The rediscovery of the role of the laity in the mission of the Church – with reference to the Baptist Union of Southern Africa (BUSA)

dc.contributor.authorChristofides, Peter
dc.contributor.authorMeiring, Piet (Pieter Gerhard Jacobus), 1941-
dc.date.accessioned2012-07-04T08:42:56Z
dc.date.available2012-07-04T08:42:56Z
dc.date.issued2012-05-29
dc.descriptionThe article is based on the first author’s PhD thesis on The rediscovery of the role of the laity in the mission of the Church – with reference to the Baptist Union of Southern Africa (BUSA), Department of Science of Religion and Missiology, University of Pretoria (April 2009), under the supervision of Professor P.G.J. Meiring.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe role of the laity is at the cutting edge of Christian missions today. The author conducted a number of interviews and questionnaires to determine the status of the laity across denominations of the Christian faith in South Africa. His findings are in a number of instances startling: The picture of the laity, and what lay Christians in South Africa believe, run against general expectations. Some suggestions and proposals on how to empower the laity in general, and the churches of the Baptist Union in Southern Africa (BUSA) in particular, are made. The underlining motive for the research is to encourage the BUSA churches to become truly missional churches that make a difference in the world in which we live.en
dc.description.librariannf2012en
dc.description.urihttp://www.ve.org.zaen_US
dc.description.urihttp://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-11032009-090915/en_US
dc.identifier.citationChristofides, P. & Meiring, P.G.J., 2012, ‘The rediscovery of the role of the laity in the mission of the Church – with reference to the Baptist Union of Southern Africa (BUSA)’, Verbum et Ecclesia 33(1), Art. #425, 9 pages. http://dx.DOI.org/ 10.4102/ve.v33i1.425en
dc.identifier.issn1609-9982
dc.identifier.other10.4102/ve.v33i1.425
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/19313
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherOpenJournals Publishingen_US
dc.rights© 2012. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS OpenJournals. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.en_US
dc.subjectBaptist Union in Southern Africa (BUSA)en
dc.subjectChristian missionsen
dc.subjectBUSA churchesen
dc.subject.lcshLaity -- Baptistsen
dc.subject.lcshLay ministry -- Baptist Union of Southern Africaen
dc.subject.lcshMission of the churchen
dc.subject.lcshBaptists -- Missionsen
dc.subject.lcshMissional church movementen
dc.titleThe rediscovery of the role of the laity in the mission of the Church – with reference to the Baptist Union of Southern Africa (BUSA)en
dc.typeArticleen

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