Examining the model of tent-making ministry in the Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa: past, present and future
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Authors
Matsaung, Lesiba
Issue Date
2006
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Article
Language
en
Keywords
Ten-making ministry , Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa
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Abstract
The concept of tent-making ministry emerged from the
Umgababa Synod of the former Nederduitse
Gereformeere Kerk in Afrika (NGKA) on 12 June 1979.
This came as a response to a deteriorating situation in the
church and an attempt to reconceptualise a better model in
the service of congregations. Its rationale was based on a
critical moment of black congregations failing to fulfil their
ministerial contractual obligations for ministry maintenance
due to sudden withdrawal of subsidies by mother
congregations of the Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk
(NGK) who had been the financial backbone for the sister
congregations. The situation resulted in the Nederduitse
Gereformeerde Kerk in Afrika (NGKA) allowing its
employee ministers to be employed somewhere else while
still serving the congregations on part-time basis. This
article attempts to examine the problem of whether the
contemporary models of tent-making ministry can be
effective in serving the financial and spiritual aspects of
the Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa (URCSA)
congregations. Although church politics also played a role,
here the researcher wants to focus on the contribution
made by tent-making ministry that salvaged a ghastly
situation in the church. The major results appear to be
different views on understanding policy and practice
concerning tent-making ministry in the Uniting Reformed
Church in Southern Africa.
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Peer reviewed
Citation
Matsaung, Lesiba 2006, 'Examining the model of tent-making ministry in the Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa: past, present an future', Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae, 2006, vol XXXII, no 1, pp 233-246
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Church History Society of Southern Africa
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1017-0499