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Faithful presence in a context of conflict : a missional case study of ELCSA in Tembisa West
Dissertation (MTh)--University of Pretoria, 2020.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/78477 Faithful presence in a context of conflict : a missional case study of ELCSA in Tembisa West Niemandt, Cornelius Johannes Petrus (Nelus) tmkhize@telkomsa.net Mkhize, Thabani E. UCTD living above place unity lived experience faithful presence missional community Theology theses SDG-04 Theology theses SDG-10 Theology theses SDG-11 Theology theses SDG-16 Theology theses SDG-17 Dissertation (MTh)--University of Pretoria, 2020. The focus of this research is the study of unity in mission and coping with conflict as a way of being faithfully present. Researching unity in mission in a divided congregation is important because it may relate, not only to the congregation, but also, in a broader sense, to the experience in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa (ELCSA) and other denominations. While the review of literature provided background information on the theology of faithful presence including the theologies of place and place presence, a further review was conducted on the theology of mission as reconciliation as a way of being faithfully present. The study addresses this gab in literature and research by investigating the role of mission in helping congregants cope with church conflict and staying faithfully present in their situation. To achieve this goal, congregants lived experience of their congregational life in the midst of conflict was revealed and analysed using phenomenology as the most suitable method for data gathering, analysis and interpretation. Phenomenological approach was chosen simple because of its capability of providing congregants’ personal account of their experience. The question that needed to be understood was whether congregants still had time, space and motivation to be with the people God is sending them to. The primary goal is to understand congregants lived experience under the influence of conflict and how these congregants remained faithfully present in their situation. The secondary aim is to recommend ways and means of reconciliation most relevant to their situation particularly where subjects are not role players in the conflict. The researcher was interested in finding out if using mission as reconciliation can, in meaningful ways, move the reconciliation process forward. The research found a direct correlation between conflict and the mission of the church. As the conflict continued to manifest, congregants developed a lack of trust in the leadership of the church, which motivated them to practice mission unilaterally outside the precincts of the church. As this unfolded, the congregation became irrelevant, its mission suffered and the congregational life became less meaningful. The congregation as a community of sent people, became too internally focused, losing its sting as a missional force in the neighbourhood. ae2025 Science of Religion and Missiology MTh Unrestricted SDG-04: Quality education SDG-10: Reduced inequalities SDG-11: Sustainable cities and communities SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions SDG-17: Partnerships for the goals 2021-02-12T09:37:29Z 2021-02-12T09:37:29Z 20/10/01 2020 Dissertation Mkhize, TE 2020, Faithful presence in a context of conflict : a missional case study of ELCSA in Tembisa West, MTh Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/78477> S2020 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/78477 en © 2020 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 living above place unity lived experience faithful presence missional community Theology theses SDG-04 Theology theses SDG-10 Theology theses SDG-11 Theology theses SDG-16 Theology theses SDG-17 Faithful presence in a context of conflict : a missional case study of ELCSA in Tembisa West |
| title | Faithful presence in a context of conflict : a missional case study of ELCSA in Tembisa West |
| title_full | Faithful presence in a context of conflict : a missional case study of ELCSA in Tembisa West |
| title_fullStr | Faithful presence in a context of conflict : a missional case study of ELCSA in Tembisa West |
| title_full_unstemmed | Faithful presence in a context of conflict : a missional case study of ELCSA in Tembisa West |
| title_short | Faithful presence in a context of conflict : a missional case study of ELCSA in Tembisa West |
| title_sort | faithful presence in a context of conflict a missional case study of elcsa in tembisa west |
| topic | UCTD living above place unity lived experience faithful presence missional community Theology theses SDG-04 Theology theses SDG-10 Theology theses SDG-11 Theology theses SDG-16 Theology theses SDG-17 |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/78477 |