfolio is about my leadership development via Tyndale’s Doctor of Ministry program. It includes my Leadership Narrative, Philosophy of Leadership, Ministry Context Analysis and Project Report. As a therapist, ... -
Practicing Community: Postures and Practices for Spiritual Formation
(Tyndale University, 2023-12)This Research Portfolio explores the ministry of spiritual formation through the development of Practicing Communities (PCs) in Christian congregations. Aspects of individualism in my personal life and spiritual communities ... -
Being Transformed to Help Others Transform: Exploring Spiritual Formation and the Life-Changing Power of Lectio Divina
(Tyndale University, 2023-11)This Research Portfolio explores the theme “Being Transformed to Help Others Transform: Exploring Spiritual Formation and The Life-Changing Power of Lectio Divina.” It encompasses the knowledge of God, self-awareness, and ... -
Listening to God: the Key to Spiritual Formation for Salvationists and All People
(Tyndale University, 2023-02)Having a relationship with God implies communication with Him. How do we communicate with God? How do we know what He is saying? Through the process of writing her spiritual autobiography during the COVID-19 pandemic, the ... -
The Practice of Silence and Its Related Spiritual Disciplines in Guiding Cambodian Christian Leaders Toward Christlike Transformation
(Tyndale University, 2023-06)I have in my desire to be inwardly transformed toward Christlikeness and become as close to God as possible. My spiritual autobiography in this portfolio is a testimony of such a journey toward Christlikeness, a journey ... -
Developing Leadership Team Vision for the Oakville Community at the Oakville Adventist Company Through Appreciative Inquiry
(Tyndale University, 2023-03)Oakville Adventist Company (OSDA) was a congregation that had not been growing and had no active presence in the community of Oakville. To help address these concerns, a leadership retreat was designed and implemented that ... -
A Psychospiritual Approach to Christian Spiritual Formation
(Tyndale University, 2023-02)This research portfolio presents an integrated psychospiritual approach to Christian spiritual formation. It arose from the author’s reflection on her own spiritual journey, from her professional experience as a psychotherapist, ... -
Intentionality in the Practice of Spiritual Disciplines: A Case Study
(Tyndale University, 2023-02)In this research portfolio, the author will answer the following questions: What place should spiritual disciplines have in the life of a Christian and how does the Christian need to be intentional in the practice of them? ... -
Training Ministry Leaders Towards Supportive Psychotherapy Referrals to Tyndale Wellness Centre
(Tyndale University, 2023-03)This Doctor of Ministry integrated portfolio presents a summary of key insights, themes and findings arising from an exploration of Christian leadership, with particular reference to the authors’ own ministry context as ... -
Building Resilience in Korean Canadian Leaders at Non-Profit Organizations in Toronto
(Tyndale University, 2023-01)This Research Portfolio was written to complete my Doctor of Ministry (DMin) program at Tyndale University in Toronto, Ontario. It describes how I changed from an agnostic to a Christian and from a worldly leader to a ... -
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Ministry to Members of First Baptist Church, Montreal During the COVID-19 Pandemic
(Tyndale University, 2023-03)In its nearly two-hundred-year existence in the city, First Baptist Church has seen the best and worst of life in Montreal. Still, the current congregation shows no signs of giving up our corporate goal to be "A House of ... -
Developing a Method for Growing in Intimacy with the Triune God Through Knowing, Being and Doing
(Tyndale University, 2023-02)In this Research Portfolio, the author develops a method for growing in intimacy with God, through faith in Jesus Christ, empowered by the Spirit using the metaphor of a fruit bearing tree. The method is developed in three ...