A neuro linguistic programming’s modelling process for the development of and guidance to congregations : an adaptive ministry

dc.contributor.authorBester, Johan Paul
dc.contributor.authorMeylahn, Johann-Albrecht
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-23T12:10:52Z
dc.date.available2020-01-23T12:10:52Z
dc.date.issued2019-08-06
dc.descriptionDr Bester is participating in the research project, ‘Towards a practical postfoundational theology as public theology in response to the challenges of lived religion in contemporary Southern Africa’, directed by Prof. Dr Johann Meylahn, Department of Practical Theolgy, Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Pretoria.en_ZA
dc.descriptionThis article represents reworked aspects from the PhD dissertation of Johan Bester, prepared under the supervision of Prof. Dr Johann Meylahn, Department of Practical Theology, Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Pretoria. (http://hdl.handle.net/2263/70998)en_ZA
dc.description.abstractSeveral congregations in the workspace of the Netherdutch Reformed Church of Africa are losing viability and sustainability. This can be attributed to various factors, the most prominent being isolation. Isolation is defined here as the inability of some congregations to move away from maintenance and an inward focus towards making necessary adjustments on the way to a dimension of missional focus. While commitment and enthusiasm are present in the work of all congregations, some find it difficult to adapt their established ideas and in some cases obsolete customs and traditions. Other congregations have made the necessary adjustments by defining themselves as missional. In congregations where constructive change occurs, the focus moves to undertake congregational ministries. The congregation not only gains insight into their own situation but also becomes aware of God’s calling for that specific congregation within a specific context. The focus shifts from their own situation and needs to the needs and challenges of the context surrounding the specific congregation. A consequence of this change in focus is that the whole ministry of the congregation adjusts accordingly. These congregations discover their own unique spirituality and begin to ask: For whom do we exist? The article is based on a PhD thesis, where Osmer’s four questions of practical theology were brought into the conversation with the modelling process of neuro-linguistic programming, in an attempt to sojourn with congregations towards a contextual missional focus. This research was undertaken to expand Osmer’s four questions of practical theology by using the modelling process of neuro-linguistic programming so that congregations may succeed in making the necessary adjustments.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentPractical Theologyen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2020en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.hts.org.zaen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBester, J. & Meylahn, J.A., 2019, ‘A Neuro Linguistic Programming’s modelling process for the development of and guidance to congregations: An adaptive ministry’, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 75(4), a5389. https://DOI.org/10.4102/hts.v75i4.5389.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0259-9422 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2072-8050 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.4102/hts.v75i4.5389
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/72885
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherAOSIS Open Journalsen_ZA
dc.rights© 2019. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.en_ZA
dc.subjectNeuro-linguistic programmingen_ZA
dc.subjectModellingen_ZA
dc.subjectCongregational developmenten_ZA
dc.subjectCongregational guidanceen_ZA
dc.subjectOsmeren_ZA
dc.subjectContextual missional focus
dc.subject.otherTheology articles SDG-01
dc.subject.otherSDG-01: No poverty
dc.subject.otherTheology articles SDG-04
dc.subject.otherSDG-04: Quality education
dc.titleA neuro linguistic programming’s modelling process for the development of and guidance to congregations : an adaptive ministryen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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