Research Projects in Progress

Research in the BCV Professional Ministries Department

The following are DMin research projects approved and in process:

• John Barclay
  “Families in Cross-Cultural Ministry - A Comprehensive Guide to Cross-Cultural Christian Ministry: a practical manual for families, administrators and supporters."
• Ruth Nicholls
  “Contextualised Liturgies Foster Spiritual Growth”
• John Skrzypeszek
  "Examining Trends in the Contemporary Conversion Patterns in the Seventh-day Adventist Tradition in Australia: Suggested Strategies for Arresting the Inertia which Impacts the Kingdom Growth from the Contemporary Australian Culture”
• Judi Long
  "Developing a method for teaching theology: incorporating insights from educational philosophy, theology and quantitative field research"
• Philip Brown
  "Disciple Making in Missional/Emerging Church Experiments"
• Lindsay Tunbridge
  "Aussie Hardwoods, Triangulation and the Suffering Servant: Theological and Psychological perspectives for lowering anxiety in ministry leaders of Victorian Baptist churches"
• Tony Ling
  "Pastoral Ministry: Business Practice or Spiritual Pursuit"
• Peter Dobson
  "An analysis of Ministerial Development in the Wesleyan Methodist Church of Australia"
• Adrian Turner
  "Developing the Ministry of Adult Transformation - Andragogy meets Theology"

 
Recently completed DMin Theses

• Craig Preston
  “Bioprinting: Theological, Ethical and Pastoral Reflections”
• Martin Bragger
  “A Critical Analysis of  Policy Governance As A Model for Church Leadership”