Ecclesiological renewal for a relevant ministry and church polity, with reference to UCCSA and UPCSA in Zimbabwe

dc.contributor.authorMaseko, Xolani
dc.contributor.authorDreyer, Willem Akkerhuys (Wim)
dc.contributor.emailwim.dreyer@up.ac.zaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-05T06:27:33Z
dc.date.available2022-10-05T06:27:33Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractThis article is a critique of Reformed Ecclesiology, particularly as regarding ministry and church polity. It is argued herein that a static ecclesiology results in church ministry that is seemingly deficient in responding to the context. This is seen in the current church polities and ways in which different denominations explain and carry out their ministry in the face of the new religious environment of the 21st century. This critique demands imperatives from the church, especially now in the advent of the emerging church, virtual ministry and such pandemics as Covid-19. The church cannot afford to remain ambivalent; her relevance is at stake. This article deals with Reformed Ecclesiology and polity in the context of Zimbabwe, with a special focus on the United Congregational Church of Southern Africa (UCCSA) and the Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa (UPCSA) in Zimbabwe. These two denominations are in a “prolonged” engagement for church unity. From a strategic perspective, a possible ecclesiology will be proposed that can facilitate this renewal in the context of a Calvinistic ecclesiology. It is argued that a change in ecclesiology will result in a refined church ministry and polity. This is done by investigating the “church as epiphany.”en_US
dc.description.departmentChurch History and Church Policyen_US
dc.description.librariandm2022en_US
dc.description.urihttps://upjournals.co.za/index.php/SHE/indexen_US
dc.identifier.citationMaseko, Xolani and Dreyer, Wim A. Ecclesiological Renewal for a Relevant Ministry and Church Polity, with reference to UCCSA and UPCSA in Zimbabwe. Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae 2021, vol. 47, no. 1, art. #8373, pp.1-13, doi : 10.25159/2412-4265/8373.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1017-0499 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2412-4265 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.25159/2412-4265/8373
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/87509
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherChurch History Society of Southern Africa and Unisa Pressen_US
dc.rights© The Author(s) 2021. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.en_US
dc.subjectUnited Congregational Church of Southern Africa (UCCSA)en_US
dc.subjectUniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa (UPCSA)en_US
dc.subjectEcclesiologyen_US
dc.subjectEcumenismen_US
dc.subjectManifestationen_US
dc.subjectPolityen_US
dc.subjectEschatologyen_US
dc.subjectRenewalen_US
dc.titleEcclesiological renewal for a relevant ministry and church polity, with reference to UCCSA and UPCSA in Zimbabween_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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