Browsing Doctoral Degrees (Practical Theology and Missiology) by Title
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The administrative functioning of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in South Africa and the disillusionment and alienation of its members : a catalyst for change
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2007-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation addresses the functioning of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in South Africa and the disillusionment and alienation of its members. Its aim is to uncover what the key factors are in ... -
An evaluation of the historiography of Nkhoma Synod, Church of Central Africa Presbyterian
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1990)ENGLISH ABSTRACT:Nkhoma Synod of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP) represents a church initiated by missionaries of the Dutch Reformed Church of the Cape in 1889. The church was started at Mvera on the ... -
An appraisal of theological training for untrained church leaders in Sub Saharan Africa : with particular reference to the training program of Veritas College
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study is an appraisal of the training program of Veritas College as an answer to the training need of the untrained church leaders in Sub Saharan Africa, focusing on the country of Malawi. Partly ... -
Authority in Korean Presbyterian preaching : a practical theological investigation
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Korean society has experienced more severe changes in the last 50 years than in the last 500 years. The pulpit has also faced the challenges created by the socio-cultural revolution following the collapse ... -
Being a hermeneutic of the gospel : hermeneutical and epistemological foundations for a missional ecclesiology
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The church in the West is facing a crisis of identity. Who are we as the church and what is our purpose in the world today? The recovery of a missional ecclesiology in the West is an urgent task. The aim ... -
A biblical framework for sustainable development in the Reformed church in Zambia : the story of George Compound in Lusaka
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)The whole purpose of this research was to determine an appropriate approach to development in Zambia by the Reformed Church in Zambia (RCZ) under the theme: ‘A Biblical Framework for Sustainable Development in the Reformed ... -
The Binga outreach : the contextualisation of mission in the Reformed Church in Zimbabwe
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The research starts with a descriptive study of the traditional missionary model used by the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) in South Africa in planting what is now known as the Reformed Church in Zimbabwe ... -
Christian leadership in a Malawian context : a practical theological evaluation of African Bible College
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Notwithstanding that many prominent, influential and highly effective Christian leaders over this past century are making a difference throughout Africa, a serious leadership crisis still looms. There ... -
Church leadership within the South Korean context
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2002-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: It is generally said that modern Korean church leadership has gradually lost its vitality. Since the 1960s, many Korean church leaders have implemented secularised, church-centred, and authoritarian ... -
The churches and the development debate : the promise of a fourth generation approach
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to think anew about the involvement of the Christian churches in strategic development. The author undertook such an exercise in an abstract and general manner, not by undertaking ... -
Combating HIV : a ministerial strategy for Zambian churches
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This work is about a missiological praxis for the creation of 'Circles of Hope' as an entry point for faith based organisations and, particularly, local churches in Zambia for an effective battle in the ... -
Community development in the Baviaans municipality area : a challenge to a practical theology ecclesiology
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Talking about community development is not an easy task because it is a broad term employed by academics, civic leaders, governments, concerned citizens, faith-based organisations and simply people with ... -
Community-based discipleship : a missional approach to urban African youth, the case of Nairobi, Kenya
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In response to the declining interest and participation of youth in urban churches in Africa, with a specific focus on churches in Nairobi, this study investigates a missiologically related problem of ... -
The concept of Ũtugi within the HIV and AIDS pandemic : a pastoral assessment of the ecclesial praxis of the Anglican Church in Kenya
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2011-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis deals with the concept of Ũtugi in relation to the HIV and AIDS pandemic and its contribution to the ecclesial praxis of the Anglican Church of Kenya. The thesis scrutinizes the HIV and AIDS ... -
Conflict resolution for sustainable development in the Democratic Republic of Congo
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is second to Algeria as the largest country in Africa in terms of size. The country and is exponentially rich in both natural resources and wild life. However, the ... -
Conversion in missionary Christianity, Northwest Tanzania : a critical assessment of methods and their impact on Haya Christian life
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation is an interdisciplinary missiological study. It engages the sociological theory of structuration to critically explore the missionary Christianity approach and methods of conversion in ... -
A creative tension between spirituality and physical needs : a theological Eccesiological evaluation of a food security programme for the council of churches in Zambia
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Agriculture is the main stay for Zambia‟s economic growth and for enhancing household food security. But small holder farmers living in rural areas of Zambia are not able to command food resources because ... -
Critical evaluation of mentoring programmes in theological seminaries of the Evangelical Church of West Africa (ECWA)
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The concept of mentoring has received substantial attention in the literature, as is evidenced by the quantity and quality of empirical and theoretical scholarship on the topic. In the post-modern era, ... -
A critical evaluation of the audience-oriented preaching theories of Fred Craddock and Eugene Lowry
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation aims to evaluate the Audience Oriented Preaching (AOP) methods of Fred Craddock and Eugene Lowry. Though no one can deny that AOP provides a new and creative method for participation ... -
The culture of "silent sexuality" amongst the Shambala of Tanzania : towards an intercultural approach in the pastoral ministry
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation aims at discussing the influence of two eminent trends on African culture: modernity and globalization with special reference to the culture of silent sexuality as understood and practiced ...
