The evangelical pastor as agent of redemptive and collaborative change in a mainline church

Randall J Forester

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The evangelical pastor as agent of redemptive and collaborative change in a mainline church

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Randall J Forester. The Evangelical Pastor As Agent of Redemptive and Collaborative Change In a Mainline Church. Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/5c63f862-def4-4631-9e1e-e441fc7ce73e?q=2009.

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R. J. Forester. The evangelical pastor as agent of redemptive and collaborative change in a mainline church. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/5c63f862-def4-4631-9e1e-e441fc7ce73e?q=2009

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Randall J Forester. The Evangelical Pastor As Agent of Redemptive and Collaborative Change In a Mainline Church. Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/5c63f862-def4-4631-9e1e-e441fc7ce73e?q=2009.

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This thesis focuses on how the pastor aligns a congregation with the will of God by coming alongside them and reminding them of their story and place within God's plan. The case study will focus on St. Paul's Community Church (Chicora, PA), and the disconnect between the church's missional focus vis-à-vis its representative denomination. Using a narrative methodology, there will be a comparison of the experience of St. Paul's Community Church with St. Paul's Congregational Church (Rural Valley, PA), both of which have a shared historic affiliation with the United Church of Christ and ethnic, geographic, and sociological similarities. Together with a look at the local church's ecclesiological context, a biblical view of the Spirit's creative work in individual lives, and a historical view of conflict in St. Paul's Community Church, there will be a description of the forces that created an outcome that could only be created by the people and pastor working in a way that fit the context. St. Paul's Community Church became a federated church, and the pastor operated as an agent of collaborative and redemptive change within that context.

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