In this article I argue that the Church has a strategic responsibility for property and finance. Three modes of ecclesiastical property exist, for example movables, offerings and funded property. Parallel to the possession ...

Throughout history, and especially after the Reformation, Christians increasingly divided into groups and denominations while all Christians confessed their continued belief in “one church”. Using South Africa in general ...

As the Church is moving towards its 21 st century of existence, it is confronted by challenges it has never known before. This changing world demands self-reflection within the Church. It has to consider its place, ...

The concept of a missionary ecclesiology is analysed according to the statement of Vatican II that the church is missionary by its very nature. The analysis is approached from the perspective of history, since the ...

Many communities inside and outside South Africa, such as the Vhembe District Municipality in the Limpopo Province are affected by ritual murders. The purpose of the study was to investigate ritual murders in the Vhembe ...