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iTRANSFORMATIONAL CHURCH LEADERSHIPLITERATURE REVIEW AND INTERVIEW RESULTSSUBMITTED TO THE GRADUATE FACULTYOF THE CENTER FOR GRADUATE AND CONTINUING STUDIESBETHEL UNIVERSITYBYPHILIP H. THOMPSONIN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTSFOR THE DEGREE OFMASTERS OF ARTS IN ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIPSEPTEMBER, 2008

iiTRANSFORMATIONAL CHURCH LEADERSHIPLITERATURE REVIEW AND INTERVIEW RESULTSPHILIP H. THOMPSONSEPTEMBER, 2008Approved: ____________________________________, Thesis Advisor

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ACCEPTED ____________________________ MAOL Program Director ________________________________ Dean of Graduate & Continuing Studies

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Acknowledgements

First and foremost, I want to express my heartfelt gratitude to my amazing wife Mary. It wasMary who took the initiative to make the call to Bethel and arrange for me to attend theinformational dinner that first exposed me to the Organizational Leadership Program. She has been supportive and extremely patient with me during this entire journey.Secondly, I want to thank the members of my cohort. Due to their influence, I have walked awaywith a broader worldview and deeper level of human understanding and compassion. Our cohort jelled and truly lived out the biblical admonition to “encourage one another, and all the more asyou see the day approaching” (Hebrews 10:25b, NIV).I want to give “kudos” to the professors who invested much of themselves into us, during theeighteen months of classroom interaction. Certainly, they could be making more moneyelsewhere but have instead responded to God’s call to teach. Thank you!Lastly, I want to thank my gracious and loving Heavenly Father for not giving up on me.Though I was in the “dummy class” in third grade, barely passed Jr. High, and earned less thanstellar grades in my undergraduate work, God didn’t give up on me. God has infused into myheart a vision for how He wants to use me to significantly expand His Kingdom. Thank you, for the opportunity to become better equipped for service. I want nothing more than to stand beforethe great “I AM” as “one approved” (II Tim. 2:15, NIV).

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