Baptist identity and mission in a rainbow nation : distilling imperatives from mixed-methods research within the Baptist Union of Southern Africa (1994–2012)

dc.contributor.authorHenry, Desmond
dc.contributor.authorNiemandt, Cornelius Johannes Petrus (Nelus)
dc.date.accessioned2015-06-24T08:43:32Z
dc.date.available2015-06-24T08:43:32Z
dc.date.issued2015-04-06
dc.description.abstractThe Baptist Union of Southern Africa’s (hereafter BUSA) future is conspicuous unless it understands the context within which it ministers in our ‘rainbow nation’. As a union of churches, BUSA faces significant challenges that have been highlighted through a mixedmethods research approach. Through many months of data collection at the Baptist Union archives, an online survey and informal interviews spanning many parts of South Africa, the researcher practically demonstrates the importance of the cumulative results for the future of BUSA. This article highlights, in overview fashion, a few of the major challenges that need to be urgently addressed in the light of BUSA’s historic ecclesiological presuppositions that have their roots in the missional ministry of Hugo Gutshe who saw each of his Baptist congregants as missionary, and expanded the influence of BUSA in South Africa.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2015en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.hts.org.zaen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationHenry, D. & Niemandt, C.J.P, 2015, 'Baptist identity and mission in a rainbow nation: Distilling imperatives from mixed-methods research within the Baptist Union of Southern Africa (1994–2012)', HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 71(2), Art. #2026, 10 pages. http://dx.DOI.org/ 10.4102/hts.v71i2.2026en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0259-9422 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2078-8050 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.4102/hts.v71i2.2026
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/45768
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherOpenJournals Publishingen_ZA
dc.rights© 2015. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS OpenJournals. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.en_ZA
dc.subjectRainbow nationen_ZA
dc.subjectChurchesen_ZA
dc.subjectBaptist Union archivesen_ZA
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectBaptist Union of Southern Africa (BUSA)en_ZA
dc.titleBaptist identity and mission in a rainbow nation : distilling imperatives from mixed-methods research within the Baptist Union of Southern Africa (1994–2012)en_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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