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Journal articles on the topic "Church Church polity"

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Avis, Paul. "Polity and Polemics: The Function of Ecclesiastical Polity in Theology and Practice." Ecclesiastical Law Journal 18, no. 1 (December 10, 2015): 2–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0956618x15000800.

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This article affirms the importance of ecclesiastical polity as a theological–juridical discipline and explores its connection to ecclesiology and church law. It argues that the Anglican Communion, though not itself a church, nevertheless has a lightly structured ecclesiastical polity of its own, mainly embodied in the Instruments of Communion. It warns against short-term, pragmatic tinkering with Church structures, while recognising the need for structural reform from time to time to bring the outward shape of the Church into closer conformity to the nature and mission of the Church of Christ. In discussing Richard Hooker's contention that the Church is a political society, as well as a mystical body, it distinguishes the societal character of Anglican churches from the traditional Roman Catholic conception of the Church as a societas perfecta. In the tradition of Hooker, the role of political philosophy in the articulation of ecclesiology and polity is affirmed as a particular outworking of the theological relationship between nature and grace. The resulting method points to an interdisciplinary project in which ecclesiology, polity and church law, informed by the insights of political philosophy, serve the graced life of the Church in its worship, service and mission.

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Faber, Ryan. "Dort, Doleantie and Church Order." STJ | Stellenbosch Theological Journal 6, no. 2 (January 22, 2021): 235–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.17570/stj.2020.v6n4.a10.

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This article attends to the relationship between minor and major assemblies as prescribed by the foundational principles of Reformed church polity proposed by Mary-Anne Plaatjies-Van Huffel. It reviews the limited autonomy of local congregations and the authority of broader assemblies in the Church Order of Dordrecht (1618/19), the touchstone of Dutch Reformed church polity. It considers the challenge to historic Reformed church polity posed by the ecclesiology of the Doleantie, a secession from the Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk (NHK) in 1886 under the leadership of Abraham Kuyper. Finally, it evaluates a contemporary church order (of the United Reformed Churches in North America), that explicitly codifies Doleantie ecclesiology. The church order fails to embody the principles of Reformed church polity set forth by Plaatjies-Van Huffel. This article concludes that it cannot be considered a Reformed church order.

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Doe, Norman. "The Ecumenical Value of Comparative Church Law: Towards the Category of Christian Law." Ecclesiastical Law Journal 17, no. 02 (April 10, 2015): 135–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0956618x15000034.

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This study explores juridical aspects of the ecclesiology presented in the World Council of Churches' Faith and Order Commission Paper,The Church: Towards a Common Vision(2013). It does so in the context of systems of church law, order and polity in eight church families worldwide: Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, Lutheran, Methodist, Reformed, Presbyterian and Baptist.Common Visiondoes not explicitly consider church law, order and polity or its role in ecumenism. However, many themes treated inCommon Visionsurface in church regulatory systems. This study examines how these instruments articulate the ecclesiology found inCommon Vision(which as such, de facto, offers juridical as well as theological principles), translate these into norms of conduct and, in turn, generate unity in common action across the church families. Juridical similarities indicate that the churches share common principles and that their existence suggests the category ‘Christian law’. While dogmas may divide the churches of global Christianity, the profound similarities between their norms of conduct reveal that the laws of the faithful, whatever their various denominational affiliations, link Christians through common forms of action. For this reason, comparative church law should have a greater profile in ecumenism today.1

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Hofmeyr, J. W. "Kerkvereniging en Kerkreg: Geskiedenis, beginsel en praktyk." Verbum et Ecclesia 17, no. 2 (April 21, 1996): 329–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ve.v17i2.521.

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Church unity and church polity: History, principle and practice In this article the need for a clearer focus on the history, principles and practice of church polity in the process of church re-unijication is addressed. This is specijically focused on the process currently under way in the Dutch Reformed Church family. After an extensive discussion of issues pertaining to the history, principl~s and practice of church polity within this church family, it is concluded that the process of re-unijication need to be implemented with the necessary urgency, but also with patience.

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Botha, C. J. "Die stand van die Gereformeerde kerkreg." Verbum et Ecclesia 14, no. 1 (September 9, 1993): 1–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ve.v14i1.1271.

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The stance of Reformed church polityThe author deals with the resistance against the study of church polity and stresses its necessity. He sketches the development in Protestant church polity, and then investigates the fact that the confessions function as the paradigm for a particular church. The problem with the reformed confessions is that they are based on sixteenth century exegesis. Consequently there is a growing rift between church polity and the Biblical disciplines. He argues for a debate on the issue of the reformulation of the reformed confessions, and that Mt 28:18-20 be the Scriptural "sitz im leben" of church polity and not 1 Cor 14:40.

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Koffeman, Leo J. "The Ecumenical Potential of Church Polity." Ecclesiastical Law Journal 17, no. 02 (April 10, 2015): 182–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0956618x15000058.

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This article is a reflection on Norman Doe's bookChristian Law: contemporary principles (2013)from a Protestant and Continental perspective. Against the background of the self-evident impact of ecumenical progress in terms of church polity, it explores the relation between ecumenism and church polity from the opposite perspective: can the academic discipline of church polity foster ecumenism, as Doe suggests in his statement that ‘whilst doctrines divide, laws link Christians in common action’? After stating that a more nuanced understanding of the concept of ‘normativity’ is of fundamental importance in this respect, the article then indicates the possible risk of an ideological use of church law. Five reasons are given as to why church polity often hampers rather than fosters ecumenical progress, even if traditional doctrinal issues have been resolved. Finally, the fundamental category of divine law is explored, and its impact on ecumenical progress.

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More, Ellen S. "Congregationalism and the Social Order: John Goodwin's Gathered Church, 1640–60." Journal of Ecclesiastical History 38, no. 2 (April 1987): 210–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022046900023058.

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In 1644 the Puritan lawyer and parliamentary pamphleteer, William Prynne, voiced a question much on the minds of moderate Puritans: Would not Congregationalism ‘by inevitable necessary consequence subvert…all settled…forms of civil government…and make every small congregation, family (yea person if possible), an independent church and republic exempt from all other public laws’? What made Congregationalism seem so threatening? The calling of the Long Parliament encouraged an efflorescence of Congregational churches throughout England. While differing in many other respects, their members were united in the belief that the true Church consisted of individually gathered, self-governing congregations of the godly. Such a Church was answerable to no other earthly authority. The roots of English Congregationalism extended back to Elizabethan times and beyond. Some Congregationalists, in the tradition of Robert Browne, believed in total separation from the Established Church; others, following the later ideas of Henry Jacob, subscribed to semi-separatism, believing that a godly remnant remained within the Established Church. For semi-separatists some contact with the latter was permissible, as was a loose confederation of gathered churches. During the English civil wars and Interregnum, the Church polity of most leading religious Independents actually was semi-separatist.

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Boldon, Dean A. "Formal Church Polity and Ecumenical Activity." Sociological Analysis 49, no. 3 (1988): 293. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3711591.

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King, Benjamin J. "‘The Consent of the Faithful’ from 1 Clement to the Anglican Covenant." Journal of Anglican Studies 12, no. 1 (October 29, 2012): 7–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s174035531200023x.

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AbstractThe origins of the term consensus fidelium lie in the rhetorical tropes of pagans who exhorted unity between friends and within cities – tropes supporting the hierarchy of imperial elites. The earliest Christians adapted this language for the same purpose within churches: to speak of unity and lay involvement in support of Church hierarchy. After the Reformation, Church of England writers used this rhetoric to enforce conformity to church polity and morality. The Tractarians and their successors employed a rhetorical ‘voice of the laity’ as a bolster for episcopal power. While the early twentieth century saw some in the Church of England and Anglican Communion use this same rhetoric to bring the laity into actual decision-making processes, the rhetoric of recent statements by the Communion has left power firmly with bishops.

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Bianchi, Eugene C. "Resources for a Democratic Catholic Church." Horizons 18, no. 2 (1991): 207–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0360966900025123.

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AbstractThis article explores sources in the Christian tradition that can be helpful for re-shaping present Roman Catholic ecclesial polity. The underlying theme is that the Catholic Church, in order to enhance efforts at church reform, needs to re-structure itself from a monarchical polity to a democratic one. A theological subtheme argues that the monarchical polity is not mandated by the gospel, but is rather a creature of history. Furthermore, the monarchical polity is a root cause obstructing reform in specific areas. By selecting loci from early church history to the present time, democratic movements and ideas are highlighted as constituting an important part of Catholic history. Certain of these loci have not yet been examined for their democratic potential. This democratic tradition can be a springboard for moving toward a democratic church in the twenty-first century.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Church Church polity"

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Mulholland, Kenneth Ray. "A summary and evaluation of John Owen's theology of the local church." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 1990. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p048-0089.

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Daughters, Kenneth Alan. "The normative church government structure of the New Testament." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1986. http://www.tren.com.

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Glasscock, Ed. "Evolution of the church." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1986. http://www.tren.com.

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Park, Jae Neung. "Teaching Presbyterian polity in Clemson Korean Presbyterian Church." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2005. http://www.tren.com.

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Cargle, James Morris. "Developing the church council of the First Baptist Church, Shellman, Georgia." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1987. http://www.tren.com.

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Paine, David R. "The church bylaws biblical guidelines for its creation and use /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1991. http://www.tren.com.

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Resane, Kelebogile Thomas. "A critical analysis of the ecclesiology of the emerging apostolic churches with special reference to the notion of the fivefold ministry." Thesis, Pretoria : [S.n.], 2008. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-11042008-160311/.

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Russell, Andrew Joseph. "Rights of church workers." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2000. http://www.tren.com.

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Kirch, Jeffrey S. "The universal church and the local church Joseph Ratzinger and Walter Kasper in dialogue /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2004. http://www.tren.com.

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Fraser, J. Cameron. "Parachurch organizations and the church." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2005. http://www.tren.com.

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Books on the topic "Church Church polity"

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The weeping church: Confronting the crisis of church polity. Schaumburg, IL: Regular Baptist Press, 1985.

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C, Tucker Joyce, ed. Presbyterian polity for church officers. Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1986.

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C, Tucker Joyce, ed. Presbyterian polity for church officers. 2nd ed. Louisville, Ky: Westminster/J. Knox Press, 1990.

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C, Tucker Joyce, ed. Presbyterian polity for church leaders. 4th ed. Louisville, Ky: Geneva Press, 2012.

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C, Tucker Joyce, ed. Presbyterian polity for church officers. 3rd ed. Louisville, Ky: Geneva Press, 1999.

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What is church government? Phillipsburg, N.J: P & R Pub., 2009.

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1937-, Henry Jim, ed. Dangerous intersections: Eleven church crossroads facing the church in America. Nashville, Tenn: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2004.

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Principles of Presbyterian polity. Louisville, KY: Geneva Press, 2016.

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Baptist church covenants. Nashville, Tenn: Broadman Press, 1990.

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New ecclesiology & polity: The United Church of Christ. Cleveland, Ohio: Pilgrim Press, 2009.

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Book chapters on the topic "Church Church polity"

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Goodliff, Paul. "Baptist church polity." In Church Laws and Ecumenism, 188–207. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.: Routledge, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003084273-11.

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Rochester, Paul. "Pentecostal church polity." In Church Laws and Ecumenism, 208–28. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.: Routledge, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003084273-12.

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Smit, Johannes. "Martin Luther’s Theology and Calvinistic Church Orders and Church Polity." In Luther and Calvinism, 101–22. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.13109/9783666552625.101.

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Koffeman, Leo J. "The polity of the United and Uniting Churches." In Church Laws and Ecumenism, 229–46. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.: Routledge, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003084273-13.

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Chavura, Stephen A., John Gascoigne, and Ian Tregenza. "The separation of church and state." In Reason, Religion and the Australian Polity, 79–99. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019. | Series: Routledge studies in modern history ; Volume 49: Routledge, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429467059-4.

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Chavura, Stephen A., John Gascoigne, and Ian Tregenza. "The brief rise and fall of the Australian colonial established church." In Reason, Religion and the Australian Polity, 34–50. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019. | Series: Routledge studies in modern history ; Volume 49: Routledge, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429467059-2.

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van den Broeke, Leon. "Setting the right example? Good governance, exemplary law and reformed church polity." In De rebus divinis et humanis, 375–88. Göttingen: V&R unipress, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.14220/9783737007313.375.

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Burns, James. "Fullness of power? Popes, bishops and the polity of the church 1215–1517." In The Medieval World, 618–36. Second edition. | Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2017. | Series: The Routledge worlds: Routledge, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315102511-37.

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Petro, Nicolai N. "The Russian Orthodox Church." In Routledge Handbook of Russian Foreign Policy, 217–32. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.: Routledge, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315536934-15.

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Michalak, Ryszard. "The religious policy of the Polish state towards religious minorities, 1945–1989." In The Methodist Church in Poland, 135–40. London: Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003187417-15.

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Conference papers on the topic "Church Church polity"

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Walkowiak, Justyna B. "People of the church as reflected in contemporary Polish surnames." In The Fourth International Conference on Onomastics „Name and Naming”, Sacred and Profane in Onomastics. Editura Mega, Editura Argonaut, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.30816/iconn4/2017/38.

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Evtehov, Roman. "INTERACTION OF THE CITY POLICE AND CHURCH ADMINISTRATION OF VERKHNEUDINSK IN THE LATE XVIII CENTURY." In ORTHODOXY AND DIPLOMACY IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION. Buryat State University Publishing Department, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.18101/978-5-9793-0756-5-110-115.

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Verkholantsev, Julia. "Between Latin and Church Slavonic: Literary Beginnings in the Vernacular and the Question of National Narrative in the Literary History of Bohemia, Croatia, and Poland." In Tenth Rome Cyril-Methodian Readings. Indrik, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.31168/91674-576-4.05.

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The paper is a refl ection on the differences between the development of Czech, Croatian, and Polish literatures. Despite the jurisdiction of the Western Church, the Cyrillo-Methodian mission created conditions for the adoption of Slavonic writ-ing in Bohemia and Croatia. While in Croatia Slavonic writing gained traction, the Slavic-speaking community of Bohemia chose to adopt Latin as the sole literary language. The literary beginnings in Poland, which had most likely not been affect-ed by the Cyrillo-Methodian mission, represents yet another scenario. The study of different conditions leading to the adop-tion of a language of literacy and textual community presents an opportunity to ponder how we study and describe a literary process in general, as well as how we understand the concept of a “national literature” and whether this concept should apply only to literature in the vernacular.

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Mele, Maria Grazia Rosaria. "Cagliari capitale e città di frontiera nel Mediterraneo di età moderna: l’utilizzo dello spazio e le mura nelle fonti d’archivio." In FORTMED2020 - Defensive Architecture of the Mediterranean. Valencia: Universitat Politàcnica de València, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/fortmed2020.2020.11547.

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Cagliari capital and frontier city in the Mediterranean of the modern age: the use of space and walls in archival sourcesIn a city already formed in its essential traits, with its historic districts of Castello, Stampace, Villanova and Llapola, the Hispanic Monarchy had a great influence on Cagliari urban structure adapting the defenses to the new war needs, exploiting to the most the internal walls space and encouraging the cultivation of extra moenia areas left in a state of abandonment. Cagliari was a composite city, were the inner integration between Catalans-Aragonese and Sardinians progressively settled and interacted with different ethnicities, as in other urban realities of the Mediterranean frontiers of that time. Through the archive sources (emphyteusis concessions of state property and notarial acts), it is possible to perceive a lively city and locate the sacred and profane places: palaces, streets, squares, fountains, churches and convents are cited as fundamental citizen reference points. The emphyteusis give us an important basic framework which allows us to know both the urban structure and the policy of the Crown at the same time, through the management of the state properties. Notary’s acts integrate these data bringing interesting information on private estates and on architectural characteristics of the realty.

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Ouyang, Ye, Aidong Yang, Shuming Zeng, and Fanyu Meng. "MNP Inside Out: A Game Theory Assisted Machine Learning Model to Detect Subscriber Churn Behaviors under China’s Mobile Number Portability Policy." In 2019 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data). IEEE, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/bigdata47090.2019.9006459.

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Adejola, Adenike, Omowumi Iledare, and Paraclete Nnadili. "Data-Driven Insights from Nigeria's Natural Gas Data Using PowerBI." In SPE Nigeria Annual International Conference and Exhibition. SPE, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/208238-ms.

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Abstract Each year, the Nigerian gas industry churns out big data on all channels of its value chain. The data is collated, analyzed, and reported by government agencies, corporate companies, institutions, and even academia. Some of these reports are the NNPC and DPR annual oil and gas reports. The annual oil and gas reports contain data tables, charts, and data driven insights. Considering the growing uncertainty in business intelligence triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic and the fast-paced 4th industrial revolution, the future of data reporting, analyzing, and presentation is also experiencing a new normal. Oil and gas stakeholders desire quick data-driven and actionable insights to reduce business risks caused by the impacts of these key drivers. This article explores and presents the use of Power BI on Nigerian gas data from 2000 to 2018. It extracts data on demand, production, utilization, gas flare volumes, export, current infrastructure capacity, domestic gas supply, and other relevant data categories. The collated data is developed into a dataset by appending and merging tables from the different reports. This data is prepared, and model relationships are created to answers questions on demand, production, infrastructure, and sustainability of the Nigerian Gas market. Empirical results show that new insights can be obtained from the dataset using new tools and a thoughtful data design process. These insights are presented on a dashboard where key takeaways for quick business decisions and policy implementations are easily assessed. The method is proposed as the future of annual energy reporting. It is also a continuous improvement process that can be applied by all oil and gas stakeholders in their data architecture.

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