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The other side of the mountain : initiatives of a younger Pentecostal generation

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dc.contributor.advisor Kritzinger, J. N. J. (Johannes Nicolaas Jacobus), 1950- en
dc.contributor.advisor Venter, D. (Dr.) en
dc.contributor.author Gorman, Roger Dale en
dc.date.accessioned 2009-08-25T11:03:53Z
dc.date.available 2009-08-25T11:03:53Z
dc.date.issued 2009-08-25T11:03:53Z
dc.date.submitted 2002-11 en
dc.identifier.citation Gorman, Roger Dale (2009) The other side of the mountain : initiatives of a younger Pentecostal generation, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2485> en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2485
dc.description.abstract Pentecostal churches are growing significantly across the world, but occasionally theological tensions arise within Pentecostal churches, sometimes related to intergenerational differences, which hinder both quantitative and qualitative growth. This study analyses the dynamics of a particular generation gap in one South African Pentecostal congregation. It explores the initiatives of a cell group from the younger generation, aimed at enhancing the credibility and effectiveness of the congregation's witness. The cell group initiatives highlighted issues of leadership, biblical hermeneutics, and the need for a theological re-assessment of local traditions that had always acted as identity markers for the older generation. This study contends that the conflict between a more collectivist older generation and a more individualist younger generation can be bridged through well prepared conflict resolution processes led by credible intervention teams and through some form of accommodation of the views and desires of both generations. en
dc.format.extent 1 online resource (viii, 258 leaves)
dc.language.iso en en
dc.subject Cell group en
dc.subject Conflict resolution
dc.subject Generation gap
dc.subject Hermeneutics
dc.subject Leadership
dc.subject Mission
dc.subject Pentecostal
dc.subject.ddc 289.940968
dc.subject.lcsh Pentecostalism -- South Africa
dc.subject.lcsh Pentecostal churches -- Missions -- South Africa
dc.subject.lcsh Missions -- South Africa
dc.subject.lcsh Hermeneutics -- Religious aspects| -- Pentecostal churches
dc.subject.lcsh Conflict of generations -- South Africa
dc.title The other side of the mountain : initiatives of a younger Pentecostal generation en
dc.type Thesis en
dc.description.department Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology en
dc.description.degree D.Th. (Missiology) en


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