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Redesigning the ‘shape’ of the local church : leaders building with applied timeless ecclesiology in the midst of prevailing culture
Dissertation (MA(Theol))--University of Pretoria, 2012.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/27340 Redesigning the ‘shape’ of the local church : leaders building with applied timeless ecclesiology in the midst of prevailing culture Muller, Julian C. Dr L Ringquest jason@mbc.org.za Humphreys, Jason Timeless ecclesiology Transnationalism Western culture Leadership Postmodernism Archetypes Church shape Kingdom of god Gospel Generations People of god Suburban UCTD Dissertation (MA(Theol))--University of Pretoria, 2012. The church is facing a season of challenge in Western Europe and America, areas where once the church was strong and influential. We find, however, that the affluent suburbs in Cape Town are themselves not exempt from the challenge western culture is bringing to the church. Though there are signs of growth in some Christian sectors to inspire hope, there remains a great responsibility on the leaders of the local church today to engage this challenge. A responsibility rests on church leaders to hold firmly to the timeless message of the scriptures, and lightly to the forms of church that no longer engage a culture increasingly unimpressed with the face of modern Christianity. Within this thesis, we will attempt to outline a tenet of the western church’s ecclesiology that has been diluted in many places; this weakness has impacted the church’s ability to engage its community, as well the form and shape of the activities of the local church. Through investigating Jesus’ intention for the local church, we will shown that the church is not defined by the form of its activities, but by people’s response to the demands of the kingdom. We will show that focusing on the church’s response to the demands of the kingdom is able to be a uniting and strengthening force in the church in this season of cultural challenge. The demands of the kingdom are, therefore, to set the agenda for local church leaders, and free those leaders to redesign the form of the church’s activities to engage the local community in culturally appropriate ways. Copyright Practical Theology unrestricted 2013-09-07T11:11:47Z 2012-08-27 2013-09-07T11:11:47Z 2012-04-10 2012-08-27 2012-08-17 Dissertation Humphrey, JH 2011, Redesigning the ‘shape’ of the local church : leaders building with applied timeless ecclesiology in the midst of prevailing culture, MA(Theol) dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27340 > F12/4/339/gm/ http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27340 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-08172012-181004/ © 2011, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Timeless ecclesiology Transnationalism Western culture Leadership Postmodernism Archetypes Church shape Kingdom of god Gospel Generations People of god Suburban UCTD Redesigning the ‘shape’ of the local church : leaders building with applied timeless ecclesiology in the midst of prevailing culture |
| title | Redesigning the ‘shape’ of the local church : leaders building with applied timeless ecclesiology in the midst of prevailing culture |
| title_full | Redesigning the ‘shape’ of the local church : leaders building with applied timeless ecclesiology in the midst of prevailing culture |
| title_fullStr | Redesigning the ‘shape’ of the local church : leaders building with applied timeless ecclesiology in the midst of prevailing culture |
| title_full_unstemmed | Redesigning the ‘shape’ of the local church : leaders building with applied timeless ecclesiology in the midst of prevailing culture |
| title_short | Redesigning the ‘shape’ of the local church : leaders building with applied timeless ecclesiology in the midst of prevailing culture |
| title_sort | redesigning the shape of the local church leaders building with applied timeless ecclesiology in the midst of prevailing culture |
| topic | Timeless ecclesiology Transnationalism Western culture Leadership Postmodernism Archetypes Church shape Kingdom of god Gospel Generations People of god Suburban UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27340 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-08172012-181004/ |