New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary

Marcus W Brown

The purpose of this project was to design a volunteer leadership development strategy for full-time pastors of single-staff churches in the Arkansas Baptist State Convention. The project director implemented four elements in the development of this strategy: (1) identification of volunteer leadership needs specific to single-staff churches with full-time pastors in the Arkansas Baptist State Convention, (2) extensive research in the field of ministry leadership development, (3) development of the actual strategy and (4) presentation of the final strategy to the Church Health Team Leadership for approval. Actual implementation of the strategy was not within the scope of this project.

Jack G Bell

The purpose of this project was to develop a church revitalization strategy for First Baptist Church, Hornbeck, Louisiana. This project included four primary tasks. First, the project began with a defined demographics study of the population surrounding the community of Hornbeck, Louisiana, and an internal institutional analysis of First Baptist Church, Hornbeck, Louisiana. The analysis of the resulting data provided an assessment of the Church revitalization potential for First Baptist Church, Hornbeck, Louisiana. Second, the project director researched effective church revitalization strategies and formulated a report of the best practices foe church revitalization. Third, the project director assembled a selected group of members of First Baptist Church, Hornbeck, Louisiana into a revitalization strategy team and equipped them to develop a strategy to aid in the revitalization of First Baptist Church, Hornbeck, Louisiana. Fourth, the project director presented the church revitalization strategy to the membership of First Baptist Church, Hornbeck, Louisiana, for approval.

Jason T Duckett

The purpose of this project was to equip deacons of Moundville Baptsist Church, Moundville, Alabama, with reseach in the field of deacon ministry and in those specific required skills unique to the office of deacon. From the research, the project director provided the substance used to create a five-session seminar to equip select deacons. The project director utilized various methodologies of instruction such as the "Think-Pair-Share Strategy", a signed civenant/commitment card, and role-play so that the participants would achieve optimal learning. Experts in the field of instruction and deacon ministry provided evaluation to the project director in order to ensure completion of the stated project and professional goals. The project director presented the essential deacon ministry skills curriculum during a Friday through Saturday retreat.

Joel Grant Williams

The purpose of this project was to enhance the project director's skill in the development and delivery of the invitation at First Baptist Church, Saint Francisville, Louisiana. Following the Ministry Skill Enhancement Model, the project director researched the biblical basis of the invitation, identified elements of biblically-based invitations, and analyzed various models of the invitation in order to identify invitational models that support elements of biblically-based invitations. The project director developed and preached a series of sermons that incorporated biblical models of the invitation. Additionally, the project director utilized an expert evaluator and a sixteen-member evaluation group to evaluate the developmentd and delivery of the sermons and their invitations. The project director utilized the feedback to analyze the enhancement of his skill in the development and delivery of sermons that contain biblically-based invitations.

Jeffery Q Friend

The purpose of this project was to develop and implement an equipping model to provide selected men at Suburban Baptist Church, East New Orleans, Louisiana, with the necessary skills to implement a youth mentoring ministry. The project director researched the field of mentoring, identified the best practices, and developed a six-session workshop to train the selected men. At the conclusion of the workshop, the participants were equipped with core mentoring skills needed to implement the mentoring ministry and help the youth of Suburban Baptist Church develop the necessary life skills to become productive, civic-minded members of society.

Amy T Boe

The purpose of this project was to enlist, equip, and lead Not Ashamed Ministries' leadership team to develop a church multiplication strategy among an unreached people group in Mumbai, India. The project director then presented the church multiplication strategy in a meeting of Not Ashamed Ministries leadership in the United States and in India for their approval.

Steven G Bonham

The project under consideration was driven by the overall goal of developing an evangelism outreach strategy utilized by Johnson Ferry Baptist Church in Marietta, Georgia to reach millennials. The project director assimilated a strategy team of Johnson Ferry Baptist ministers and staff members, and led this group through the development of the proposed outreach strategy. The strategy team met once a week for six weeks to develop the strategy for the church. The project director, based on completed research, instructed the strategy team on the findings of millennial research, outreach practices, and strategy planning essentials. The project director then led the team to develop the multifaceted strategy. Once completed, the project director presented the developed strategy to the executive leadership team of the church for approval and implementation.

Leighton Charles Flowers

The purpose of the project was to research the major contemporary perspectives pertaining to the biblical doctrine of salvation in order to create a student curriculum to effectively teach a non-Calvinistic Southern Baptist perspective. As a result of the research, a greater understanding of the soteriological issues and the various biblical interpretations was gained. The data was then compiled into a format that is easy to understand and engage. Modern teaching resources which have proven to be effective in training students were employed in developing the new curriculum. Evaluation of the soteriological content, curriculum effectiveness, and the overall growth of the project director were fundamental to the completion of this project.

Andrew M Anderson

The purpose of this project was to enhance the project director's skill of preaching life application sermons for soldier spiritual resiliency at Warrior Chapel, Baghdad, Iraq. Following the ministry skill enhancement model, the project director researched the field of life application preaching. The project director developed a "Life Application Preaching Annotated Bibliography" and a "Life Application Preaching Best Practices" document. The project director then developed a four-week sermon series and preached the sermons at Warrior Chapel, Baghdad, Iraq, where the project director serves as the Baghdad Diplomatic Support center Chaplain. The project gathered a select group of subject matter experts to evaluate his sermons. With the aid of his team, the project director assessed the effectiveness of his sermon series and his overall growth in the field of life application preaching.

Amos Williams

The purpose of this project was to equip selected leaders of Liberty Hill Missionary Baptist Church, Marietta, Georgia, with personal evangelism skills. The project began with the project director's research of the field of personal evangelism. Informed by the research, the project director developed teaching plans and conducted a workshop in order to equip selected leaders with personal evangelism skills. The project concluded with the director's evaluation of Liberty Hill's selected leaders' responses to a post-test and of their evangelism encounters.