THEOLOGY TOPICS

EXCERPT FROM THE STUDY

Since relevance is an important feature of any meaningful phenomenon, event or institution, especially in the sphere of human life, the Church’s role in the solution of problems in the 21st century Nigerian society may be definitive in the justification of its existence among the Nigerian people. Moving from the great signs of vitality and great contributions of the Church to community development since the advent of the early missionari...

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

The political uncertainty, conflicts and turbulence in Nigeria poses serious concerns for the citizens and non citizens in the region. However, “Nigeria remains handicapped by political malpractice, deep economic contradictions, social inequality and a considerable potential for violence due to the politicization of identity” (International Crisis Group, 2006a) characterized by religious, ethnic and communal conflicts, insec...

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Church Growth is a movement within evangelical Christianity which focuses on developing methods to grow churches based on business marketing strategies as seen in Luke 14:23 which says “And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled and Acts 2:47b which says “And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being sav...

BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY

Christianity in Nigeria which has led to planting of churches dates back to the 16th century when the Portuguese introduced Latin Christianity in Benin and Warri. Looking at Christianity from that early beginning to the present time, many stages of development had taken place resulting to the planting and growth of churches (Adesanya, 2004). Several Christian churches abound here and there. However, the researcher will examine issue...

BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY

A global study and research on Pentecostal churches is an on-going assignment because of its impact on the religious, political and socio-economic life of the people. A survey of the available number of Pentecostal churches in Nigeria as shown that they are emerging daily in the nooks and crannies of the country. The emergence of Pentecostal churches is daily challenging the existing Mainline and Aladura ...

Background of the study

​​​​​​​Church Growth is a movement within evangelical Christianity that is focused on establishing techniques to expand churches based on business marketing practices. The goal of this movement is to increase the number of people attending evangelical churches. It is certain that young people play an important part in the life of a church since they are the leaders of tomorrow and the future of the church, and this fact alone makes their sign...

Introduction  

Many will attest to it that the Jos crisis vividly exemplifies or by locus classicus describes a rancorous experience against religious intolerance. In a nation bound with vast geographic and vast ethnic and religious differences, these religious differences aid conflict which is a basis for showing religious biases and prejudices with the adherents being too fundamentalistic and extremistic in nature.

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ABSTRACT

This study was carried out to examine new testament principles of church financing in Nigeria a case study of four-square gospel church. Specifically, the study aims to examine the level of church financing in four square gospel church and other churches in Nigeria, examine the impact of church financing on church growth and survival, determine the financing principles of churches in Nigeria and recommend ways of improving ch...

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

Money they say is a spirit and it has principles that govern it, both in church and the world at large.From the amount of time spent on investigating this matter of the principles of church financing in some New Testament churches, we have come to a well-reasoned conclusion that finance/money is the only topic of importance to the church and to the preachers. The rate most New Testament churches demand for money has become al...

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When looking at countries with low reproduction rates, it is astonishing how pertinent it is to consider the claim that "religion still holds immense force in the contemporary world" (Parrinder 2019). (Brooks & Chandler 2018). "religion continues to have an influence in patterns of childbirth," as Heaton (2020) pointed out, "even in countries that have attained replacement level." While the adoption of...

Abstract

The study on the effect of denominational practices on the growth of the churches tries to find out if denominational practices have significant effect on church growth; the study also tries to identify the different denominations in Nigeria and their impact on churches; the study tries also to know whether denominational practices contribute to church growth. Primary data was used for the purpose of the study with a sample size of 60 respo...

1. 1. Background of the study

The New Testament authors emphasize unremittingly that the key to genuine human flourishing is faith in Jesus Christ as the revealed and revealing Word of God, “the Way, the Truth, and the Life” (John 14:6). In the Gospels Jesus speaks and acts with a hitherto unknown authority that confounds his enemies but induces many others to seek him out and put him at the center of their lives....

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This study was to examine theinfluences of doctrinal differences among churches in Nigeria, which often hampered unity among the competing denominations in the 21st century. The findings of this study showed that there is lack of national unity among the churches in Nigeria. Factors that conditioned the doctrinal controversy included sacraments, sola scriptura, sola fide, sola gracia, indulgence, perpetual virginity of Mary, purgatory, infa...

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It is a known fact that Discourse Analysis is the analysis of language in use. This work showed how discourse analysis and pragmatic elements can be used in decoding facts and foregrounded information in the Holy Bible especially Jesus’ conversation with the Samaritan woman. The discourse elements such as: participants, context, turn-taking, exchange structure, reference, presupposition, inference, intention were used to bring out the foregrounded information in the c...

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The psalms explored the full range of human experience in a very personal and practical way. Its 50 “songs” run from the creation story through the patriarchal, theocratic, monarchical, exilic and post exilic periods. The tremendous breath of subject matter in the Psalms includes, diverse topics such as jubilation, war, peace worship, judgment, messianic prophesy, praise and lament. The psalms were set to the accompaniment of stringed instrument...

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Infidelity is a topical issue in both social and legal spheres. This study was a mixed- method design focused on unfaithfulness among married couples. The aims of the study were to assess the common understanding of infidelity as a practice, estimate the extent of marital infidelity among christian men and women and to establish the reasons for it as well as the perceived consequences of adulterous relationships. The study findings revealed that the common...

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This study was conducted to examine the challenges and prospects of church planting in Nigeria. Church planting is among the visions of numerous denominations and even other faiths like Islam. The intention or motive is to convey the message (gospel) of the Jesus Christ to as many as possible. This is not far from the instruction given by Jesus Christ himself when he admonished his disciples to preach the word of God from Judea, to Samaria and then to t...