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A Church in the Margins: Reimagining God’s Missional Agenda for South African Cities

Religions
South African cities are marked by deepening social and spatial inequalities that produce exclusion, vulnerability, and contested forms of belonging. In this article, these inequalities are understood as the result of historically entrenched processes of
Thinandavha Derrick Mashau
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The Missional Church: Ecclesiological Discussion in the Gospel and Our Culture Network in North America

, 2002
The Gospel and Our Culture Network is a fast growing and significant movement in North America that is devoted to the task of fostering a missionary encounter with North American culture.
Michael W. Goheen
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‘In step’ with the living God: Rhythms and habits for churches faithful to their calling

Verbum et Ecclesia
This article reflected on the development of a congregational prototype called In pas met die lewende God [‘In step’ with the Living God], that aids congregations in the process of missional transformation.
Thomas J. Smith
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Congregations and the kingdom of the Triune God: Mapping the road ahead for Southern African congregations.

Acta Theologica
This article aims to map the development of Congregational Studies within the Southern African context over the past two decades. The journey starts with an introduction to the field of Congregational Studies as a subdiscipline within Practical Theology,
WJ Schoeman
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Putting the Dutch Reformed Church in Its Place

Ecclesial Futures
The Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) in South Africa faces challenges due to rapid demographic shifts that reduce the proportion of traditional Afrikaner members and threaten the financial viability of its ministries.
Dieter de Bruin
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Regional and/or local: Can church be present in close proximity and in regional cooperation at the same time?

Ecclesial Futures
The article deals with the efforts of the churches in Germany to rebuild the structures of church life in view of the loss of members and resources. The experiences with structural reforms of the last 20 years are evaluated.
Michael Herbst
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Developing Missional Leaders for the Central Florida Presbytery through Theatre [PDF]

, 2009
This project’s goal is to create a training tool for Generation X church leaders suited for a postmodern environment in which the concepts of missional ecclesiology are necessary for the growth of the church.
Thorp, Charles S., III
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Missional Church: The Characteristics of the Gospel and Our Culture Network' s Conception of Missional Ecclesiology. [PDF]

, 2019
In the light of the dynamic societal changes that have occurred in the last few decades, the difficulties encountered by the church in her proclamation of the Good News of the coming of God's reign and in meeting the challenges posed by contemporary ...
Hlásek, Vít
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The ecclesiology of stanley hauerwas: resident aliens and die concrete church [PDF]

, 2007
This thesis focuses on Stanley Hauerwas' thought about the church insofar as it represents a concrete ecclesiological approach. I argue first that concrete ecclesiology, while often appearing in the work of its proponents as methodological ...
Hawksley, Theodora Lucy
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