Church of God in Christ: Founder -- Charles Harrison Mason (1907) The objective of this research study is to examine the Church of God in Christ, a denomination founded by Charles Harrison Mason in 1907. The Church of God in Christ (COGIC) has more Continue Reading...
Church Planting: Models and Leadership Development In The Hispanic Context Church planting is a process that results in a new Christian church or parish in a new and untouched locality. Different from church development that includes the introducti Continue Reading...
It indicates that he is set apart form all that is creaturely and corrupt, that he is distinct from this physical and fallen world. It affirms that God is not like humans, angels, false gods, animals -- or anything in existence. In short, we may say Continue Reading...
Catholic Church in Spain and the United States The Catholic Church has been a very significant religious and political institution in the Europe. Its origins can be traced to a thousand years when Christianity was itself in its infancy. It was a sym Continue Reading...
America took the notion of liberty and placed it in an economical framework, composed by Adam Smith in Wealth of Nations. Smith anticipated Marx by nearly a century when he focused on the nature of man and society in what amounted to a purely econo Continue Reading...
Orthodox Position of the Person of Christ Jesus Christ is at the center of the Christian doctrine as every theological thought in Christianity revolves around his personality as one of the Holy Trinity. Christ's divine and human nature on one side a Continue Reading...
God What is the image of God? This is an important theological question. Depending upon what a person believes the image of God to be, and man's relation to that image, the whole rest of that person's theological belief system will be affected and Continue Reading...
[11: Kimball, Dan. The Emerging Church: Vintage Christianity for New Generations. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2003.] The Emerging Church essentially sees Scripture as something that can be processed and changed with no problem. This is a direct in Continue Reading...
Introduction As Christ is the center of the Gospels and Epistles—the ultimate endpoint of the Old Testament—the epicenter of all human history, and the One Being upon Whom our salvation depends, it is imperative that Christ ultimately be Continue Reading...
The Catholic Church Government The internal government of the early Church was formed within the framework of the Roman Empire, and bishops exercised authority over the Christian community in each Roman municipium. By the third century, a shift to Continue Reading...
Church Body and Christ Currently, the church body does not always reflect Christ within the community or culture. That gives many people the wrong perception of the church, and of Christianity and Christ overall. With that in mind, there are several Continue Reading...
Christ Book Critique Everett Ferguson's book Church History, Volume One: from Christ to Pre-Reformation explores the relationship between the church and secular historical events. Since the inception of the Christian religion, those in positions of Continue Reading...
Church History Ignatius of Antioch is an important early church figure for a number of reasons. His surname was Theophorus meaning "God-bearer" (EWTN, 2011). Many believe that he was most likely to converted by St. John who was known as the Evangeli Continue Reading...
God and Creation Has the concept of God well and truly woven itself into the very psyche of the average American citizen? What exactly does the average American think about God? As a matter of fact, each and every American must take some time to sit Continue Reading...
Christ Preaching or La Petite Tombe Christ Preaching by Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn was a prolific artist from seventeenth century, producing at least six hundred paintings, three hundred etchings, and two thousand drawings. His works are Continue Reading...
S. oil producer (1940) Debt is debt; borrowing and financing are debt, some who take the con stance in regard to the practice of the church borrowing money for its building project(s). In fact, as the excerpt from the following quote by Sanders, int Continue Reading...
The other Saint holds the Book, or the Word of God. There is a hierarchal relationship depicted here. Each of the religious figures, and the Christ, too, are ethnic in appearance, depicting a period before Christian art began to reflect a European Continue Reading...
Shepherd: Pastor, Elder, Overseer The Shepherd The words elder, overseer, and pastor all describe the same authority of leadership within the universal church. However, since different denominations use these terms as though there are separate enti Continue Reading...
Revelation 20:1-6 (the Millenium) The objective of this study is to examine the 1000 years of Revelation 20:1-6 (The Millennium) an exegetical and theological topic therefore the review will be extended beyond only the biblical in terms of research Continue Reading...
Jesus of history, is the reflection of the social importance of Jesus in religious pretext, Jesus was famous in his region because he attempted to modify and improve the social and ethical setup of the society. Christ of Faith is the same Jesus, bu Continue Reading...
Deity of Christ in the Gospel of John In John's Gospel, the term Son of God is used very frequently but people do not derive the spirituality of Jesus from this title, in fact they refer this title to the messianic position of Jesus. Such a belief h Continue Reading...
Sacraments a Dialogue With God The Anglican faith is divided between those who are more Protestant in their beliefs and practices, and those who are more Catholic. Anglican Catholicism, sometimes referred to as the "High Church," is very similar to Continue Reading...
Shareholder Activism in the Churches and Human Rights Protection Stakeholder activism The purpose of this work is to critically examine the involvement of churches in shareholder activism and its contribution to the protection of human rights. The Continue Reading...
Luther's concept of the "liberated Christian" allows for both an almost existential responsibility and an odd passivity on the other hand. Humans are responsible for creating faith within themselves, but having once accomplished the achievement of Continue Reading...
" Owen maintains that it is not important that people engage in the particular actions Jesus engaged in, like washing another's feet, but instead that people strive to express their moral duty of brotherly love, in condescension and mutual helpfulnes Continue Reading...
People of God When Is a Person Truly "In" the People of God? When Is A Person Truly "In" The People Of God? "Inclusivism" is a term that encompasses a fairly wide range of positions, as J.A. DiNoia notes in his book, The Diversity of Religions. Di Continue Reading...
Pre-Existence Christ The Pre-Existence of Christ The pre-existence of Christ is the central tenant of Christianity. This paper will review the pre-existence of Christ including supporting views and arguments against the pre-existence of Christ, pro Continue Reading...
Nicene Christology The Councils The Council of Nicaea convened in 325. The Council of Constantinople followed in 381. The Councils of Ephesus and Chalcedon were convened in 431 and 451 respectively. At all of these councils, the main issues were arou Continue Reading...
Pneumatology -- Spiritual Gifts What are spiritual gifts, and what is their purpose? The reason for and definition of "spiritual gifts" is not always agreed upon among Christians and even among Christian theologians. At the very least spiritual gif Continue Reading...
Catholic Church wielded much power during the Middle Ages, and was a big part of the people living at the time. The popularity of the Catholic Church was partly due to the widespread illiteracy among the population of Europe. Literacy was common amo Continue Reading...
The image of physical resurrection implies that all believers can attain spiritual salvation through Christ. "We will all be changed," says Paul in I Corinthians 15:52). Jesus Christ serves as a symbol of the spiritual resurrection that comes from f Continue Reading...
Dulles proposed five models of the Church in his former book "models of the Church.' The first model sees the Church as "a divinely established society with definite articles of belief and binding law" (254). As a single, organized, visible order, sa Continue Reading...
Christian Discipleship The objective of this study is to define the Christian disciple and discipleship and moreover to define a leader in Christian discipleship and how the modern church is developing disciples and leaders for the Great Commission Continue Reading...
Teilhard De Chardin Pierre Teilhard de Chardin is one of the few people who can legitimately claim a place in the history of both Darwinian science and Christian theology. Born in 1881, Teilhard was both a Jesuit priest in the Roman Catholic church, Continue Reading...
Judaism, Christianity and IslamIntroductionThe three main world religions are Judaism, Christianity and Islam. These religions have a great deal of influence around the world. They are hundreds and even thousands of years old and share some similarit Continue Reading...
interview was conducted with 30-year-old Sandra. This essay examines her answers within the context of her identity as it pertains to religion and religious belief. The first question asked what she identified as. Her answer was non-denominational C Continue Reading...
