Die studentegemeente PUK-Kandelaar : 'n etnografiese gemeentebeskrywing en missionale gesprek

[摘要] ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A congregation that wants to be faithful to a sending God, has to continually remind itself: 'we are here now; congregations need to converse with the unique identity, culture, context and time of where they are at. A Missional culture can only be established within acongregation if a prophetic sensitivity for God's calling and sending is present. In this ethnographic account of the Dutch Reformed Church PUK-Kandelaar, the history, context and culture of the congregation is researched and explored. The aim of the study is to indicate where Kandelaar currently finds itself on the missional journey by bringing her unique realities of ministry and context into conversation with a Trinitarian missional ecclesiology. Following an introductory discussion of the research in terms of motivation,aim and methodology, a basis-theoretical overview of missional ecclesiology is given. Next, the congregational history is narrated, followed by a comprehensive ethnographic description of the congregation in her current context. Finally, an in-depth missional conversation is conducted between the congregation's ministerial practice and God's missional calling. The relation between the ministerial realities of Kandelaar as a categorical student congregation and the pursuit of a missional ministry practice isdeveloped comprehensively, specifically by focusing on discernment as a core issue for missional leaders. The study indicates several unique ministerial realities for which Kandelaar, as a categorical student congregation, has to allow for, and thus provides the leadership of the congregation with a platform for further faithful discernment on the missional journey with the Triune God.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University