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Browsing Practical Theology by UP Author "Nel, Malan"
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Sonnenberg, Ronelle; Nel, Malan; De Kock, Jos; Marcel, Barnard, 1957- (OpenJournals Publishing, 2015-08-31)In a qualitative empirical research project on youth worship, we discovered that ‘being together’ is primary quality of youth worship. This primary quality consists of at least four aspects. Firstly, community is celebrated ...
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Westhof, Leon E.; Nel, Malan (OpenJournals Publishing, 2014-07-14)The General Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church took the following decision during October 2011: 'The General Synod decides to make the Confession of Belhar part of its confessional foundation, that is, in terms of its ...
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Nel, Malan; Scholtz, Eric (OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-07-15)Within the Reformed tradition, ‘calling’ is a core concept. Often, this biblical verse is cited when a pastor is installed or a new candidate is ordained, ‘The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it’ (1 Th 5:24 ...
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Aziz, Garth; Nel, Malan; Davis, Ronnie (AOSIS Open Journals, 2017-11-02)There has been an increase of discussion and focus on matters of theological significance in the area of youth ministry. An area that remains neglected concerns the professional youth worker in Southern Africa. This focus ...
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Oppenshaw, Derek L.; Nel, Malan; Louw, Liebie (AOSIS Open Journals, 2018-09-06)‘Being church’ in today’s world is frought with challenges to traditional practice and contemporaneous opportunities. These challenges, differences, dilemmas and paradoxes, when not handled effectively, have the propensity ...
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Moser, Kenneth A.; Nel, Malan (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2019-11-20)The evangelical church in North America is facing a crisis in its failure to retain young people. Research has shown that young people are dropping out of the church and they are not only leaving but also failing to ...
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Avenant, Johannes Cornelius; Nel, Malan; Jordaan, Joyce (AOSIS, 2021-08)The role of the parental home in the intergenerational faith formation of the youth for the sake of an integrated youth ministry. This article deals with the following question: What is the role of parents in the ...
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Tettey, Smith Francis Korbla; Nel, Malan (University of Stellenbosch, 2021)This article reflects on how the COVID-19 pandemic gives the church an opportunity to reconsider what the centre of God’s mission is for the congregation. It will engage on the implications of its reflections for public ...
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Nel, Malan (AOSIS Open Journals, 2017-11-10)When membership of the faith community gets separated from Biblical concepts for us Christians the church is gradually and slowly getting into trouble. This is especially true when membership and discipleship are separated. ...
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Nel, Malan (AOSIS Open Journals, 2017-10-25)Discipleship has almost vanished from normal church conversations. I will argue in this article that this is for more than one reason, but may be, because we have for some or other illogical reason, equated confrontational ...
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Nel, Malan (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1999)Building up the local church is driven by different motives. More often than not, these motives concern the survival of a specific church and/or denomination. Even church growth may be considered to be a motive of maintenance. ...
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Nel, Malan; Schoeman, W.J. (University of the Free State, Faculty of Theology, 2015)Empirical research is an inescapable part of responsible congregational analysis. The first question pertains to the value and contribution that empirical research has made to the process of congregational analysis. This ...
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Coetzee, Frederik Rudolf Lodewikus; Nel, Malan; Knoetze, Johannes Jacobus (AOSIS, 2023-02)Evangelism, for various reasons, is once again back on the agenda of the church and theology. As a result of negative experiences and practices of evangelism in the past, it is now necessary to rediscover evangelism in a ...
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Yi, Hyunok; Nel, Malan (AOSIS Open Journals, 2020-03-19)Youth ministry is to help youth – children, adolescents and young adults – to become what they were created and called to be. However, many local churches fail to notice that adolescents growing up without a father figure ...
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Seibel, Cory Lane; Nel, Malan (OpenJournals Publishing, 2010-10)The church has the task of transmitting its faith tradition from one generation to the next. In the transition to postmodernity, many established congregations have proven to be ineffective at this traditioning process ...
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Nel, Malan (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2002)The world view and culture created by the oikoumene of the Hellenistic-Roman era (331 BC to early fourth century AD) was conducive to the rise of several philosphico-religious movements, like Mithraism and other mystery ...
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Kim, Victor S.; Nel, Malan; Van Eck, Ernest (AOSIS, 2022-08-30)This article proposes a homiletical model as an alternative to traditional homiletical approaches in response to the recent membership decline in evangelical churches in Korea. While socio-economic and sociocultural aspects ...
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Nel, Malan (OpenJournals Publishing, 2015-08-14)Discipling youth may be one of the ‘missing links’ in developing missional thinking and missional local churches. This is even more so where churches suffer from a very obvious estrangement among generations. This article ...
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Labuschagne, Frederick Johannes (Frikkie); Nel, Malan (OpenJournals Publishing, 2010-10)The Church finds herself in a complex society, which currently has a destructive impact on the realisation of the Church. To overcome the challenges of our time, leaders must help to shape new realities creatively and ...
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Cooke, Terence; Cooke, F.T. (Frank Terence); Nel, Malan (OpenJournals Publishing, 2010-08)The selection of candidates for theological training is a sensitive issue, as many see it as a verdict on the authenticity of the prospective student’s claim of having been called to ministry by God. This article argues ...
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