Browsing Senior Theses by Title
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From the Lips of Children: A Study on Involving Children in Worship
(2012)The purpose of this project is to identify how to best involve children in worship in the individual congregations of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. The research includes three parts. It accomplishes this ... -
Functional Illiteracy: Ministering to Functionally Illiterate Adults by Employing Modern Educational Philosophies
(2013)This study is meant to familiarize pastors and ministerial educators with functional illiteracy in America. Often this subject is addressed in terms of youth who are functionally illiterate or non-English speakers who are ... -
The Garden Temple: Analyzation and Implications of the Relationship between Eden and the Tabernacle/Temple
(2024)The garden of Eden was God’s non-architectural temple of creation. Adam was the first priest. The future blueprints of the tabernacle and temple which God directed to be built were concessions that allowed humans to remain ... -
Gear Up: Equipping the Christian Soldier for Spiritual Warfare in a Pre-Deployment Environment
(2017)The Christian who enlists in the United States Armed Forces is given all the tools he or she needs to complete the mission on account of their new identity as a US soldier. The aspect of life a soldier will find himself ... -
Go and Make Disciples: How Discipleship in the Form of Small Groups Reaches and Cares for Single Adults in their Twenties and Thirties
(2023)According to the 2020 U.S. census, nearly 50 percent of the population is single or never-married. Statistics show an increase in the single population, but has that resulted in increased single adults in Wisconsin Evangelical ... -
The Goal of Evangelism: an Opportunity to Share the Gospel
(2017)Evangelism has taken on many definitions throughout the ages, and much has been said about its origin in meaning. Proselytizing is not as well-known a term, but oddly enough, it has a plethora of definitions. Since the ... -
God Knows What He is Talking About: Using Secular Data to Show That Cohabitation is a Detriment to Individuals and Society
(2018)Every pastor is familiar with the issue of premarital cohabitation. It is becoming one of the biggest enemies of traditional marriage in our society today. The bad news is that it’s not going anywhere anytime soon. In ... -
God's Dwelling with Man: Prophecies Fulfilled Give Rich Meaning to the Festival of Pentecost
(2023)Is there a simple two sentence explanation that captures the importance of Pentecost? This paper focuses on the question “How do we preach and teach about Pentecost in a way that is meaningful to God’s people?” The methodology ... -
God's Environmentalism: A Study of Biblical Ecology
(2013)For the past half century, the philosophies of environmentalism and ecology have powerfully influenced the passage of international and domestic legislation, the writing of curricula for every stage of learning, and the ... -
God's People Grow Together: The Church's Responsibility to Invigorate Spiritually Overlooked Twenty-Somethings
(2015)The purpose of this thesis project was to investigate the reasons why Twenty-Somethings are not involved with congregational activities and what the congregation can do to improve in this area of ministry. By the use of a ... -
God's Word is our Great Heritage: Defining WELS Pastoral Recruitment Philosophy for Continued Excellence in Raising Up Future Public Ministers
(2019)Our Lord has been calling and equipping his people to know, love, and serve him since the beginning of time. For he also called and sent specific individuals to guard and watch over his people so that they would see his ... -
Goddess of the America: The Rise of the Virgin of Guadalupe
(2016)The primary assumption of this paper is this: “Guadalupe still remains the most powerful religious and national symbol in Mexico today.” The purpose of this thesis paper is not to prove the assumption. Rather, it to answer ... -
The Gospel According to Leviticus? Interpreting and Applying Old Testament Law - the Year of Jubilee
(Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2021-02-19)This paper will give an overview of the different ways the Year of Jubilee is interpreted and applied by modern scholars and theologians. First, Lev 25, the Jubilee chapter, will be given a detailed overview with major ... -
Growing in Grace: How a Pastor's Personal Growth in His Various Vocations Influences and Enhances Ministry.
(Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2021-02-19)The pastor is tasked with a multitude of duties in his ministry that he strives to do well. The pastor’s vocational responsibilities do not stop at the church’s door. He has various vocations outside of ministry that will ... -
Guiding Young Christians in Their Choice of Secular Music
(2015)Music is a part of everyday life. It can also be very influential, especially in the lives of young people. This wouldn’t be a problem at all if all music were harmless. Unfortunately, that’s not the case. Even the most ... -
The Harvest is Plentiful and the Potential Workers are Many: A Study of Ministry Recruitment in WELS Area Lutheran High Schools and Its Effectiveness among Students
(2024)The Area Lutheran High Schools of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod are ripe fields for ministry recruitment. According to surveys in three ALHSs, 31.28% of the WELS member students have at least considered a ... -
Hearing the Helpers: An Examination of How WELS Women Understand the Teaching of the Roles of Men and Women in an Age of Feminism
(2016)The feminist movement’s influence reaches across today’s culture and into the church. There is a stark contrast between modern society and the Bible’s teaching of the roles of men and women. This can be tremendously difficult ... -
The Heart of Planning: Avoiding the Ditch of Godless Pragmatism and the Ditch of Lethargic Ministry
(2019)Pastors understand the importance of planning for ministry, but do pastors always pay attention to where their heart is when they plan? Pastors can easily plan as if everything depended on themselves and as a result ... -
Help My Unbelief: Where to Turn When the Human Experience Does Not Match the Divine Truth
(Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2021-02-19)At the heart of biblical and Lutheran doctrine, we see justification by faith. Through the work of his son, God has taken away the sins of the world (John 1:29 NIV). Through faith, the benefits of that work are received ... -
Helping New Members Transition from Bible Information Class to Personal Bible Study
(2012)For many adult confirmation students, in-depth study of the Bible ends when they complete the final pages of their Bible Information Class. During multiple weeks and months these new members are instructed in the truths ...