Date of Award
2018
Document Type
Project
Degree Name
Doctor of Ministry (DMin)
Committee Chair
Sophia Steibel
Abstract
Inman First Baptist Church received Sabbath as a biblical practice through a three-stage project. The project is adapted from James Brian Smith’s components for spiritual transformation. A control group received the first stage through narrative teaching in a Sabbath Study. An experimental group received the first stage, along with second (Sabbath practices) and third stages (Sabbath discussion). The thesis stated, “Members who received all three stages of the experiment would have a higher appreciation of Sabbath for Spiritual Formation.” The study measured appreciation of Sabbath through a Sabbath Survey. The evaluation of the quantitative and qualitative data indicated that the experimental group’s rise of Sabbath appreciation was greater than the control group’s.
Citation Information
Childers, Jeremiah Vance, "A Reintroduction of Sabbath as a Biblical Practice for the Spiritual Formation of Inman First Baptist Church Inman, South Carolina" (2018). Doctor of Ministry Projects. 40.
https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/divinity_etd/40