Church planting in South Africa : the role of the Reformed Church Tshiawelo

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Mutavhatsindi, Muthuphei Albert
Meiring, Piet (Pieter Gerhard Jacobus), 1941-

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OpenJournals Publishing

Abstract

The Reformed Congregation of Tshiawelo, in Soweto, South Africa, has undergone a profound change over the past 20 years. It has developed from an ailing introverted church to a congregation that reached out to the wider community, increasing its membership dramatically in the process. In this article, the authors reported on a number of issues related to this transformation, including: the importance of partnerships in the process of renewal, the methodology used in the process of renewal, the need for church planting and the necessity for future planning.

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The article is based on research conducted by M.A.M. (University of Pretoria) for his PhD thesis. P.G.J.M. (University of Pretoria), co-author of the article, acted as supervisor for the thesis.

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South Africa, Reformed Church Tshiawelo, Church planting

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Mutavhadsindi, M.A. & Meiring, P.G.J., 2014, ‘Church planting in South Africa: The role of the Reformed Church Tshiawelo’, Verbum et Ecclesia 35(1), Art. #424, 7 pages. http://dx.DOI.org/ 10.4102/ve.v35i1.424