Tithe

Successful organizations have strategic leaders who build flexible organizational cultures (Hughes, Beatty, & Dinwoodie, 2005). This paper unpacks this complex methodology for success by examining and articulating recommendations for the administrative team of Grace Church in Southern Pines, North Carolina. This paper includes an examination of the team in the context of strategic leadership, recommendations for improved strategic leadership, an examination of the team’s organizational culture,…

The Church Growth Movement: Doing Business with Christ The largest Protestant denomination in the United States is the Southern Baptist Convention. It became the largest by consistently baptizing an average of 379,711 people annually. From 1950 to 2011 Southern Baptists baptized an average of 379,711 people annually. Only twice during that time did the numbers dip more than 10 percent below that average. But in 2012 the decline was 13 percent off the average—the worst drop in sixty-two years.…

Pietas is an ideal that has changed much over time. Much of the foundation for this concept began around the time of the Roman Empire, where pietas constituted primarily of duty to Rome itself. As the Roman Empire fell and different powers emerged, though, the original ideals of pietas shifted. For example, people began to define pietas within the realms of individuality instead of communally. Pietas also shifted from merely a governmental standard to a religious ideal as Church authority rose.…

It is often the institutions that people believe to be the most sacred and hold to the highest esteem that end up being the exact opposite, usually plagued by some sort of malpractice or hidden corruption. When it is found out how unholy these institutions, it is often surprising because the common people have placed such a high importance on this group and they have placed their trust in it so fully. This disappointing phenomenon exemplifies the relationship held between Christians and the…

This module did more to reaffirm my belief in God and God’s word, the Bible. Approximately seven years ago, my beliefs were not as strong as they are as of today. While growing up, my mother would take my brother and me to church every Sunday and we would attend Wednesday night services as well. Although, I was raised in a two parent home, my father did not attend church with us. This was mostly because he worked on Sundays. As a child, I grew up thinking as long as one attended church…

1. What are the Upper Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic Revolution, and Urban Revolution? The Upper Paleolithic Revolution, was a time of great advancement in technology for man. This technology was in the type of tools, as well as how they made tem and the material that they used. They used flint to make arrow and spear head tips, and scrapers, they also used bone for chisels, and awls. These tools added to the population growth, and their expanding further around the world due to their…

Summarizing my own spiritual journey in relation to Hagberg and Guelich (2005) text seems to be a struggle for me. The journey has also include my thoughts, on what it would be like to counsel someone else that is in a different stage of faith than, myself. My faith journey will be divided into four stages. Stage 1: A mother’s love. Born into a lower middle class family, with both my parents, growing up in a very conservative and traditional household, we were all Southern…

In 1440, Johannes Gutenberg invented a new type of movable print- the printing press. Gutenberg was a goldsmith born in Mainz in 1397, and went on to develop his press in the Holy Roman Empire. He saw the printing press as a financial opportunity, due to the high cost of books at the time. Prior to his groundbreaking invention, knowledge was very much limited to the royalty or the religious order because attaining access to any sort of literature was a painstaking task. In order to have a copy…

system. Partying all night on Friday and Saturday is the world’s system but worship is the kingdom system. • Same sex-marriage is the world’s system but marriage between a man and a woman is Gods’ system. • Tipping is the world system but paying our tithes and offering is Gods’ system. Young brother pick up your pants. Don’t walk around with your bootamus maximus out. That thug lifestyle will only get you to an early grave. There is a difference between a pallbearer and an armor bearer. Get…

developing your potentials, hard work, planning, and giving or showing kindness to others, (as stated in the following passage Luke 6:38, Prov 3: 10,11, Deut 28:1-68) You give your potential that you have developed to get something in return, you pay your tithes and offering to keep the work of God moving, you help the poor and needy, for God to bless you and uplift you in return, You keep away from sin for God to be able to rich out to you. Following these principles will open doors of God's…