Catholic Media in the Hands of Laics: Case Study of Vatican Communication Chiefs’ Twitter Activities
Journalism and Media, 2022 The shape of religious media communication changed dramatically because of the opportunities given by digital media and by the process of the secularization, structural changes in religious organizations, and the challenge enabled by the huge loss of ...
Tereza Zavadilová
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Between the Center and the Margins: Young Catholics, “Sorta-Catholics,” and Baptismal Identity
Religions, 2019 Increased pastoral and theological attention to the vocational implications of baptism is sorely needed. As a small contribution to this conversation, this article will examine the insights of young Catholics and their self-described “former ...
Rhodora Beaton
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La archidiócesis de Zaragoza en los años veinte / The Archdiocese of Zaragoza in the 1920s [PDF]
Studia et DocumentaThe diocese of Zaragoza, the fifth largest in Spain, experienced a time of change during the 1920s due to the assassination of its archbishop Cardinal Soldevila in 1923, a long vacancy of his seat, and the beginning of the pontificate of Archbishop ...
Juan Ramón Royo García
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Migration from Historic Mission Churches to Pentecostal and Charismatic Churches in Ghana
Verbum et Ecclesia, 2020 The advent of Pentecostal and Charismatic Churches (PCCs) in Ghana since the early 20th century has significantly impacted its religious landscape.
Emmanuel K. Sarbah +2 more
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The pastor as the primary teacher in the church: The meaning and expectations of pastoral ministry within the mainline denominations [PDF]
Pharos Journal of Theology, 2023 A pastor is widely viewed as a shepherd and a Christian leader. Pastors have complex roles stemming from a complex calling; pastoral practice is multidimensional and not easily defined. The contemporary use of the term "pastor" denotes different kinds of
Dr Rabson Hove
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Missionary Societies in the Evangelical Churches: Origins and Characteristics
Annales Missiologici Posnanienses, 2014 The present study attempts to describe one of the most interesting phenomena in the history of missions: the birth and development of the Missionary Societies, which arose between the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century.
Roberto Catalano
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El acontecimiento feminicidio: interpelación bioética
Revista Latinoamericana de Bioética, 2018 ¿Puede el feminicidio abordarse desde la bioética? Hasta ahora, este tema ha sido tratado por el feminismo como un delito de género. El presente trabajo reubica el concepto a partir de su significación, a fin de posibilitar su inclusión dentro del saber ...
Laity A. Velásquez Fandiño
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Missionary Ministry of the Laity [PDF]
Вестник Свято-Филаретовского института, 2012 The article provides theological grounding for the role of the laity in the mission of the Orthodox Church. The main forms and principles of the laymen participation in missionary ministry are also analysed.
Margarita Shilkina
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Communities: Development of church-based counselling teams
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2015 Pastoral care is a biblical mandate to the Church to be involved in the lives of God’s people. A key metaphor used by Jesus to describe his pastoral role was that of a shepherd.
Stella D. Potgieter
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, 1979 “In 1977, I became the director of a project called ‘Including and Empowering Lay Participation in Practice-Based Theological Education,’ at Lancaster Theological Seminary … to explore ways in which laity could participate directly in the education of ...
Phillip M. King
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