BEARdocs at Baylor University: Recent submissions
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Developing a congregation-led homebound ministry in a rural context.
(2020-11-05)This project addressed the need for Golinda Baptist Church to establish a viable, long-term, homebound ministry. The purpose of this project was to evaluate the effect of the intervention on the people of Golinda Baptist ... -
Unity : helping a congregation with multiple venues for corporate worship experience common connection and purpose.
(2020-11-05)This project addressed the need for Pioneer Drive Baptist Church to experience unity. Consisting of three components, the project lasted six weeks. First, a pre-intervention survey was given to randomly selected church ... -
Alternative Parenting Experience : a training for increasing participation in foster care in the life and ministry of Memorial Baptist Church, Jefferson City, Missouri.
(2020-11-05)This project will introduce the Alternative Parenting Experience (APEX) training as a process for increasing participation in foster care in the life and ministry of Memorial Baptist Church, Jefferson City, Missouri. The ... -
Disruptively unorthodox : a qualitative exploration of the disruptive leadership paradigm of Christ as a model for marketplace organizations.
(2020-11-05)The purpose of this study was to examine the disruptive leadership style of Jesus as a model of innovation which, if adapted by organizations in the marketplace, can potentially maintain their relevance and influence. By ... -
Introducing small groups to the concept and process of spiritual formation by utilizing the practice of lectio divina as a model.
(2020-11-05)The impact of Christendom on American life and culture is evident in the vast numbers of churches religious institutions, and denominational entities whose influence is apparent in activities ranging from healthcare to ... -
Capital punishment : Christians advocating for justice.
(2020-11-05)This project addressed the problem of there being a need for Christians who are members of Brentwood Baptist Church to advocate for justice in the administration of capital punishment. The pivotal question at the core of ... -
Jesus and the relational God of love : helping disciples value a more fully Trinitarian journey toward maturity.
(2020-11-05)Rather than being perplexed and giving up on the subject of the Trinity, what if normal, everyday disciples could be helped to cultivate a deeper value for the Trinitarian faith? Jesus and the Relational God of Love seeks ... -
Equipping Christian families with a distinctly Christian framework for evaluating and engaging youth sport.
(2020-11-05)This project represents an attempt to find a constructive, pastoral way to approach the topic of Christian families’ involvement in youth sport. Six Christian married couples with at least one child involved in youth sport ... -
Evangelicals, gay persons, and hospitality.
(2020-11-05)This project addressed how the evangelical Church can maintain biblical and theological integrity while showing intentional hospitality to gay persons. The qualitative research occurred in two phases. The first phase ... -
Excited to share : a process for energizing the practice of evangelism through Evangelism Sodalities.
(2020-11-05)Today’s church needs a process of evangelism that will energize its faithful practice. The purpose of this research project was to discover what effect an “Evangelism Sodality” intervention would have in helping Christians ... -
Proclaiming atonement : a study of atonement, metaphors, and Christian preaching.
(2020-11-05)The content of the gospel is formational for the life of the church. If the church can speak more fully and fluently about the decisive moment in salvation history, it has much to gain. Yet, this has proven to be no simple ... -
Deflation methods in lattice QCD.
(2020-07-20)The inversion of the Dirac operator is a necessary feature of calculating physical observables within lattice QCD. The calculation of fermionic forces within hybrid Monte Carlo and the formation of quark propagators are ... -
Nanoscale chemical imaging with novel fiber tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy and microscale study of surface reactions on monolayer MoS2.
(2020-07-30)Study of molecule-surface interaction dynamics requires nanoscale chemical and topological information. Full dynamic understanding cannot be provided by microscale optical spectroscopy and has been aided by nanoscale imaging ... -
Filling the gaps in the floral record : implications for paleobotanical paleoclimate models.
(2020-07-19)Plants are sensitive indicators of climate and environment. In particular, the size and shape (physiognomy) of woody dicotyledonous angiosperm leaves are correlated to climate, and these relationships are the basis for ... -
Effects of resistance exercise load on androgen receptor–DNA binding, androgen regulated gene expression, and β-catenin mediation in human skeletal muscle.
(2020-07-17)The purpose of the study was to determine the effect low (LL) and high (HL) load resistance exercise on serum total and free testosterone, and muscle testosterone, dihydrotestosterone (DHT), androgen receptor (AR), and ... -
The fate of nature : ethical naturalism in historical and critical context.
(2020-07-08)Ethical naturalism is an ethical theory that holds that practical norms are a species of natural norms. It was a position held by almost all ancient ethical theorists, but despite a renaissance among some in the past three ... -
Pursuing higher education : a case study of successful language learners in U.S. public schools.
(2020-07-19)Students experiencing language differences in U.S. public schools face significant challenges to their college matriculation. These students must acquire an additional language while also learning the academic content ... -
From analytics investments to revenue generation : a three-stage process to value creation with business analytics.
(2020-07-28)Business analytics is currently changing the business landscape in terms of competition, innovation, and relevance. While it is said that the combination of big data and advanced analytics technologies hold vast potential ... -
(In)effective communication strategies among church leadership : assessing the influence of communication channels on effective communication between church leadership and their members during the Coronavirus shutdown.
(2020-07-13)The Coronavirus shutdown forced many churches to move from in-person services to a purely online platform. The purpose of this study is to look into the communicative strategies that churches employed during the Coronavirus ...