Date of Award
Fall 2022
Document Type
Project
Degree Name
Doctor of Ministry (DMin)
Committee Chair
Robert Canoy
Abstract
A Christian practicum was established at Freedom Alive Church of Greenville in Greenville, South Carolina to examine and to promote the depth of influence and impact awareness of God in self, in daily living practices, and in the world at-large have on the congregants’ engagement and participation in corporate worship. Utilizing Scripture and the employment of solitude, meditation, prayer, and worship as spiritual practices, congregants from the generations of Silent, Baby Boomer, Xer, and Millennial were enlisted to participate in a six-week study. Upon the analysis of the quantitative and qualitative data, it was revealed that congregants’ exposure to the integration of awareness of God in the creative act, awareness of God in the Incarnation, and the spiritual disciplines of solitude, meditation, prayer, and worship resulted in noteworthy changes in the control group’s and project participants’ ability to discern and be sensitive to the presence of God that positively impacted their engagement and participation in corporate worship.
Citation Information
Bruce, Paulleatha, "Soul as Sanctuary: Awareness of God Alone and Assembled at Freedom Alive Church of Greenville, South Carolina" (2022). Doctor of Ministry Projects. 64.
https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/divinity_etd/64
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