Integrering en koördinering van bedienings in identiteitsontdekking en -ontwikkeling

dc.contributor.authorMarais, Neels
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-12T14:46:38Z
dc.date.available2019-06-12T14:46:38Z
dc.date.issued2018-11-20
dc.descriptionDie outeur wil graag vir Joyce Jordaan, Departement Statistiek by die Universiteit van Pretoria bedank.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractIn this article Nel’s argument that ministries (in the building up of the local congregation) need each other to facilitate the discovery and development of identity is tested. The role that the integration and coordination of ministries in a systems approach play in the discovery and development of a missional congregation’s identity is investigated and research is done to see whether scholars agree with Nel’s theory that all the ministries can facilitate identity finding and identity development. This empirical research (quantitative as well qualitative) was conducted among the ministers of the Highveld Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church. Hundred and thirty nine of the 144 ministers agreed to take part in the quantitative research, followed by partly structured interviews with 16 randomly selected ministers. During the empirical study (which formed part of PhD research) every attempt was made to obtain data in connection with the understanding ministers have regarding the building up, identity and missional being of a congregation as well as the integration and coordination of the ministries that are present in their congregations. Most of the ministers are aware of the fact that they need to develop their congregations as missional congregations, but the ministers do not always have the knowledge and experience to make the move. It was clear that not all the ministers understand the role that the ministries play in identity finding and identity development. Nel’s theory has therefore been affirmed by the empirical research. The research has shown that some of the ministers seem to show a flawed understanding that identity is a relational reality. At the same time there exists quite possibly a defective understanding that a congregation’s reason for existence originates in its identity, and it is clear that the role that the integration and coordination of the ministry play in the discovery and development of the identity are not fully understood. INTRADISCIPLINARY ANA/OR INTERDISCIPLINARY IMPLICATIONS : Starting from within the framework of Practical Theology, I leaned into Dogmatics to learn more about the identity of the church. Dogmatics led me to a missiological ecclesiology that forms part of the study field of Missiology. The integration and coordination of ministries in a local congregation is basically systems theory. Systems theory is an interdisciplinary study of systems.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentPractical Theologyen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2019en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.ve.org.za/en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMarais, N., 2018, ‘Integrering en koördinering van bedienings in identiteitsontdekking en -ontwikkeling’, Verbum et Ecclesia 39(1), a1869. https://DOI.org/10.4102/ve.v39i1.1869.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1609-9982 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2074-7705 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.4102/ve.v39i1.1869
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/70192
dc.language.isoAfrikaansen_ZA
dc.publisherAOSIS OpenJournalsen_ZA
dc.rights© 2018. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.en_ZA
dc.subjectMinistersen_ZA
dc.subjectHighveld Synod of the Dutch Reformed Churchen_ZA
dc.subjectIdentityen_ZA
dc.subjectCongregationen_ZA
dc.subjectIntegration and coordination
dc.subjectIdentity development
dc.subject.otherTheology articles SDG-04
dc.subject.otherSDG-04: Quality education
dc.subject.otherTheology articles SDG-05
dc.subject.otherSDG-05: Gender equality
dc.subject.otherTheology articles SDG-10
dc.subject.otherSDG-10: Reduced inequalities
dc.subject.otherTheology articles SDG-16
dc.subject.otherSDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions
dc.titleIntegrering en koördinering van bedienings in identiteitsontdekking en -ontwikkelingen_ZA
dc.title.alternativeIntegration and coordination of ministries in identity finding and identity developmenten_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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