Abstract:
Within the international discourse on missional theology a recovery of a transforming
discipleship has taken place to bring about a synchronicity between mission and
discipleship. In the Dutch Reformed Church’s (DRC) missional turn, there was a
shift in church polity and discipleship was added to the description of the roles and
responsibilities of ministers and elders in the Church Order. In this article, this
transforming discipleship will be researched in terms of a missional discipleship
wherein a pedagogy for the cultivation of a transforming discipleship is proposed.
Different elements of a missional pedagogy will be described as habitus, habitat,
habituation, and habits. The research concludes with a proposal regarding the
formation of missional habits by means of a missional rhythm of life and eight rhythms
are proposed. This missional rhythm of life provides a discipleship imagination
for embodiment. A missional rhythm of life may be a useful model for the DRC’s
engagement of a transforming discipleship.
