Browsing Research Articles (Reformed Theological College) by Author "Van der Merwe, J.C. (Jacobus Christiaan)"

Browsing Research Articles (Reformed Theological College) by Author "Van der Merwe, J.C. (Jacobus Christiaan)"

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  • Van der Merwe, J.C. (Jacobus Christiaan) (OpenJournals Publishing, 2012-08-22)
    This article reflects on discernment as a key Christian faith practice of the believing community that wants to live according to its vision and mission as articulated in 1 Peter 2:21: To this you were called, because ...
  • Van der Merwe, J.C. (Jacobus Christiaan) (OpenJournals Publishing, 2015-09-21)
    The decline of the church in the West is of great concern to many today. The Netherdutch Reformed Church of Africa (NRCA), experiences the same tendency. We are living in a time when survival is on the mind of most ...
  • Van der Merwe, J.C. (Jacobus Christiaan) (AOSIS Open Journals, 2013-07-10)
    At this point of time the Netherdutch Reformed Church of Africa (NRCA) is facing the seemingly unsolvable dilemma of not being able to handle diversity in a positive manner. By applying three lenses to the current impasse ...
  • Van der Merwe, J.C. (Jacobus Christiaan) (OpenJournals Publishing, 2011-11-04)
    The Christian churches are experiencing a major paradigm shift as they attemp to navigate the 20th century. Around the mid-fourth century to the mid-twentieth century CE, often referred to as the ‘age of Christendom’, ...
  • Van der Merwe, J.C. (Jacobus Christiaan) (OpenJournals Publishing, 2014-11-20)
    We live in a time when survival seems to be the biggest concern of most mainline congregations and denominations. How can the church possibly survive? This is a question that is asked in almost every corner of the ...
  • Van der Merwe, J.C. (Jacobus Christiaan) (AOSIS Open Journals, 2017-11-29)
    The focus of this article is on the incarnation of Jesus Christ, the Word become flesh, as a way of talking about and understanding mission and addresses at least two concerns in the contemporary debate about the missional ...