Church of the Nazarene - Occasional Papers

Occasional Papers

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Additions The Corps of Pastors of the Church of the Nazarene 2006 - Kenneth E. Crow
Keywords: Pastor, Tenure, Clergy Experience

Technology and the Ministry of the Church: Pastors Responses - Kenneth E. Crow
Keywords: Technology, Churches, Pastors

Technology and the Ministry of the Church: Members Responses - Kenneth E. Crow
Keywords: Technology, Churches, Members

Faith and Marital Stability: Toward an understanding of the role of the church in marital stability - Kenneth E. Crow
Keywords: Marriage, Family, Polls

Faith Communities Today 2005: A Survey of Churches of the Nazarene - Kenneth E. Crow
Keywords: FACT Study, Congregations, Church Growth, Church Health, Compassionate Ministry

ANSR PollsANSR Poll – Winter 2008: Social Values and Attitudes in the Church of the Nazarene
Keywords: Research, Social Values, Attitudes

ANSR Poll – January 2004: A Summary of Responses
Keywords: Members, Fundamentalism, Members

Denominational Self Analysis: The Nazarene Listening Post – Ken Crow
Keywords: Research, Polls

The Nazarene Listening Post – Ken Crow
Keywords: Research, Polls

ClergyThe Corps of Pastors of the Church of the Nazarene March 1996 – Ken Crow (see also related paper )
Keywords: Pastors, Nazarene Clergy

Pastors in the Church of the Nazarene: A Report of a Study of the Ministerial Corps – Ken Crow
Keywords: Pastors, Nazarene Clergy

Picture of Bivocational Pastors in the Church of the Nazarene: What are the Implications for Clergy Preparation? – Richard Houseal
Keywords: Clergy, Bivocational, Education

Essential Characteristics for Nazarene Pastors – Ken Crow
Keywords: Clergy, Expectations

Clergy Preparation from the Perspective of Recent Additions to the Nazarene Ministerial Corps – Ken Crow
Keywords: Clergy

A Stepwise Regression Analysis of Factors Impacting the Self-Esteem of Nazarene Clergy Wives – Jan Simonson Lanham
Keywords: Clergy Wives

Recognizing, Equipping, and Sustaining the People God is Calling to Pastor Smaller Churches – Ken Crow
Keywords: Small Churches, Church Size

CommunityIdentity, Story, and Grace A layered Approach to the Concept of Community – John W. Hawthorne
Keywords: Community, Social Theory

Cultivating Community in a Diverse Denomination – Kenneth E. Crow & Richard Houseal
Keywords: Community, Diversity, Nazarene Members

Cultivating Community: Influences that Unite Us – Charles Crow. & Bob Lively
Keywords: Community, History

Cultivating Community Through Core Values and Commitment: A Reflective Essay – Ron Benefiel
Keywords: Community, Values, Beliefs

CongregationsFaith Communities Today: A Survey of Churches of the Nazarene – Richard Houseal
Keywords: FACT Study, Congregations, Church Growth, Church Health, Compassionate Ministry

Graphical Summary of FACT Data – Richard Houseal
Keywords: FACT Study, Congregations

U.S. Congregational Life Survey: Worshipers in Congregations of the Church of the Nazarene – Ken Crow
Keywords: U.S. Congregational Life Survey, Congregations, Members, Formerly Unchurched

U.S. Congregational Life Survey: A Study of Leaders in Congregations of the Church of the Nazarene – Ken Crow
Keywords: U.S. Congregational Life Survey, Congregations, Pastors

Do New Nazarene Churches “Do Better” When Started Near Existing Nazarene Churches? – Daniel V. A. Olson
Keywords: NewStart, Church Planting, Congregations

Changes in the Sunday School by Church Size – Research Center
Keywords: Sunday School, Congregation, Church Size

Conflict in the Local Church: Reflections of a Battle–Scarred Pastor – Ron Benefiel
Keywords: Congregation, Conflict

Church Growth: Springboard for Conflict? – Ken Crow
Keywords: Congregation, Church Growth, Conflict

Language as a Means of Conflict Resolution in the International Church – Charles R. Gailey
Keywords: Congregation, Conflict, Language

Conflict Within the Congregation: Lessons from Sociological Theory – John W. Hawthorne
Keywords: Congregation, Conflict, Social Theory

The Theology of Assimilation – Joseph F. Nielson
Keywords: Assimilation, Congregation, Theology

Assimilating Ethnic and Other Minorities into the Local Church – Paul R. Orjala
Keywords: Assimilation, Congregations, Minorities, Culture

The Life Cycle of Nazarene Churches – Ken Crow
Keywords: Congregations, Organization, Life Cycle

An Analysis Concerning the Benefit of NewStart and the Potential of Growth among Existing Churches in the Church of the Nazarene – Richard Houseal
Keywords: NewStart, Church Planting, Congregations

A Network of Congregations: Congregation Size in the Church of the Nazarene – Kenneth E. Crow
Keywords: Church Size, Choice Points, Congregational Culture

Network of Congregations – Appendix – Ken Crow
Keywords: Church Size, Size Data

CultureConsumer Versus Commitment Based Congregations in the Church of the Nazarene, 1992-1996: Sociological and Theological Reflections – Ron Benefiel & John Wright
Keywords: Nazarene Culture, Theology, Social Theory

Enduring Cultures of Laity – Charles Crow
Keywords: Congregational Culture, Nazarene Members, Social Theory

1997 ANSR Keynote Address – George Hunter
Keywords: Nazarene Culture, Contemporary American Culture

Nazarene Myth–Conceptions – Dale E. Jones
Keywords: Nazarene Culture, Research Findings

American Lifestyles and Benchmark Ministry Areas – Ken Crow
Keywords: Benchmarks, Culture

Benchmarks Of Healthy Churches: Bank of Possible Survey Items
Keywords: Benchmarks, Congregations, Survey Item Bank

Benchmarks Of Thriving Churches: A Summary of the Research Project – Ken Crow
Keywords: Benchmarks, Culture

Transferring the Authentic Mission and Message of the Church to the Next Generation – Russell D. Bredholt, Jr.
Keywords: Church Culture, Generations

EducationBeliefs, Attitudes and Norms of Students on Nazarene College and University Campuses: Then and Now – Ron Benefiel & Gregory D. Crow
Keywords: Education, Students, Nazarene Higher Education, Survey Data

Nazarene Ministerial Education: Personal and Denominational Strategies for Ministerial Education – Kenneth E. Crow
Keywords: Education, Nazarene Clergy

Why These Schools?: Historical Perspectives on Nazarene Higher Education – Stan Ingersol
Keywords: Education, History

1998 ANSR Keynote Address – George M. Marsden
Keywords: Education, History

U.S. Lifestyles and Ministerial Preparation – Ken Crow
Keywords: Education, Clergy, Culture

Does Nazarene Higher Education Make a Difference – Kenneth O. Frey
Keywords: Education

EvangelismThe Church Growth Movement and the American Dream – Charles D. Crow & Kenneth E. Crow
Keywords: Church Growth

The Effect of the Church Growth Movement on the Church of the Nazarene – Dale E. Jones
Keywords: Church Growth

Church Growth (and decline) During the 1989 Assembly Year – Ken Crow
Keywords: Church Growth, Statistics

FundamentalismStrange Bedfellows: The Nazarenes and Fundamentalism – Stan Ingersol
Keywords: Fundamentalism, History, Doctrine, Women in Ministry

Wesleyan or Fundamentalist? Political and Theological Stances of Nazarene Pastors – Linda Beail & Greg Crow
Keywords: Fundamentalism, Political Science, Nazarene Clergy

Fundamentalism in the Church of the Nazarene: A Longitudinal Analysis of Social and Political Values – Ron Benefiel & Ken Crow
Keywords: Fundamentalism, Attitudes, Beliefs, Nazarene Clergy, Nazarene Members

Wesleyan Identity and the Impact of the Radical Right – Robert W. Smith
Keywords: Fundamentalism, Doctrine, Religious Right

GenerationsThe Church’s Utilization of All Those Retirees: From Success to Significance – Charles Gailey
Keywords: Missions, Nazarene Members, Boomers, Generations

Nazarene Baby Boomer’s in the 21st Century: Service and Self–fulfillment – Bob Lively
Keywords: History, Nazarene Members, Boomers, Generations

Life Long Learning and Service: Lessons Learned from the Academy of Senior Professionals – Sue Anne Lively
Keywords: Education, Nazarene Members, Boomers, Generations

Boomers: The Pig in the Python – Jerald L. Duff
Keywords: Nazarene Members, Boomers, Generations

Generation X and the Church of the Nazarene – Kenneth E. Crow
Keywords: Generation X, Nazarene Members, Survey Data

Generational Differences and Similarities in U.S. Congregations of the Church of the Nazarene – Ken Crow
Keywords: U.S. Congregational Life Survey, Generation

HolinessNaming the Silences: the Doctrine of Holiness – Richard Benner
Keywords: Holiness, Nazarene

The Doctrine of Holiness as a Holistic Philosophy of Ministry – Paul Benefiel
Keywords: Holiness, Ministry

Holiness, Righteousness and Justice: Toward Concept Fulfillment – Richard J. Stellway
Keywords: Holiness, Righteousness, Justice

Sociological Implications of the Doctrine of Holiness: Evangelical and Holiness Churches in Contrast – Walter E. Crow
Keywords: Holiness, Evangelical, Church

The Implications of Sociology and Holiness – The Apostle Peter: A Christian’s Life-Cycle – Joseph F. Nielson
Keywords: Holiness, Sociology

InstitutionalizationThe Church of the Nazarene: A Religious Organization in Conflict and Change - Ron Benefiel
Keywords: Denomination, Religious Organization, Conflict

O’Dea’s Dilemmas: The Dilemma of Delimitation Concrete Definition Versus Substitution of the Letter for the Spirit – Ron Benefiel
Keywords: Denomination, Core Beliefs, Principles, Prescriptions, Rules, Concretization, Legalism

O’Dea’s Dilemmas: The Dilemma of Administrative Order – Richard Benner
Keywords: Denomination, Roles, Clergy, Laity, Bureaucracy

O’Dea’s Dilemmas: The Church of the Nazarene and O’Dea’s Dilemma of Mixed Motivation – Ken Crow
Keywords: Denomination, Motivation, Leadership, Self Interest, Selfless Service

O’Dea’s Dilemmas: Part II The Symbolic Dilemma – Statues and Crosses and Communion – Harold Young
Keywords: Denomination, Symbols, Rituals, Formalism

O’Dea’s Dilemmas: Response to Part II The Symbolic Dilemma – Statues and Crosses and Communion - Joseph F. Nielson
Keywords: Denomination, Symbols, Rituals, Formalism

LeadershipDistrict Organization in a Culturally Diverse Region – Ron Benefiel
Keywords: Leadership, Denomination, Culture

Strategies of Leadership: Creating a Learning Organization – Russell D. Bredholt, Jr.
Keywords: Leadership, Denomination, Learning Organization

Reflections on the Person and Position of the District Superintendent – Harold Curl
Keywords: Leadership, Denomination, District

A Sociological Hermeneutic for the Socialization of the District Superintendent – Joseph F. Nielson
Keywords: Leadership, Denomination, Social Theory

MembersThe People Who Call Themselves Nazarenes: A Portrait Drawn from the CUNY Survey of American Religious Affiliation – 1990 – Ken Crow (see also related article)
Keywords: Members, Education, Income

The Case of Jo Dropout: One Person’s Heartbreak a Case Study – Randall Davey
Keywords: Members, Attrition

An Agenda for Research on Member Attrition –
John W. Hawthorne
Keywords: Member, Attrition

Slipping Out the Back Door – Michael K. Roberts
Keywords: Member, Attrition

John Savage – 1988 Keynote Address Assimilating Dropouts
Keywords: Member, Attrition

Attrition of BNC/SNU Alumni: A Speculative Assessment – Ronald R. Schmidt
Keywords: Member, Attrition, Education, Alumni

Finding the Way in: Career Paths in the Congregation – John W. Hawthorne
Keywords: Member, Assimilation

Pattern Maintenance, Tension Management, and the Problem of Ideological Assimilation – Richard J. Stellway
Keywords: Member, Assimilation, Social Theory

SecularizationHow to Be the Church in a Society that Has Gained the Whole World – Robert Bellah
Keywords: Secularization, Social Theory, Protestantism, U.S. Culture

Secularization within the Church of the Nazarene – Kenneth Crow & Richard Houseal
Keywords: Secularization, Social Theory, Survey Data

Beginning of Holiness Movement and Today: Similarities in Societal Secularity – Ken Lightcap
Keywords: Secularization, Social Theory, History, U.S. Culture

Systematic Secularization: Analysis and Response – Richard Stellway
Keywords: Secularization, Social Theory, U.S. Culture

Women in MinistryFrom Rhetoric to Reality: Putting into Practice Our Century-Old Polity of Gender Partnership in Ministry – Janine T. Metcalf
Keywords: Women in Ministry, Nazarene Clergy, Polity, History

Nazarene Clergy Women: A Statistical Analysis from 1908 to 2003 – Richard Houseal
Keywords: Women in Ministry, Nazarene Clergy, History

Women in Ministry – Phyllis H. Perkins
Keywords: Clergy, Women in Ministry

Dynamics of the Placement Process – Charles D. & Kenneth E. Crow
Keywords: Women in Ministry, Nazarene Clergy, Polity

WorshipWorship Change: Who Are We Serving Well? Who are we Frustrating – Ken Crow
Keywords: Worship, Congregation

Worship: Marketing a Production or Encountering God – Stephen Green, Sr.
Keywords: Worship

“Culture’s Clues to More Meaningful Worship” – Randy T. Hodges
Keywords: Worship, Culture

A Diagnosis of Current Worship Trends in the American Church of the Nazarene, with Limited Prognosis – Darius Salter
Keywords: Worship