Candler Doctor of Ministry Projects
Innovations in Ministry
THE PROBLEM Preaching in the Black Church[1] has to be spiritual, hope-filled, creative, immersive, transformative, sustaining, liberating, comforting and defiant. In its best form it is comprised of four elements: Continue Reading
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Tensions were palpable. Everyone was moving quickly, and arena security was visibly on alert. The concourse was loud as some three thousand people made their way out of the Saint Continue Reading
Ministry Context My research analyzes our church’s congregational context using data within a three-mile radius of our Riverdale, Georgia location. Comparing findings from 2012 to the present reveals notable demographic Continue Reading
Patriarchy is one of those systems of oppression hiding in plain sight– especially in the Church. Over the course of history, the Church has used the Holy Scriptures to defend Continue Reading
The Design of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), the governing document of our denomination, begins with a Preamble that also serves as an affirmation of faith. It reads, in Continue Reading
Introduction One of my fondest memories is when my mother would take my sister and me window shopping at Christmas time. We would marvel at the displays and be fascinated Continue Reading
“How a $7-Yard-Sale Painting (now priced at $1 million) Helped Trigger a New Art Movement to Abandon Attitudes and Actions of Prejudice.” It all started with a dusty $7-yard sale Continue Reading
The Question of Exorcism In 1974, then Archbishop Iakovos spoke publicly about the importance of exorcism in cases of purported demonic possession.1 That public pronouncement, by a standing Archbishop of Continue Reading
THREE NARRATIVES, THREE TROPES, AND THREE MODELS (The Church has to do better in its depiction of and relationship with Black Women) Three Narratives In recent conversations with Black Continue Reading