We are forgotten : the plight of persons with disability in youth ministry
Date
2021
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Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology
Abstract
Why are many churches in Africa inaccessible to persons with disability? This question has informed missiological qualitative research on the accessibility for persons with disability in churches in Ghana. Swinton (2002:29) coins the phrase the “‘forgotten dimension’ of spirituality”, which depicts the way persons with disability have been neglected in the ministry of many churches. Research in Ghana has proven that accessibility for persons with disability in churches is an afterthought reflecting exclusion from youth ministry as well. This article proposes to address the issue of inclusion/exclusion from a missio Dei perspective, challenging youth ministries to take deliberate steps to include persons with disability in their praxis.
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CITATION: Amenyedzi, S. B. 2021. We are forgotten : the plight of persons with disability in youth ministry. Scriptura, 120(1):1-17, doi:10.7833/120-1-1459.
The original publication is available at http://scriptura.journals.ac.za
The original publication is available at http://scriptura.journals.ac.za
Keywords
Youth with disabilities, Disabilities, People with disabilities
Citation
Amenyedzi, S. B. 2021. We are forgotten : the plight of persons with disability in youth ministry. Scriptura, 120(1):1-17, doi:10.7833/120-1-1459