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Missionale gemeentes in die Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika - Teologies verantwoord

Hervormde teologiese studies, 2011-11, Vol.67 (3), p.1 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright AOSIS OpenJournals, A Division of AOSIS (Pty) Ltd 2011 ;ISSN: 0259-9422 ;EISSN: 2072-8050 ;DOI: 10.4102/hts.v67i3.1094

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  • Title:
    Missionale gemeentes in die Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika - Teologies verantwoord
  • Author: van der Merwe, J Christo
  • Subjects: Christians ; Congregational churches ; Cultural anthropology ; Religious history ; Religious missions ; Religious studies ; Theology
  • Is Part Of: Hervormde teologiese studies, 2011-11, Vol.67 (3), p.1
  • Description: The Christian churches are experiencing a major paradigm shiftas they attemp to navigate the 20th century. Around the mid-fourth century to the mid-twentieth century CE, often referred to as the 'age of Christendom', Christianity and the institutional church had a central place, which was culturally supported in the public life of most Western societies. Today it is impossible to talk about culture without using the plural. Society has changed into what is called a 'pluriverse' of cultures determined by aspects such as geography, race, ethinicity, class, and worldview. For Christian denominations, this paradigm shifthas become exceedingly challenging. This article discerns and experiments with approaches to ministry that are vitally challenged by the many current understandings of what it means to be church today. By taking the concept missio Dei as point of departure the article describes the church as being called to be a missional church and the Christian leaders as being called to exercise missional leadership. The article addresses the notion of missio trinitatis as fundamental to the understanding of the missio Dei. God is one who lives by sharing, and the Trinity is the doctrine of a God whose very essence is sharing, thus the consequence is that those who believe in such a God must live a similar life. Matthew 28:19-20 serves as basis for a discussion on the 'embodiment' of the church's missional theology as well as a basis for the development of a missional praxis. The fundamental conviction argued in this article is that there can be no place for a future church that is not missional in essence. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
  • Publisher: Pretoria: AOSIS (Pty) Ltd
  • Language: Afrikaans
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0259-9422
    EISSN: 2072-8050
    DOI: 10.4102/hts.v67i3.1094
  • Source: AOSIS OpenJournals
    African Journals Online (Open Access)
    Alma/SFX Local Collection
    ProQuest Central
    DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
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