Date of Award
2015
Document Type
Project
Degree Name
Doctor of Ministry (DMin)
Committee Chair
James McConnell
Abstract
Understanding the Complexity of Family: Examining Family Systems and Processes of Relationship for Families and Congregation of the First Baptist Church of Woodbury, Tennessee is a project designed to share family systems theory with families and church. Through six didactic sessions (triangulation, anxiety, self-differentiation, over and under functioning, crucial conversations, projection) and reflective journaling, families are encouraged to recognize the processes of being family and the parallel processes of family that are present in the life of a congregation. Using quantitative and qualitative instruments, results show that family and congregational functioning can be improved through raising awareness of systems process.
Citation Information
Hay, William H. V., "Understanding the Complexity of Family: Examining Family Systems and the Process of Relationship for Families and Congregation of First Baptist Church Woodbury, TN" (2015). Doctor of Ministry Projects. 25.
https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/divinity_etd/25
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