Empowerment of the laity at congregational level : a case study of the Nkhoma CCAP congregation
Date
2011
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Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust
Abstract
This case study answers the question: What should be done in the Malawian
Church to lead the laity and lay leadership towards a holistic ministry relevant to
the contemporary situation in an effort to develop congregations into self-reliant,
spiritually matured, all-participatory and social service-providing ones that strive
to act as signs of the reign of God? The setting is the 6500 member CCAP Nkhoma
congregation in Malawi where over a period of 18 months three successive rounds
of meetings were held in the five zones of the congregation. Participatory action
research methodology was used involving the 19 prayer houses and 76 wards in
a process of grounded research focused on answering the research question. The
outcome was simply amazing and proves that with the right leadership, theology and
methodology poverty can be addressed.
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CITATION: Msangaambe, C. E. J. & Hendriks, H. J. 2011. Empowerment of the laity at congregational level : a case study of the Nkhoma CCAP congregation. Nederduitse Gereformeerde Teologiese Tydskrif, 52(3):428-440, doi:10.5952/52-3-53.
The original publication is available at http://ngtt.journals.ac.za/pub
Publication of this article was funded by the Stellenbosch University Open Access Fund.
The original publication is available at http://ngtt.journals.ac.za/pub
Publication of this article was funded by the Stellenbosch University Open Access Fund.
Keywords
Church of Central Africa, Presbyterian -- Malawi, Church of Central Africa, Presbyterian, Laity
Citation
Msangaambe, C. E. J. & Hendriks, H. J. 2011. Empowerment of the laity at congregational level : a case study of the Nkhoma CCAP congregation. Nederduitse Gereformeerde Teologiese Tydskrif, 52(3):428-440, doi:10.5952/52-3-53.