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A John Jay Scholar double-majoring in environmental science at Columbia College and applied mathematics at Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Joel Linton went on to earn a masters in biology from New York University, a master of divinity - equivalent four-year mentorship in the Northern California Presbytery of the P.C.A., and a doctor of ministry in pastoral leadership from Birmingham Theological Seminary. Dr. Linton is the founder and current field director of Mission Sending Service. He has served as the secretary of the board of directors of the Tsunah Taiwan Culture and Education Foundation, and was elected to a six year term as a board director of the Reformed Theological Seminary in Taipei. Dr. Linton regularly gives Taiwan history lecture tours at the Taiwan Democracy Movement Museum in Yilan County, Taiwan. Currently, Dr. Linton has helped start two churches in Taiwan, one in the city center of the capital, and currently serves as the founding pastor of a rural church. Dr. Linton trains seminary students and recent graduates in practical theology as missionary and pastoral interns. He also has served on oversight committees of church plants in Taipei and New Taipei cities. Dr. Linton teaches and preaches in three languages: Taiwanese, Mandarin, and English. He is an ordained teacher elder of the Presbyterian Church in America and an associate member of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in Taiwan.
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Deriving and Testing Nine Key Elements to Starting and Sustaining Healthy Rural Churches (Book Format Edition), 2016
In this dissertation, three lines of investigation were followed: (1) a review of the Biblical vi... more In this dissertation, three lines of investigation were followed: (1) a review of the Biblical view of rural society and church health; (2) a review of works on church health and particularly reports from three mission fields: Korea, Taiwan and Thailand; (3) a quantitative study of rural churches in five counties in north Alabama compared with one county in Taiwan. Associations of multiple variables across two different cultural settings were investigate with chi-square tests. In addition to the nine key elements listed, one important finding was verification of a quantitative method that could be used to accurately describe whether churches are healthy or not.
Teaching Documents by Joel Linton
A one-page chart compilation of the Chinese-language translation of historic expressions of the T... more A one-page chart compilation of the Chinese-language translation of historic expressions of the Trinitarian nature of God.
Papers by Joel Linton
This paper examines one of the main Bible passages on church polity, 1 Timothy 3, and, in particu... more This paper examines one of the main Bible passages on church polity, 1 Timothy 3, and, in particular, in verses 8-13, the list of qualifications for those who would aspire to the office of deacon. In recent years, many have revisited the question “Can women be deacons?” On the whole, the question arises from the Greek text itself, or more precisely, the ambiguity of the word, γυναικας, used in this text which semantic range can include either meaning of “wives” or “women.” This paper purposes to show that rather than teaching the office of female deaconess, the passage in 1 Timothy 3 teaches the positive importance of the wives of officers in the church in assessing their husbands’ qualifications for office. 1
Deriving and Testing Nine Key Elements to Starting and Sustaining Healthy Rural Churches (Book Format Edition), 2016
In this dissertation, three lines of investigation were followed: (1) a review of the Biblical vi... more In this dissertation, three lines of investigation were followed: (1) a review of the Biblical view of rural society and church health; (2) a review of works on church health and particularly reports from three mission fields: Korea, Taiwan and Thailand; (3) a quantitative study of rural churches in five counties in north Alabama compared with one county in Taiwan. Associations of multiple variables across two different cultural settings were investigate with chi-square tests. In addition to the nine key elements listed, one important finding was verification of a quantitative method that could be used to accurately describe whether churches are healthy or not.
A one-page chart compilation of the Chinese-language translation of historic expressions of the T... more A one-page chart compilation of the Chinese-language translation of historic expressions of the Trinitarian nature of God.
This paper examines one of the main Bible passages on church polity, 1 Timothy 3, and, in particu... more This paper examines one of the main Bible passages on church polity, 1 Timothy 3, and, in particular, in verses 8-13, the list of qualifications for those who would aspire to the office of deacon. In recent years, many have revisited the question “Can women be deacons?” On the whole, the question arises from the Greek text itself, or more precisely, the ambiguity of the word, γυναικας, used in this text which semantic range can include either meaning of “wives” or “women.” This paper purposes to show that rather than teaching the office of female deaconess, the passage in 1 Timothy 3 teaches the positive importance of the wives of officers in the church in assessing their husbands’ qualifications for office. 1