Master of Divinity
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2024-03-29T10:15:06ZBingawan Baptist Learning Center: Its history and contribution to the community
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Bingawan Baptist Learning Center: Its history and contribution to the community
Celeste, Faye Grace C.
This historical-descriptive research was conducted to gain deeper understanding of the Bingawan Baptist Learning Center: Its History and contribution to the community, In order to achieve the overall objective, the following specific objectives framed this study, (1) Write a comprehensive historical narrative of the Bingawan Baptist Learning Center, (2) Make a sweeping assessment of the Bingawan Baptist Learning Center and to lift up salient lessons learned from its history, (3) Underscore the value and contribution of the Bingawan Baptist Learning Center to the wider community through its graduates, (4) Use the findings and recommendations of the study for the further improvement of the Bingawan Baptist Learning Center. Drawing information from secondary sources and personal interviews using pre-formulated guide questions were conducted with randomly selected stakeholder of the learning center. In the process of gathering information and coming up with its comprehensive history it was found that the BBLC is not just for academic learning but a school that has a multi-task and purpose for the development of the young generation. Results of the study showed that the graduates testified how the learning center contributed values and lessons to them. In the findings, the school has its weaknesses and shortcomings that imply the limitation of the school to identify its aims and focus while operating. These findings would contribute helpful guidelines for further improvement of Bingawan Baptist Learning Center in different aspects and for the other local churches in the area that intend to establish church-based learning centers.
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2015-01-01T00:00:00ZSpiritual care: Beliefs, attitudes and practices among Filipino family physicians in Iloilo City
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12852/2203
Spiritual care: Beliefs, attitudes and practices among Filipino family physicians in Iloilo City
Alerta, Florentino Perez II
This is a descriptive study that aimed to determine beliefs, attitudes and practices in spiritual care among family physicians in Iloilo City. Using a survey design, data were collected through a self-administered questionnaire distributed to family physicians from Iloilo City who attended a regional conference for family physicians. Of the 72 physicians given the questionnaire, 54 participated and completed the questionnaire.
The findings showed that most of the family physicians covered by this study had favorable beliefs and attitudes regarding spiritual care. The majority agreed that religious beliefs are pertinent in health care and that spiritual care reduces patient morbidity and mortality. Most of them favored that patients should be provided with all the support in their existing religious beliefs and there should be a facilitated referral of patients to a religious support services. They also agreed expressed that spiritual issues are the province of pastoral care, however, most of them shared that they should avoid religious discussions with their patients or their folks.
The majority of the respondents claimed that they routinely inquire about the patient’s health crisis and perform something to respond to the health crisis. Most of the family physician claimed that they in tend to discuss issues on spiritual care and ask the family to pray for the patient, but will not discuss spiritual issues in health crisis, but will pray with the patient during health crisis.
The family physicians believe that certain characteristic of the patient positively affect their health. They also fully support the idea that religious beliefs can improve health care, but they will not discuss religious issues with them. They also believe that religious values tend to emerge overtime, thus a support system is needed during the time of health crisis. Some intend to encourage patients to become more active in their own religious faith, may sometimes share their religious faith with their patients, and encourage them to become more active in their own faith for health reason.
Although many of the family physician-respondents have favorable attitudes towards spiritual care and shared conviction on the importance and favorable effect of spiritual care on patients’ health condition, they were not sure whose role or responsibility it is to provide spiritual care. Apparently some physicians have ambiguous understanding of the concept of spiritual care. Some of them were also uncertain regarding the guidelines on when and when or how they should do the specific spiritual care tasks.
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2018-01-01T00:00:00ZAttitudes and perceptions of adults towards Sunday school in Badiangan Convention Baptist Churches
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Attitudes and perceptions of adults towards Sunday school in Badiangan Convention Baptist Churches
Yunsal, Mary Joan G.
This descriptive study determined the attitudes and perceptions of seventy-six adults towards Sunday school in Badiangan Convention Baptist Churches. The attendance of adults in Sunday school were assessed, also its importance and their feelings toward it. This is a descriptive study which aims to determine the level of adults' participation in Sunday school, describe adults' perception of Sunday school, explain adults' attitudes towards Sunday school and generate suggestions and recommendations from the eight churches in Badiangan. The tool in data gathering is survey.
The study validates the assumption that there is a decline in adults' participation in Sunday school. Only twenty-seven out of seventy six adults attend Sunday school regularly. Results of the study revealed that adults' in Badiangan have a positive perception of the importance of Sunday school and believe that learning is essential with a 100%, yet 38.0% only attend Sunday school regularly in a month. The result also shows that adults value Sunday school in their lives because they can learn more from their lessons. Therefore, Sunday School class is still relevant and needed by adults in Badiangan Convention Baptist Churches.
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2017-01-01T00:00:00ZPauline concept of leadership in the Corinthian letters and its significance to the evangelical churches today
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Pauline concept of leadership in the Corinthian letters and its significance to the evangelical churches today
Lorenzo, Romeo L.
Leadership is the most important ingredient in the success of any organization. This is because leadership captures concepts, visions and over-all direction.
Peter Wagner in his book, <em>Leading Your Church To Growth</em>, wrote: "Effective church leadership accurately perceives where the people in the congregation are now, and what their potential is for the future. The gift of leadership is the special ability that God gives to certain members of the body of Christ to set goals in accordance with God's purpose for the future, and to communicate those goals to others in such a way that they voluntarily and harmoniously work together to accomplish these goals for the glory of God."
It cannot be denied that our churches today are suffering from the problems of division, faction, pride, immorality, etc. which by nature is almost similar with those of the problems of the Corinthian church in 55 A.D. Inevitably, church split is everywhere to the extent that it does not only ruin the testimony of the church itself but above all, it ruins the ministry of God. Jesus Christ is the God of order and not of chaos, unity and not of division, love and not of hatred, peace and not of war.
With all these threatening realities, we cannot help but honestly ask ourselves questions like, is there something wrong in our church leadership? If there is, what are we going to do with it? Is there a need for us to go back to the biblical principles of leadership? What must we do with the immoral members and those who create chaos and disorder within the church?
This paper was written in the hope that it might be of help to our local churches undergoing such kind of predicament. The study centers on the Christian ministry of Paul focussing in leadership qualities which enabled him to strengthen the spiritually sick church of Corinth. In order to clarify the points discussed about his leadership, a survey is made in Paul's historical and religious background and the circumstances which led to the establishment of the Corinthian Church.
At Corinth Paul encountered several serious problems such as faction or division among leaders, pride, immorality, misuse and abuse of spiritual gifts, personal attacks, humiliation, rejection and painful criticisms from within and without the local congregation. In the midst of these perplexing events, how did Paul maintain his divinely appointed authority, assert his leadership as an apostle, deal with the problems which brought the rebellious church into repentance, and in what possible ways such approaches be significant to our local evangelical churches today are discussed in this paper.
Yes, it is true that nothing in this world is permanent. Everything changes including church leadership. In the New Testament, as time and circumstances changed, leadership in the church changed too. Leadership patterns develop according to the need. They do not remain static.
Likewise, the context of Paul's leadership in the Corinthian church had changed. Forexample,women are required by Paul to cover their heads inside the church (I Corinthians 11:5,6). The issue is cultural rather than spiritual. Paul's advice applied directly to the cultural situation in Corinth, where unruly women were disrupting the worship services.
However, in the Philippine setting it is no longer applicable because our culture does not require a woman to wear a veil or that she should always have long hair. It is our common belief that morality does not depend (on the veil or on the length of the hair. A woman may have short hair and does not cover her head yet, she is morally and spiritually upright. God does not look at the outward appearance but at the heart.
Even though the context of Paul's leadership had changed but the essentials are the same and can still be best applied to our local evangelical churches today. Therefore, this study intends to point out those essentials so that our churches will be strengthened and edified for the glory of God.
Introduction
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