The Church in a Globalised Johannesburg Inner City of South Africa: Towards a Theological and Ministry Framework’, The South African Baptist Journal of Theology, Vol. 28, 33 – 51.

Abstract

In this article, the researcher argued for a thoughtful, reflexive and integrated theological praxis befitting the ever-changing globalised innercity context of Johannesburg. In relation to mission, he highlighted an evolving threefold contextual issue, i.e. demographic explosion, religious plurality and expansion of poverty to contend with in Johannesburg inner city and also highlighted that these very contextual issues present us with both challenges and opportunities for urban mission and missiology. Hence, he proposed a paradigm for the city based on Jeremiah 29 and a framework made of six tenets for developing inner-city missional congregations. These tenets are ecumenical, contextual, based on interactive and shared process, integrated and holistic, engaging different sources which inspire praxis and transformation. These tenets put together in a paradigm and as a framework, will assist inner congregations towards developing a face of urban ministry and missiology, which could be relevant and appropriate in globalised inner cities such as Johannesburg.