The role of the local church in the extension of the Kingdom of God

Botsis, Dorian

dc.contributor.advisor	Veldsman, Danie, 1959-	en
dc.contributor.author	Botsis, Dorian	en
dc.date.accessioned	2009-08-25T10:54:04Z
dc.date.available	2009-08-25T10:54:04Z
dc.date.issued	2009-08-25T10:54:04Z
dc.date.submitted	2005-05-31	en
dc.identifier.citation	Botsis, Dorian (2009) The role of the local church in the extension of the Kingdom of God, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1528>	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1528
dc.description.abstract	The Kingdom of God is wherever the Triune God is worshipped as Lord. It exists beyond time and place, but breaks into our time and place wherever creation worships the Triune God as Lord. The local church, in its present time and geographical place, is the microcosm of the Kingdom of God. As such, the local church contains within it all the resources necessary for the Kingdom of God to be established. Therefore, the local church is called to lead creation to worship the Triune God as Lord. It does this by fulfilling three specific works as specified in Scripture: the work of evangelism; the work of discipleship and the work of reconciliation. The modern day church must start a revolution to discover afresh these works and become what Scripture describes as the ecclesia of the hodos: the local church extending the Kingdom of God.	en
dc.format.extent	1 online resource (170 leaves)
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.subject	Trinity	en
dc.subject	Kingdom of God	en
dc.subject	Church	en
dc.subject	Reconciliation	en
dc.subject	Evangelism	en
dc.subject	Discipleship	en
dc.subject	Work	en
dc.subject	Matthew	en
dc.subject	Holy Spirit	en
dc.subject	Jesus	en
dc.subject	Father	en
dc.subject	Son of God	en
dc.subject	Revolution	en
dc.subject.ddc	253
dc.subject.lcsh	Church work
dc.subject.lcsh	Evangelistic work
dc.subject.lcsh	Pastoral theology
dc.subject.lcsh	Kingdom of God
dc.title	The role of the local church in the extension of the Kingdom of God	en
dc.type	Dissertation	en
dc.description.department	Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology	en
dc.description.degree	M.Th. (Systematic Theology)	en