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An Nzema Mother-Tongue Commentary on the Matthean Beatitudes

Journal of Mother-Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics and Theology
One of the major challenges facing contemporary Ghanaian Christianity is ineffective discipleship. Consequently, Christianity has little influence on the moral life of its adherents.
Justice Korankye, Isaac Boaheng
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Review Essay: Locating the Church in the World: Ethnography, Christian Ethics, and the Global Church

Journal of Moral Theology, 2013
Two important church-and-the-world Catholic theological emphases have recently arisen: firstly, how ethnographic research affects moral theology and ecclesiology, and secondly, moral theology being done consciously within the “world church” context. Both
Christopher P. Vogt
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The recovery of the prophetic voice of the church: The adoption of a ‘missional church’ imagination

Verbum et Ecclesia, 2020
The social context of church members spawns different ecclesial imaginations of the nature of the church. Those different ecclesial imaginations often function within one particular church.
Eugene Baron, Moses Maponya
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Revitalisasi Gereja melalui Pelestarian Warisan Sejarah Kekristenan

Dunamis: Jurnal Teologi dan Pendidikan Kristiani, 2023
. Preserving the historical heritage of Christianity is an important effort for the church to maintain the existence of church history which also influences the process of growth and development of the church today. This article aimed to offer efforts in
Della Gita Van Gobel
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Examining theological gaps where African traditions intersect Christian doctrine

African Journal of Pentecostal Studies
Background: South Africa’s diverse Christian denominations reflect varied theological perspectives, worship styles, and cultural practices. This diversity creates challenges as churches navigate differing doctrinal interpretations and communal practices.
Rendani Tshifhumulo
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The Church in the Christian Bible

St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology, 2023
The concept of the church in the Christian Bible is multifaceted and deeply rooted in the theological and historical context of early Christianity.
Thomas Söding
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The Missionary-Colonial Forms of Marriages and Sexualities Within African Pentecostalism: A Sankofa-De-Colonial Perspective

Religions
Looking retrospectively at pre-colonial African marriages and sexualities is critical in the urge to transform the contemporary narratives about marriage and sexuality within African Christian spaces.
Themba Shingange
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How many Jews became Christians in the first century? The failure of the Christian mission to the Jews

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2005
This study examines the early Christian mission(s) to the Jews, and attempts to determine, albeit speculatively, the number of Jews in the Christian movement in the first century.
David C. Sim
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Lutheran Theological Education to Christian Education in (South) Africa: A Decolonial Conversion in the African Church

Religions
It can be debated whether a Lutheran identity is still relevant in the midst of ecumenical development in (South) Africa, with special reference to theological education and Christian education.
James Kenokeno Mashabela
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A Depersonalised Object of Hope in a Funeral Sermon

The Person and the Challenges, 2018
In this article, the author calls attention to a danger of proclaiming a depersonalised object of hope in a Christian funeral sermon, which he does not consider to be a legiti- mate Christian practice.
Albín Masarik
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