Missionary diaconate: Hope for migrated people

Knoetze, JJ

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“…45 On the streets of Hillbrow in Johannesburg, rubber bullets were used to enforce lockdown restrictions. 46 The South African Human Rights Watch argued that it is imperative that the police engage with the public to gain their trust and enhance their protection. 47 It is of primary concern that the fundamental human rights of everyone in South Africa, such as freedom and security of the person and the right to life, remain intact.…”

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Police and Power in a Pandemic: Reflections on the Rise of Police Brutality During Covid- 19 and Its Implications on Social Justice in South Africa

Plessis¹

2021

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The global COVID-19 pandemic came at a time of already increasing police brutality and has since accelerated this nationwide issue. This increasingly frequent behaviour is due to the calling of a state of disaster, the limiting of fundamental rights by force, and the overlooking of essential methods that help to hold the police accountable. This article will critically reflect on the increase in police brutality in South Africa during the initial lockdown period, highlighting how it affects social justice.

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Police and Power in a Pandemic: Reflections on the Rise of Police Brutality During Covid- 19 and Its Implications on Social Justice in South Africa

Plessis¹

2021

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“…In his book Engaging globalization, Myers (2017) indicates how globalisation was always part of the missio Dei. Knoetze (2012) also argues that migration of people is part of God's 1.The word 'missional' surfaced in the South African church vocabulary only after 1998 (Burger 2017:20).…”

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Transforming theological education is not the accumulation of knowledge, but the development of consciousness

Knoetze

2020

Verbum et Ecclesia

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A missional diaconal ecclesiology as well as teaching and learning excellence necessitated transforming theological education towards consciousness in an age of uncertainty. The article attends to the discourse of transforming theological education, defining the concept transforming, and asks the question of transforming towards what. In the discussion on transforming theological education, we need to be conscious of the different stakeholders, for instance the higher education institution, the church, the socio-economic context of the student, the ‘calling’ of the student and the Trinitarian God. In this instance, we also need to be conscious of the factors that influence different and new understandings of theological education like decolonisation, globalisation, and diversity in culture, religion, worldviews, theology and even Christianity. Within the South African context, it is true that the four remaining theological faculties have in the past been and still are in partnership with the mainline Reformed (Afrikaans-speaking) churches. Currently there is a new realisation that these faculties need to accommodate Independent and Pentecostal churches if the church wants to further influence South African society and the faculties want to continue as faculties of theology (and religion). Conscious of our calling, it is realised faculties are servants in the kingdom of God and therefore they will have to attend to accessibility, decolonisation of our curriculum and globalisation to address the needs of the previously disadvantaged churches. It is along these lines that the article argues that transforming theological education is not the accumulation of knowledge, but the development of consciousness.Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: The article challenges the theological education and curriculum in different ways. Intradisciplinary – the principles cover all six theological disciplines. Interdisciplinary – focus on education and social sciences.

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Gemeentediakonaat – Nuut gedink

Breed

2023

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The diaconate of the congregation – Considered anew. From the earliest times, the content given to the diaconate of the congregation varied greatly from denomination to denomination. Different methods and sources were used to determine the content and essence of the diaconate. This article attempts to look at the diaconate of the congregation from a new angle to determine what the diaconal task of the congregation can be. Use is made of previous exegetical work done by the author (2018) of this article. He exegeted specific texts in the New Testament in depth with the research question of what meaning possibility of the diacon words (diakoneo, diakonos, diakonia) the authors had in mind when using the words in those texts. These results are used in an attempt to establish what the diaconate can mean when it is built on the meaning contents of the deacon-words. The result is that new insights are exploited and practically applied to the diaconate. The conclusion of this article is that the deacons should work towards involving each member in the diaconate by guiding them to discover their gifts and to encourage them to use those gifts. The members undertake to do specific service work and to be held accountable for it. In this way, the congregation distributes the grace of God and the diaconate takes on a missionary character and God can work mightily through the diakonia of each member.Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: An exegetical study of the New Testament informs the discussion and opens a dialogue between Practical Theology and Hermeneutics. The results of this research have implications for church polity. The outcome of the practical implementation of the results can be a field of study for pastoral counselling, psychology and sociology.

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Missionary diaconate: Hope for migrated people

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Police and Power in a Pandemic: Reflections on the Rise of Police Brutality During Covid- 19 and Its Implications on Social Justice in South Africa

Police and Power in a Pandemic: Reflections on the Rise of Police Brutality During Covid- 19 and Its Implications on Social Justice in South Africa

Transforming theological education is not the accumulation of knowledge, but the development of consciousness

Gemeentediakonaat – Nuut gedink

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