Globalised mission as opportunity

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Authors

Jacobs, Pierre J.
Van Eck, Ernest

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OpenJournals Publishing

Abstract

Globalisation develops at a staggering pace that envelopes and infiltrates local South African communities in various ways. Through technology a person can have access to anything today. Should the church try to keep up, or compete with such a reality? This article aims to encourage the church to develop a responsible missional character, which embraces the opportunities globalisation offers – to be a participative forum in a community comprising of more than religious people. Through re-evaluating the church’s missional intent, by shifting the paradigm away from self-centred outcomes, the church should contribute to such a community’s articulation of faith.

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This article represents a reworked version of aspects from the PhD dissertation (University of Pretoria) with Prof. Dr Ernest van Eck as supervisor.

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Globalisation, Technology, South African communities, Netherdutch Reformed Church of Africa (NRCA), Church, Faith

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Citation

Jacobs, P. & Van Eck, E., 2015, 'Globalised mission as opportunity', HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 71(3), Art. #2871, 9 pages. http://dx.DOI.org/ 10.4102/hts.v71i3.2871.