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An Analysis of the culture resistance and receptivity among the North Caucasus people groups : the Balkar people case study
(Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, 2017-08)
The Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) mission in Russia is facing challenges to bring the Gospel to the indigenous ethnic groups of the North Caucasus that include the Balkars. They have been resistant to any attempts to be ...
Lay ministry training based on spiritual gifts in the Seventh-day Adventist churches of the Thailand Adventist Mission
(Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, 2016-02)
Thailand Adventist Mission is facing an enormous challenge in mobilizing and nurturing
church members into active ministry in reaching the people of Thailand. Although Thailand
Adventist Mission is baptizing hundreds of ...
Influence of spiritual leadership behavior toward pastors' work motivation at Minahasa Conference, Indonesia : a basis for spiritual leadership program development
(Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, 2016-11)
Spiritual leadership has become a growing interest among Christians due to its influence to work motivation. In the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Fowler (1982) indicates that the problem of pastors‟ work motivation has ...
The Role of women in Johannine literature : an exegetical study
(Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, 2014-01)
The role of women in Johannine literature appears to be unique in a number of ways. Firstly, in the Gospel of John, there is a different presentation accorded to women in comparison to the Synoptics. John gives a lengthy ...
A description and contextualized strategies of the Muen Seventh-day Adventist Church in Shanghai under the "three-self" patriotic movement
(Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, 2012-06)
The purpose of this study is to introduce the unique context of the “Three-Self”
Patriotic Movement of Protestantism under the government of the Communist Party of
China in Shanghai and to determine how the Shanghai ...
Bringing the gospel to the Rastafarian community of Shashemene, Ethiopia : a case study
(Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, 2020-02)
Rastafari is an Afro-Caribbean socioreligious movement that began on the island of Jamaica in the 1930s. It is composed of a number of elements including rituals and practices from the Afro-Caribbean folk religions of ...
Impact of an Adventist television channel in the North Philippine Union Conference : a case study
(Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, 2022-10)
This study assessed the possible impact of Hope Channel Philippines (HCP) broadcast on its Adventist viewers. This mixed-method study used a survey with 384 respondents and 8 participants for the in-depth interview and 8 ...
A Biblical theology of service among people with special needs
(Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, 2022-05)
People with special needs are spread in all communities and social groups. They represent 15.3% of the world’s population. The most recent Adventist global survey revealed that about 10% of Adventist members live with some ...
A Linguistic and exegetical investigation of tote in the New Testament
(Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, 2014-06)
The understanding of discourse markers, more than before, is nowadays considered
as an important part of language studies. Discourse markers play important roles in the
communication system as they coordinate the meaning ...
The kingdom of God in Daniel 2:44-45 : its symbolism and theological implications
(Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, 2013-03)
In Dan 2 the prophet Daniel interpreted the symbolisms used in the dream of a great image as kingdoms (vv. 36-45). However, of all the symbolisms employed in Dan 2, the symbolism of God’s kingdom in vv. 44-45 is a bit ...