Browsing Dissertations and Research Portfolios by Title
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The Sanctified Journey : Labyrinths and Gospel Contemplation in a Wesleyan Context
(Tyndale University College & Seminary, 2019-11)Spiritual formation is the process of following Jesus and how we become like him. Although some view this process as a linear experience, the pattern of a labyrinth is another way to describe this spiritual journey. The ... -
Servant, Transformational, and Missional Leadership Essential Relational Qualities and Competencies and Seminar for more Effective Ontario Nazarene Pastoral Leadership
(Tyndale University College & Seminary, 2012-03)This project addresses a gap between pastoral leadership training and the demands upon leadership in Ontario Church of the Nazarene parish ministry. Through Action Research analyzed using Grounded Theory this project ... -
Shepherd Care: How the Discipline of Spiritual Direction Facilitates Pastors' Relationships with God, Their Sense of Call, and Their Relationships with Congregations
(Tyndale University College & Seminary, 2014)Pastors' relationships with God, their calls, and their congregations are integral to their ministries. When anyone of these relationships is damaged or left untended, it can cause difficulties in a pastor's spiritual life ... -
Silence and Storytelling: The Dance of Formation for the Ministry of Spiritual Direction
(Tyndale University College & Seminary, 2018-08)This portfolio develops the themes of storytelling and listening, silence and community and the necessity of the integration of theology and experience in our spiritual journeys. The role of private prayer and personal ... -
Spiritual Formation in a Hong Kong Chinese Context: A Personal Journey, a Teachable Model Based on 1 John 2:12-14, and a Research Report
(Tyndale University College & Seminary, 2019-04)In this research portfolio, the author describes Christian spiritual formation as a growth process with common stages and tasks with reference to 1 John 2:12-14 while acknowledging the uniqueness of spiritual experience ... -
Spiritual Formation of Mature Believers: How Glencairn MB Church Deepened Mature Believers By Means of Spiritual Memoir Writing
(Tyndale University College & Seminary, 2017-06)Exploring spiritual formation in the local church, this research portfolio examines a potential three year model for helping mature disciples of Jesus deepen into Christ-centered life. First, disciples are encouraged to ... -
Spiritual Formation Shaped by the Potter's Hands: Exploring the Impact of Spiritual Friendships in Small Groups Using Lectio Divina
(Tyndale University College & Seminary, 2018-03)Christ followers seek to become more like Jesus. A major goal of the Church is to aid in the process of spiritual growth. In this research portfolio, the author explores spiritual formation as the process of being shaped ... -
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 ... -
A Strategy to Move a Traditional Church to Being a Missional Congregation: An Experiment in Implementing the Roxburgh Missional Change Model in a Newfoundland and Labrador United Church
(Tyndale University College & Seminary, 2012-04)This project focused on moving a traditional church to being a missional congregation. The Missional Change Model (MCM), developed by Alan Roxburgh and Fred Romanuk (2006), was used as a guide to that process. The Missional ... -
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, ... -
A Study on What Christian Hospitality Is, Why We Should Practice It, and the Challenges of Hospitality Based on Acts of Intentional Hospitality as Practiced by Solid Rock Community Church of The Nazarene Towards Individuals Outside of the Church
(Tyndale University College & Seminary, 2015-03)This thesis studied what Christ-like hospitality is and observed whether hospitality has an impact on building authentic relationships with people outside our church. Six individuals and the researcher used the methodology ... -
Three Dimensions of Spiritual Formation: Grow Deep, Grow High, Grow Wide
(Tyndale University, 2022-09)In this research portfolio, the author articulates spiritual formation using a model that involves three dimensions, Grow Deep, Grow High, Grow Wide. This will be explored through three avenues. The first is a spiritual ... -
Through the Lens of Grace: Spiritual Formation Towards Christlikeness in a Holiness Context
(Tyndale University College & Seminary, 2017-07)To see life through the lens of grace is to gain a new perspective of how God shapes his children in the image of his Son. Spiritual formation is a process, a journey with God’s people, which calls for faith and participation, ... -
Toward an "Ageless Thinking" Congregation: A Study of the Leadership Culture of an Historic Canadian Church in Order to Steward its Heritage Ethos in the Adaptive Challenges of the Future
(Tyndale University College & Seminary, 2012-03)The thesis Toward an 'Ageless Thinking' Congregation uses ethnographic research techniques to understand the leadership culture of a congregation in order to be able to steward its heritage ethos into a discontinuous future. ... -
Towards a Reformed Evangelical Program of Spiritual Formation at Ryle Seminary, Ottawa
(Tyndale University College & Seminary, 2019-09)In this research portfolio the author seeks to articulate a form of reformed-evangelical spiritual formation and apply it to ministry formation training in both military and civilian ministry training contexts. The author ... -
Towards multicultural Christian community : developing, implementing, and evaluating an intercultural training model with campus ministry staff leaders in Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship of Canada
(Tyndale University College & Seminary, 2012-04)This project arose from the desire of the Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship of Canada, a Christian ministry organization with campus and camping ministries, to develop greater intercultural competence in their campus staff ... -
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 ... -
Transformation Happens at the Margins: Shaping Beatitudinal Character of Volunteers By Embracing Excluded, Marginalized, Inconvenient Others at Drop-In Centres
(Tyndale University College & Seminary, 2015-04)Jesus said "you cannot serve two masters." Yet, in the Western, Middle-Class Church (marked by syncretism) the world's ways (which exclude "inconvenient others") conflict with Jesus' ways (of embracing them). Consequentially, ... -
Transformation: How God's Ongoing Work Through Preaching Can Impact a Congregation
(Tyndale University, 2020-03)This portfolio describes the way that God's transforming work in the life of a preacher can impact a congregation. It focuses specifically on a preacher's life, context, and congregation and God's work in each of these ... -
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 ...