In this review article, the book entitled Emergence Christianity, What it is, Where it is Going, and
Why it Matters, written by Phyllis Tickle in 2012, is discussed. The discussion is both informative
(as most of the ...
Collective grieving during the death and the burial processes of a loved one forms part of
the healing process of many Africans in different contexts. However, with the coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and ...
This work endeavors to analyze the growth of Brazilian Baptists in
metropolitan Sao Paulo between the last two official censes. Protestants have been accused of not adapting to Brazilian culture, of organizing "miniconvents," ...
Van der Merwe, D.G.(University of the Free State, 2006)
For believers to have fellowship (κοινωνία) with one another and corporately with God, is one of the main objectives stated for the proclamation of the gospel by the author of 1 John. This article investigates the ...
Oliver, Erna(Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2009)
The “priesthood of all believers” was one of the most important
principles which fuelled the Reformation, but it soon faded into
a mere slogan. Theoretically, it is still proclaimed in some of
the Afrikaans-speaking ...
Samuel Mutendi’s Zion Christian Church (ZCC Mbungo) is an African Independent Church formed by a son of Zimbabwe (Daneel, 1986:31). Understanding African belief systems related to healing and the indigenous knowledge ...
The historical role and theological function of John the Baptist in the first chapter of the Fourth Gospel is analysed. The historical role of the Baptist was to bear witness concerning the identity of Jesus, which culminates ...
An historical study of the Diocese of St John's of the Church of the Province of South Africa, with special reference to Bishop Callaway's vision of a black clergy Henry Callaway (1813 - 1890) came to South Africa with ...
The historical survey about discipleship in the Fourth Gospel indicates that the literature of the second half of this century was sketchy about this theme. Up till 1972 a thematic-theological approach highlighted some ...
Protestants often think that 1he ROC has no mission just because Orthodoxy pays to more attention to Service life. We tried to understand motives, goals and objectives of the ROC missionary activity. We found out that the ...
Oliver, Erna(Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2011)
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 ...
The history of the Daisyfield Orphanage which was continued in the Bothashof Church School and is presently the Eaglesvale School, is described. This mainly covers the period between 1911 and 1991. This development is ...
This history which spans the period 1836 -1995, gives a picture of the Dutch Reformed Church in Zimbabwe which evolved from the missionary endeavour of the mother church in South Africa into an independent autonomous church. ...
The need for a worldwide assessment of Baptist history is especially important for the
many who have only a limited knowledge of this broad alliance of Christians known as
Baptists. Understanding how and why Independent ...
This dissertation titled The History of the Catholic Church in Lesotho 1862-1989 has
three chapters. The first chapter deals with the formation of the seventy-seven
missions in Lesotho, and the establishment of the four ...
My thesis examines relations among practitioners of various religions, especially Christians and Jews, during the era when Jesus’ project went from being a Galilean sect, to a persecuted minority, to religio licita status, ...
In this paper an attempt is made to show how the Greek noun hōra is frequently used in a theological sense in the Fourth Gospel to constitute the setting in which Johannine eschatology ought to be interpreted and to be ...
From time to time, stories of self-styled spiritual leaders make headlines in South Africa.
Christians continue to witness strange, controversial and illegal activities by self-styled
spiritual leaders done in the name ...
A group of people within the Johannine community (2:18) contributed towards destroying the (fellowship) of this community. Because 1 and 2 John do not provide direct evidence of the identities of the community’s heretically ...
Geppert-Enriquez, Johanna Wally Ernestine(2016-11)
Die vorliegende Forschungsarbeit befasst sich mit den Erfahrungen, die Senioren im Alter von 60plus in einem evangelischen Kindergarten im niedersächsischen Apen in der Zusammenarbeit mit Kindern machen, wenn sie ihre ...