Abstract:
The vision of the “good city” is worth striving for. Enacting the pastoral circle can be
theologically generative towards cultivating the “good city.” The urban transition of
1993 in Pretoria/Tshwane, South Africa, held unknowns and possibilities. During
this time, a small community with lived faith committed to journeying with the urban
poor using the pastoral circle. Such contextual theological engagement birthed the
Institute for Urban Ministry (IUM), and the pastoral circle remained at the heart of
IUM. This article explores the possibilities of animating the “good city” in Tshwane
and the Gauteng City-Region (GCR) as IUM applies the pastoral circle within the
Tshwane Ecumenical Leaders Forum.
