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Missional ecclesiology in the Afrikaans reformed churches since 1990 [PDF]
, 2020 This article argues that “missional ecclesiology” in the last decades became a new mission paradigm for churches in South Africa, especially after the demise of apartheid.
Dreyer, Willem Akkerhuys (Wim)
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Missional postures and practices for South African Baptist churches
Verbum et Ecclesia, 2018 This article enumerates the importance of a missional posture in our Baptist cultural moment and details various issues related to the author’s definition of the concept missio Dei.
Desmond Henry
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From proto-missional to mega-church: A critique of ecclesial ‘growth’ in Korea
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2018 In the last couple of decades, the Korean church experienced a loss of credibility as well as a decrease in membership. The premise of this contribution is that the mega-church phenomenon in Korea contributed to this state of affairs.
Yongsoo Lee, Wim A. Dreyer
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Towards a missional hermeneutic informing missional ecclesiology and transformative theological education in Africa. [PDF]
Missionalia, 2020 Decolonisation and Africanisation are two sides of the same coin and cannot be engaged as separate, either-or options. Africanisation implies transformation by cultural incorporation and assimilation.
Pieter Labuschagne
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Verbum et Ecclesia, 2015 This article concerns itself with the development of a missional ecclesiology and the practices that may accept the challenge of conducting pastoral ministry in the context of South African, middleclass congregations adapting to a rapidly changing, post ...
Guillaume H. Smit
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HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2010 In the context of changes in society and the resulting paradigm shifts in theological thinking, this article explores the development of a missional ministry praxis for church services in the reformed theological tradition.
Guillaume H. Smit
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Mongolian Migrants in a Korean Missional Church:
Ecclesial Futures, 2023 Ever since Lesslie Newbigin’s missional ecclesiology was introduced to South Korean churches in 2000, Korean scholars and pastors have been reaching beyond church growth theory to explore alternative and practical models. Missional ecclesiology led them
Seon-Yi Lee
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Digital ecclesiology and Africa’s digital natives: prospects and challenges
Acta Theologica, 2023 The COVID-19 pandemic has raised important issues for the church. Churches have grappled with ministering to their congregants in light of the changes in physical gatherings over the past two years.
K.M. Ndereba
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Efesiërs 1:14 en 1:22, 23 as ’n skriftuurlike maksimum-minimum vir die ekklesiologie
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2017 Ephesians 1:14 and 1:22, 23 as a scriptural maximum-minimum for ecclesiology. Against the background of a membership decline in mainstream churches in South Africa and abroad, and conscious of the theological debate in which a missional ecclesiology is ...
Barry J. Van Wyk
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Church, mission and ethics. Being church with integrity
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2016 This article is an exercise in Practical Ecclesiology. The author reflects on church, mission and ethics from historical, hermeneutical and strategic perspectives.
Wim Dreyer
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