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The Self-Marginalisation of the Church : a Practical Theological exploration in the Brooklyn Methodist Church
Mini Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2015.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/56089 The Self-Marginalisation of the Church : a Practical Theological exploration in the Brooklyn Methodist Church Nel, Malan Molver, Gary John UCTD Self-Marginalization Church Practical Theology Brooklyn Methodist Church Religious community Faith Spiritual Exploration Church Identity Christian community Theological reflection Congregational dynamics Spiritual renewal Theology theses SDG-04 SDG-04: Quality education Theology theses SDG-05 SDG-05: Gender equality Theology theses SDG-10 SDG-10: Reduced inequalities Theology theses SDG-16 SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions Mini Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2015. It is my contention that were the Church a better mirror of Jesus Christ, churches would be filled, people clamouring to hear and experience this incredible love story. Tragically, conversely, the Developed World Church is in major decline; it is in crisis. Over my fifty year Church journey, thinking on this topic has been triggered by observation of the informal leaving of/non-participation in the Church by most of my childhood contemporaries. There must be something drastically wrong in the telling, and lifestyle modelling, of this incredible love story. Furthermore, I have learnt that many outsiders are not only ambivalent, but also hostile, to the Church. Why? Some Christians attribute this to anti-God related guilt; maybe so. However, I forever recall outsiders labelling Church members hypocrites - and subsequently discovering this often to be the case. Not only so, the Church has victimised, persecuted, judged and rejected outsiders. It has often been anything but the incarnation of Christ in the world. These and other factors - including the course Building up the local church at the University of Pretoria - have inspired this research. I have a passion for transformation of C/church identity into Christ-likeness through, and as a result of, the building up process, thus removing obstacles to Church belonging. My conviction is that this will be a watershed moment in the C/church s witness, and thus its growth and the expansion of the kingdom of God. I hope, trust and pray that this research may in some way contribute toward this end. tm2016 bs2025 Practical Theology MA Unrestricted SDG-04: Quality education SDG-05: Gender equality SDG-10: Reduced inequalities SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions 2016-07-29T11:02:01Z 2016-07-29T11:02:01Z 2016-04-14 2015 Mini Dissertation Molver, GJ 2015, The Self-Marginalisation of the Church : a Practical Theological exploration in the Brooklyn Methodist Church, MA Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/56089> A2017 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/56089 en © 2016 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 | UCTD Self-Marginalization Church Practical Theology Brooklyn Methodist Church Religious community Faith Spiritual Exploration Church Identity Christian community Theological reflection Congregational dynamics Spiritual renewal Theology theses SDG-04 SDG-04: Quality education Theology theses SDG-05 SDG-05: Gender equality Theology theses SDG-10 SDG-10: Reduced inequalities Theology theses SDG-16 SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions The Self-Marginalisation of the Church : a Practical Theological exploration in the Brooklyn Methodist Church |
| title | The Self-Marginalisation of the Church : a Practical Theological exploration in the Brooklyn Methodist Church |
| title_full | The Self-Marginalisation of the Church : a Practical Theological exploration in the Brooklyn Methodist Church |
| title_fullStr | The Self-Marginalisation of the Church : a Practical Theological exploration in the Brooklyn Methodist Church |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Self-Marginalisation of the Church : a Practical Theological exploration in the Brooklyn Methodist Church |
| title_short | The Self-Marginalisation of the Church : a Practical Theological exploration in the Brooklyn Methodist Church |
| title_sort | self marginalisation of the church a practical theological exploration in the brooklyn methodist church |
| topic | UCTD Self-Marginalization Church Practical Theology Brooklyn Methodist Church Religious community Faith Spiritual Exploration Church Identity Christian community Theological reflection Congregational dynamics Spiritual renewal Theology theses SDG-04 SDG-04: Quality education Theology theses SDG-05 SDG-05: Gender equality Theology theses SDG-10 SDG-10: Reduced inequalities Theology theses SDG-16 SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/56089 |