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Studying World Christianity

Religious Studies Review, Volume 50, Issue 2, Page 273-278, June 2024.
Emma Wild‐Wood
wiley   +1 more source

A church after God’s heart : discerning a missional ecclesiology for the Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa [PDF]

, 2019
The research wants to contribute to the development of a missional ecclesiology for the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) in South Africa. This was done by answering the following two questions: what does the current context of the DRC look like, and is the ...
Benadé, Christo Renier
core  

Synodality and interreligious developments in Kairos theology: Pathways for today’s Catholic Church

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
In April 2021, the late Pope Francis approved the initial programme for the celebration of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops within the Catholic Church with the theme ‘For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, and Mission’.
Marcus Timothy Haworth
doaj   +1 more source

A Korean perspective on megachurches as missional churches

Verbum et Ecclesia, 2015
Both the megachurch and the missional church are on-going global phenomena. Working from the premise that the church has to be missional, this article operates from a Korean perspective and researches whether a megachurch can be missional. The megachurch
Cornelius J.P. Niemandt, Yongsoo Lee
doaj   +1 more source

An Expression of Faith that Fits (Chapter 8 of Starting Missional Churches)

, 2014
With a wealth of dynamic information regarding the people of his city, Pastor AJ Swoboda, of the Foursquare Church tradition, writes a compelling chapter on planting a church in the unique place of Portland, Oregon.
Swoboda, A.J.
core  

Led by the Spirit: Missional Communities and the Quakers on communal vocation discernment

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2014
This article argues that the term missional is an expression of the global shift towards a theocentric (rather than ecclesiocentric) understanding of mission.
Curtis R. Love, Cornelius J.P. Niemand
doaj   +1 more source

Preaching: Truth sharing as a prophetic voice

Acta Theologica
What kind of preaching and what kind of preacher will facilitate the cultivation of contextually relevant missional congregations? A main thesis in this search was and still is that integrating and coordinating all ministries are necessary to develop ...
M. Nel
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring the practical theological study of congregations [PDF]

, 2016
The first congregation was formed in Jerusalem, giving rise to faith communities throughout the New Testament. In the ensuing two millennia, congregations are found worldwide.
Schoeman, W.J.
core   +2 more sources

Jesus se tafelgemeenskap met tollenaars en sondaars: aspekte van ’n missionêre ekklesiologie

In die Skriflig, 2011
Jesus’ table fellowship with tax collectors and sinners: aspects of a missional ecclesiology Christian churches with a historically powerful socio-cultural presence often have to adjust to a new marginalised and disempowered existence, stripped of ...
J.J.F. Krüger
doaj  

The implications of ecclesiology’s understanding of church and ἐκκλησία for the current missiology

Missionalia: Southern African Journal of Missiology, 2018
This introductory study was initiated by the observation that authors about the church differ in their understanding of and approach to church and ἐκκλησία.
De Beer, Jan Mathys
doaj   +1 more source