The influence of dwelling in the word within the Southern African partnership of missional churches

dc.contributor.authorNel, Marius Johannesen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2013-10-08T11:31:23Z
dc.date.available2013-10-08T11:31:23Z
dc.date.issued2013-09
dc.descriptionPublication of this article was funded by the Stellenbosch University Open Access Fund.en_ZA
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at http://www.ve.org.za/index.php/VEen_ZA
dc.description.abstract‘All of creation dwells within the Word of God, the Word who created us, the Word who redeems us’ (Ellison 2009:91). The article evaluated the influence that the communal spiritual practice of dwelling in the Word had in the missional transformation of congregations that formed part of the Southern African Partnership of Missional Churches. It investigated the background, hermeneutic and methodology of dwelling in the Word on the participating congregations. The article concluded that the practice had a profound effect on the theology and missional practice of most of the participating congregations as it had a positive influence on the attitudes and beliefs, minimum knowledge base, and skills of a number of churches leading to spontaneous missional activity, the discernment of a specific missionary calling, and the integration of theory and practice. However, it had not always led to the formation of new faith communities.en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipStellenbosch Universityen_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipjme2013
dc.description.sponsorshipOpen access journalen_ZA
dc.description.versionPublishers' versionen_ZA
dc.format.extent8 p.en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationNel, M.J. 2013. The influence of dwelling in the word within the Southern African partnership of missional churches. Verbum et ecclesia. 34(1), doi:10.4102/ve.v34i1.778.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1609-9982 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2074-7705 (online)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.4102/ve.v34i1.778
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/85452
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherAOSIS OpenJournalsen_ZA
dc.rights.holderAuthor holds the copyrighten_ZA
dc.subjectMission of the churchen_ZA
dc.subjectWord of God (Christian theology)en_ZA
dc.titleThe influence of dwelling in the word within the Southern African partnership of missional churchesen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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