Mission awakening in the Dutch Reformed Church : the possibility of a fifth wave?

dc.contributor.authorBenade, Christo R.
dc.contributor.authorNiemandt, Cornelius Johannes Petrus (Nelus)
dc.contributor.emailnelus.niemandt@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-28T15:37:16Z
dc.date.available2020-08-28T15:37:16Z
dc.date.issued2019-06-20
dc.descriptionThis research is part of the research project, ‘Ecodomy’, directed by Prof. Dr Nelus Niemandt, Department of Science of Religion and Missiology, Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Pretoria.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) had a strong missionary DNA since the planting of the church. This missionary focus and fervour, however, ebbed and flowed during the history of the church. Saayman described that the mission upsurges in the DRC in four waves or ‘periods of extraordinary mission endeavour’. The current research aimed to develop this theory through a literature study on the sociopolitical context and the developments in the ecclesiology and missiology of the DRC since the planting of the church up to 2013. The research found strong evidence to define a fifth wave. The fifth wave was influenced by contextual changes (e.g. a secularising, a more integrated multicultural society and the realisation of the needs of the poor) and loss of influence and money by the DRC. Furthermore, the growth in the church’s missional identity can be seen in the following aspects: the influence of theologians like Lesslie Newbigin and David Bosch; a belief that mission is not something the church does but something the church is; a shift from a Christocentric theology to a Trinitarian theology; a holistic view of salvation; a commitment to the local context of the congregation and a focus on bringing healing to their local communities; and lastly, the success of the Gestuurde Gemeentes network and, more recently, the Mission Shaped Ministry training.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentScience of Religion and Missiologyen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2020en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.hts.org.zaen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBenadé, C.R. & Niemandt, C.J.P., 2019, ‘Mission awakening in the Dutch Reformed Church: The possibility of a fifth wave?’, HTS Teologiese Studies/ Theological Studies 75(4), a5321. https://DOI.org/10.4102/hts.v75i4.5321.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0259-9422 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2072-8050 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.4102/hts.v75i4.5321
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/75959
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.subjectCongregational studiesen_ZA
dc.subjectMissional churchen_ZA
dc.subjectMissional ecclesiologyen_ZA
dc.subjectMissional identityen_ZA
dc.subjectWave of missionen_ZA
dc.subjectDutch Reformed Church (DRC)en_ZA
dc.titleMission awakening in the Dutch Reformed Church : the possibility of a fifth wave?en_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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