The shaping and formation of a missional ecclesiology of township congregations in the Mangaung Metro Municipality during COVID-19

Baron, Eugene; Pali, Khamadi Joseph

doi:10.4102/hts.v77i3.6832

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“…Religious change due to the use of technology is a driving factor for the shift in the concept of Indonesian ecclesiology-traditional ecclesiology, which emphasizes the spirituality of human resources, changes to the development of human resources towards technology. The research of Eugene Baron and Khamadi J. Pali confirms the power of technology to create a shift from a focus on spiritual development to pastoral practice as the church's response agenda to the needs of today's people (Baron & Pali, 2021). Digital-based economic growth has contributed to a shift in the church's response to human resource development.…”

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confidence: 94%

Human Resources Development as the Future Agenda of 21st Century Indonesian Ecclesiology in the Realm of Economic Digitalisation

Wiryadinata,

Zaluchu,

Susi

et al. 2023

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This research seeks the priority of human resources development in Indonesian ecclesiology as the response to economic digitalization growth. The COVID-19 pandemic has created vast changes in the economic market and needs a long-term strategy in human resources management. As a community of people, a church needs to pursue the future agenda of 21st-century ecclesiology. Through the conducting of the sociology of religion method, this research finds out the old concept of ecclesiology and needs to improve as the immediate response for eliminating human resources. The study concludes by showing human resources as the priority agenda for development in economic digitalization. Keywords— Human Resources Management; Indonesian Ecclesiology; Future Agenda of Church; Economic Digitalisation

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confidence: 94%

Human Resources Development as the Future Agenda of 21st Century Indonesian Ecclesiology in the Realm of Economic Digitalisation

Wiryadinata,

Zaluchu,

Susi

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“…In acknowledging the importance of solidarity, Baron and Pali exhort that missional churches are expected to stand in solidarity with the oppressed to break any bondage, including racial oppression. 65 In expatiating on this argument, scholars like Sparks, Soerens, and Friesen contend that a missional church should stand in solidarity with its neighbours. 66 These scholars believe that the missional church and its neighbours should share a desire to see their area as an excellent place to live.…”

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An Analysis of the Role of the Missional Church in Community Development

Msebi

2022

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This article reports findings on an analysis of the role of the Missional church in Community development. The study relied on document analysis, with data collected from hard and electronic formats. The following themes were analysed: Missional Church, Missional methods of Effective Presence, Community Development, communities, the Contribution of the missional Church to Community Development and Challenges facing the Missional Church within. The analysis reveals that a missional church is a missional community, in other words, people who are united in living God’s mission in a specific neighbourhood. The study further illustrates that community development is an essential part of God’s mission, whereby the church, notably the missional church promotes active citizenship to enable people to work together to improve human circumstances for the well-being of their communities. In narrating the correlation between the missional church and community development, the study elucidates the principles of community development as a cornerstone to the success of community development. Moreover, the paper argues that better relationships, reconciliation, and solidarity are the value judgments engendered by the involvement of the missional church in community development. The study further illuminates that the involvement of missional churches in community development is not easy as they face challenges like religious pluralization and racial polarisation. Keywords: Missional church, community development, justice, transformation

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“…These changes underscore the fact that in the the context of ministry and doing mission, the church has been and is in uncharted waters. Baron and Pali (2021) argue that this is because Covid-19 is a novel virus pandemic. The negative impact of Covid-19 has been huge in the world as it has exposed the gross inequalities and socio-economic crisis.…”

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Ecclesiological Response to Covid-19 and the Question of Meaning in Context

Maseko

2022

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In the bible, Luke 12:56 talks about the need to interpret the “signs of the times” which herald and represent a new age. This idea can benefit from an intertextual reading of this text with Romans 8:18–23, which gives the understanding that the creation does signal the end times through its groaning. If this perspective is taken in the current historical paradigm it can be telling because the turn into the new millennium, the 21st century, has proved very challenging for the church. This era, together with the advent of the novel Coronavirus disease (Covid-19), which was declared a global pandemic in March 2020, has seen the call for a different approach of doing ecclesiology in order to maintain and enhance its relevancy. In this globalised environment that has been influenced by post-modern values, there has arisen a fresh emphasis on a missional and fluid church. This is seen to be part of the “post-Christendom” ecclesial experience. It is against such an observation that this article will proceed from a conviction that the emergence and effects of the Covid-19 pandemic can be understood to be part of the “signs of the times” which the church must understand. The lessons it has posed for the church are thus relevant for the church as it continues to sail the uncharted waters of post-modernity. In the article, a pastoral cycle methodology will be employed for its interdisciplinary nature. Such questions will be explored as to the “what” of the church and Covid-19 context, and the “why” (hermeneutics of Luke 12:56), that is, the theological meaning and the strategic framework that must proffer the way forward for the church in the 21st century and beyond. The focus of the article is on the church in Southern Africa although the lessons are applicable in many contexts especially in other areas.

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The shaping and formation of a missional ecclesiology of township congregations in the Mangaung Metro Municipality during COVID-19

Cited by 6 publications

References 5 publications

Human Resources Development as the Future Agenda of 21st Century Indonesian Ecclesiology in the Realm of Economic Digitalisation

Human Resources Development as the Future Agenda of 21st Century Indonesian Ecclesiology in the Realm of Economic Digitalisation

An Analysis of the Role of the Missional Church in Community Development

Ecclesiological Response to Covid-19 and the Question of Meaning in Context

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