LibGuides: ENG1023 Introductory Writing: Theses & Dissertations

Theses & Dissertations

Developing a spiritually-formative leadership mentoring ministry at Southwood Community Church The purpose of this project is to develop a mentoring ministry at Southwood Community Church in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. The project first explores biblical, historical and contemporary mentoring principles and strategies, develops mentors through a training course, and couples them up with a mentee.
Staffing for healthy small groups: a model for enlisting, training, and motivating lay leaders Discusses enlistment, training, and motivation of lay leadership within their church. This project is designed to help these churches achieve four specific goals; One, come to a biblical understanding of lay leadership. Two, learn how to identify and enlist the right people into spiritual leadership. Three, train those leaders for specific leadership roles within the church. Four, to keep these lay leaders motivated to achieve their set goals within their specific ministry.

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DART-Europe eTheses Portal This link opens in a new window Access to 828,730 open access research theses from 619 Universities in 28 European countries.
EBSCO Open Dissertations This link opens in a new window Freely available electronic theses and dissertations database offering access to more than 800,000 ETDs.
Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) This link opens in a new window An international organization that promotes the adoption, creation, use, dissemination and preservation of electronic theses and dissertations.
Open Access Theses and Dissertations This link opens in a new window Resource for finding open access graduate theses and dissertations published around the world. Metadata (information about the theses) comes from over 1100 colleges, universities, and research institutions. Currently indexes over 3 million theses and dissertations.
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Search Terms/Keywords

Using LCSH (Library of Congress Subject Headings) to search for resources will, more often than not, yield the most relevant results. Below are some LCSH you can use to search for topics in your Project and/or CRA. Be sure to choose the SUBJECT search field from the drop-down list (in Adanced Search) or include the search terms in quotation marks in the Basic Search box. Enter the SUBJECT search terms exactly as you see them.

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Suggested search terms:

LCSH	Keyword
BURNOUT (Psychology) [AND] Clergy	pastoral burnout
Clergy---Job stress	ministry burnout
DISCIPLING (Christianity)	discipling ministry
CHRISTIAN life--Biblical teaching	first century jewish culture
ENGLISH language	whole person ministry
BASIC English	leader as motivator
ENGLISH language--Grammar
ENGLISH language--Study & teaching
JUDAISM--Customs & practices
JEWISH FAMILIES—Conduct of life—History—To 70 A.D.
JEWS—Social life and customs—To 70 A.D.
FAMILIES—Religious aspects—Judaism—To 70 A.D.
FAMILIES—Palestine—History—To 70 A.D.
JEWISH way of life, 856 B.C. - 70 A.D.
JEWISH families--Religious life
CHRISTIAN leadership
LEADERSHIP in the Bible
LEADERSHIP--Religious aspects