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A Missional Conversation between John Wesley and Lesslie Newbigin : Toward a 21Century Wesleyan Ecumenical Missional Ecclesiology [PDF]

, 2020
During the 20th century Christian Churches showed increased interest in a missional ecclesiology that is ecumenical in nature. Such a missional ecclesiology should also attend to the tradition and culture of churches.
Ham, Seungpok
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Women and church leadership revised : the implications of a missional ecclesiology and a theological anthropology [PDF]

, 2010
CITATION: Leene, A. M. J. & Hendriks, H. J. 2010. Women and church leadership revised : the implications of a missional ecclesiology and a theological anthropology.
Leene, A. M. J., Hendriks, Hans Jurgens
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Improving the lack of missional effectiveness of congregations with small satellite meetings from an interdisciplinary practical theological perspective

Verbum et Ecclesia, 2016
There is much literature concerning small church groups. We are swamped with articles and blogs about what to do to make your small group succeed. Many of these are purely pragmatic, with a smattering of theology or ecclesiology.
Arthur R. Tucker
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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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Missional Leadership in Times of Congregational Transition [PDF]

, 2020
Congregational transitions are points of change, providing opportunities to introduce a missional understanding and direction of ministry. Missional leadership in times of congregational transition includes case studies of three ELCA congregations in ...
Svensson, Tormod O.
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Reorientation of mission and its action plans for a reformed missional ecclesiology in Africa

In die Skriflig
The quest to understand and practise the church’s missionary calling will remain a significant exercise in the church’s life of every age. This article aims to provide a reorientation of the mission and its action plans for a reformed missional ...
Thinandavha D. Mashau
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Pastoral ministry in a missional age: Towards a practical theological understanding of missional pastoral care

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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This (Mortal) Christian Life: Growth in Grace and the Problem of Senescence

Modern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract Theological accounts of the Christian life attempt to describe the manner in which the Holy Spirit's communication of Christ's redemptive work engenders new ways of being in the world. Such descriptions normally entail, in one form or another, the conclusion that the Christian life is marked by progressive growth in grace, an upward spiral in ...
Daniel Lee Hill
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Trinitarian Missional Christian Education for Korean Church: Insights from Missional Ecclesiology and John M. Hull's Education Theory [PDF]

, 2020
The Korean church’s ecclesio-centrism, with its focus on the self-expanding church, has brought about its loss of social credibility in Korean society.
Bae, Hyunjun
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‘Childish’ and ‘Minors’? Deconstructing Prejudice and Identity Transformation Among Spanish Women Religious During the Long Sixties1

Gender &History, Volume 38, Issue 3, Page 934-944, October 2026.
ABSTRACT This article explores the identity formation process undertaken by Spanish women's religious following the aggiornamento promoted by the Second Vatican Council. Specifically, it seeks to examine the context in which these women lived and acted, analysing the construction of their identities, their capacity for agency and transgression within ...
Verónica García‐Martín
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