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Advancing the Cause of the Gospel Pastoral Blogging by Luther's Heirs Concordia Seminary - Saint Louis Scholarly Resources from Concordia Seminary Doctor of Ministry Major Applied Project Concordia Seminary Scholarship 11-1-2016 Advancing the Cause of the Gospel Pastoral Blogging by Luther’s Heirs Robert Stroud Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.csl.edu/dmin Part of the Practical Theology Commons Recommended Citation Stroud, Robert, "Advancing the Cause of the Gospel Pastoral Blogging by Luther’s Heirs" (2016). Doctor of Ministry Major Applied Project. 52. https://scholar.csl.edu/dmin/52 This Major Applied Project is brought to you for free and open access by the Concordia Seminary Scholarship at Scholarly Resources from Concordia Seminary. It has been accepted for inclusion in Doctor of Ministry Major Applied Project by an authorized administrator of Scholarly Resources from Concordia Seminary. For more information, please contact [email protected]. ADVANCING THE CAUSE OF THE GOSPEL PASTORAL BLOGGING BY LUTHER’S HEIRS A Major Applied Project Presented to the Faculty of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Department of Doctor of Ministry Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Ministry By Robert C. Stroud November, 2016 Approved by Rev. Dr. David Peter Advisor Rev. Dr. David Wollenburg Reader Rev. Dr. Charles Arand Reader Soli Deo Gloria ii “What we want is not more little books about Christianity, but more little books by Christians on other subjects—with their Christianity latent.” C.S. Lewis, “Christian Apologetics” iii CONTENTS ILLUSTRATIONS .............................................................................................................. viii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ..................................................................................................... x ABSTRACT ........................................................................................................................... xi Chapter 1. THE PROJECT INTRODUCED .............................................................................. 1 A Modern Spiritual Pilgrimage .......................................................................... 2 The Issue Addressed by this Project .................................................................. 7 The Purpose of this Project ............................................................................... 10 The Process ...................................................................................................... 11 Project Parameters ............................................................................................ 12 2. THE PROJECT IN THEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE .......................................... 17 The Unchanging Tension .................................................................................. 21 The Biblical Foundation: Gospel Proclaimed and Gospel Written ................... 24 The Theological Context: Vocation, Mission, Evangelism, Apologetics ......... 28 Pastoral Identity as a Multi-Faceted Identity .................................................... 30 Mission as a Primary Purpose of the Church .................................................... 36 Evangelism as a Natural Activity of the Church ............................................... 41 Apologetics as a Particular Calling for Some ................................................... 42 Concluding Thoughts ........................................................................................ 48 3. THE PROJECT IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE .............................................. 49 The Context of the Apostolic Era ..................................................................... 50 The Context of the Early and Medieval Church................................................ 53 The Context of the Reformation ........................................................................ 59 v The Context of the Modern Era ......................................................................... 73 The Context of the Contemporary Era ............................................................. 76 The Context of the Current Blogs .................................................................... 81 4. THE PROJECT IN THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE ............................................ 85 The Digital Terrain: The Nature of the World Wide Web ................................ 86 The Digital Cosmos: Spirituality on the Web ................................................... 91 The Digital Dialogue: Online Theological Conversation ................................. 95 The Digital Areopagus: Competing Voices in the Religious Dialogue ......... 101 The Digital Ministry: Blogging and the Great Commission ........................... 103 5. THE PROJECT DEVELOPED ............................................................................. 111 The Design of the Study .................................................................................. 112 Design of the Enchiridion .............................................................................. 114 Recruitment of Research Participants ............................................................. 117 Research Instrument: Surveys ......................................................................... 120 Research Instrument: Personal Interviews ...................................................... 125 Subsequent Follow-up with Research Participants ......................................... 126 6. THE PROJECT EVALUATED ............................................................................ 127 Findings of the Study: First Survey ................................................................ 127 Findings of the Study: Second Survey ........................................................... 136 Analysis of the Research ................................................................................ 147 Analysis of Initial Survey Responses .............................................................. 148 Analysis of Second Survey Responses ............................................................ 150 Analysis of Interview Responses .................................................................... 152 On Matters Explored Beyond the Handbook Itself ......................................... 158 Discoveries Deriving from the Surveys .......................................................... 158 vi Discoveries Deriving from the Personal Interviews ....................................... 164 Surveying the LCMS Terrain ......................................................................... 171 Comparing LCMS Blogs with Those of Other Denominations ...................... 172 The Potential Impact of Increasing the Number of LCMS Bloggers .............. 175 A Final Consideration .................................................................................... 179 7. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS .................................................................... 183 Contributions to Ministry ............................................................................... 183 Contributions to Personal and Professional Growth ...................................... 186 Recommendations .......................................................................................... 188 Appendix 1. INITIAL INVITATION AND GUIDELINES ...................................................... 191 2. QUESTIONS INCLUDED IN THE ASSESSMENTS ......................................... 197 3. SURVEY RESPONSES BY PARTICIPANT ....................................................... 207 4. PASTORAL BLOGGING WEBSITE ................................................................... 260 5. PASTORAL BLOGGING HANDBOOK ............................................................. 275 BIBLIOGRAPHY ................................................................................................................ 343 vii ILLUSTRATIONS Figure Page 1. Johann Gutenberg and the Bible ............................................................................................. 8 2. Demographics of Research Participants ................................................................................ 14 3. A List of Potential Pastoral Approaches to Blogging. ........................................................... 31 4. Contemporary Woodcuts Tell the Story ................................................................................ 65 5. Strategy and Tactics for Soldiers of God .............................................................................. 80 6. Myers-Briggs Personality Types of Participants ................................................................. 128 7. Reasons for Participating ..................................................................................................... 129 8. Reasons for Not Previously Blogging ................................................................................. 130 9. The Most Likely Subject for Their Blog ............................................................................. 131 10. Confidence in Their Writing Skills...................................................................................... 132 11. Amount of Enjoyment Derived from the Writing Process .................................................. 133 12. Previous Publication Experience ......................................................................................... 134 13. The Greatest Challenge They Anticipated .......................................................................... 135 14. Ranked Expectations
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