From spear-carriers to disciples: a project for renewal of Aspinwall United Presbyterian Church through revitalizing its operating committee

David Mitchell Thompson

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From spear-carriers to disciples: a project for renewal of Aspinwall United Presbyterian Church through revitalizing its operating committee

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MLA citation style (9th ed.)

David Mitchell Thompson. From Spear-carriers to Disciples: a Project for Renewal of Aspinwall United Presbyterian Church Through Revitalizing Its Operating Committee. Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/914e0112-e138-4ebb-9a3f-0e2f007b5e1f.

APA citation style (7th ed.)

D. M. Thompson. From spear-carriers to disciples: a project for renewal of Aspinwall United Presbyterian Church through revitalizing its operating committee. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/914e0112-e138-4ebb-9a3f-0e2f007b5e1f

Chicago citation style (CMOS 17, author-date)

David Mitchell Thompson. From Spear-Carriers to Disciples: a Project for Renewal of Aspinwall United Presbyterian Church Through Revitalizing Its Operating Committee. Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/914e0112-e138-4ebb-9a3f-0e2f007b5e1f.

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Abstract

The thesis of this project is that a discouraged, declining, depressed congregation with low self-esteem can be molded into an effective instrument for mission through a program designed to increase effectiveness of the administrative structures by which that church does its work. The study was conducted over a two-year period by measuring the degree of dissatisfaction prevalent, then providing events and activities designed to give personnel feelings of achievement and self-worth. After two years, further testing disclosed a measurable increase in the perception of effectiveness of the committees. In that sense the project was a success, although the renewal which was engendered is an open-ended one whose continuation should greatly enhance the future of the church.

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