Yates, Hannelie; Avenant, Johannes C.(AOSIS, 2025-02)
This article, firstly seeks to explore the role parents play in shaping their children’s faith, and secondly, to examine how it influences congregations’ role. The article begins by providing a concise overview of faith ...
Edwards, David J.; Dreyer, Yolanda; Steyn, B.J.M. (Barend Johannes Marthinus)(Dialogo Publishing House, 2024-12)
An initial study was undertaken on a HeartMath intervention, focusing on coherence, resilience and faith following a traumatic experience. Quantitively, there were significant post-intervention positive improvements in ...
Edwards, David John; Dreyer, Yolanda; Steyn, B.J.M. (Barend Johannes Marthinus)(AOSIS, 2024-02-27)
Traumatic experiences can have an impact on faith. HeartMath, which focuses on coherence
and resilience, is one approach utilised to help overcome traumatic experiences. This study
focused on a HeartMath intervention, ...
Conflicts in the Pentecostal church leadership have been growing since time immemorial.
However, leadership disputes have become traumatic and tragic in Zimbabwe to the extent
that junior pastors are committing suicide ...
This article had as a point of departure, the fact that the most important component of
church life and work, was its members, whose edification and enablement were of vital
importance. A background was proffered to help ...
Nel, Malan(University of the Free State, 2024-11-14)
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 ...
Niemandt, Cornelius Johannes Petrus (Nelus)(University of the Free State, 2024-11-14)
This article presents a case study and the story of the School for Social Innovation (SSI) at Hugenote Kollege in Wellington, South Africa. It explores the influence of Andrew Murray Jr, the history of the college, the ...
Droege, Michael William; Nel, Malan(AOSIS, 2024-06-04)
Despite a century of professional development in youth ministry, the American church
continues to face generational attrition. This article explores this paradox, employing
practical theology to scrutinise the historical ...
Knoetze, Johannes Jacobus; Prince, Ronele(AOSIS, 2024-02-29)
This article examines the role of house churches in South Africa in the ministry of emerging
adulthood. Emerging adulthood is a turbulent life stage that is characterised by change and
exploration. Additionally, it ...
This contribution draws on the Agenda 2063 document to engage the role of family and youth ministry in relation to inequality and poverty. The question this paper addresses is, how can we read Agenda 2063 with a specific ...
This article is the result of an empirical study conducted in the student congregations of the Dutch Reformed Church, the Netherdutch Reformed Church of Africa and the Reformed Church in South Africa. The study has been ...
I would like to draw attention to the experiences of ordained Coloured women in
South Africa, in particular those ministering to congregations in the Uniting Reformed
Church South Africa (URCSA) in the Western Cape.
Coloured ...
Van der Merwe, Antoinette; Senyolo, Catherine; Van Niekerk, Attie(Elsevier, 2024-12)
Parental involvement in a child's school is crucial during early childhood, a critical period for skill-forming and neurodevelopment. However, the impact of early childhood programs on parents is understudied. This study ...
The master narrative of Apartheid South Africa created a specific identity for white boys and
men and, together with this identity, a very particular role and place within the South
African context. This identity was ...
This article examined the role of biblical interpretation amid the world’s water crisis. It
aimed to make biblical texts accessible to non-specialist readers by using several methods of
interpretation. The methods used ...
The sudden arrival of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in South Africa
drastically changed the normal way of life in all sectors. It compelled everyone to look at
the meaning of life and death differently ...
Fuku, Thozamile Abednego; Nel, Malan; De Beer, Stephanus Francois(AOSIS, 2024-07)
Interracial conflict and cultural divisions have been a serious challenge in the church
globally. Through the years there has been vast available literature about the phenomenon
as it happens and this study will specifically ...
Integrating appreciative inquiry (AI) and pastoral care may help address the complex issues of
commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking. This article explores the benefits of
incorporating AI principles into ...
This study is an exploration of the Hagar narrative from the perspective of African Womanist
Theology. The article focuses on the spirituality of Hagar before and after her captivity (Gn
16). The research takes an ...