An evaluation of the impact of disciple-making on work ethic of Ghanaian Christians : a case study of the Church of Pentecost Ghana

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dc.contributor.advisorNell, Ianen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorGakpetor, Samen_ZA
dc.contributor.otherStellenbosch University. Faculty of Theology. Dept. of Practical Theology and Missiology.en_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-29T17:44:01Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-08T18:32:52Z
dc.date.available2023-11-29T17:44:01Z
dc.date.available2024-01-08T18:32:52Z
dc.date.issued2023-12-15
dc.descriptionThesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2023.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study aimed to evaluate the extent disciplemaking processes of Ghanaian churches have led to the transformation of the lives of their church members, reflecting on their positive work ethic in their workplaces, with specific reference to The Church of Pentecost (CoP), Ghana. Guided by the research question, To what extent has the CoP-Ghana’s disciplemaking ministry transformed the work ethic of her members in the marketplace?, the research sought to understand the paradox between the large number of Christians in Ghana and the perceived negative work ethic of the average Ghanaian worker. The study provided a biblical and contemporary understanding of disciplemaking, what it entails and how it takes place in the local church. The study deployed qualitative methods in the form of interviews and focus group discussions to ascertain the impact of disciplemaking in the churches on the work ethic of The Church of Pentecost members in Ghana. In this study, an understanding of the theology of work, work ethic and its dimensions, as well as the importance of work ethic construct for Africa, the challenges it portends and the factors that contribute to the challenges are analysed. The evaluation of data via the lens of available literature revealed the dichotomous perception that many Christians have an attitude to things considered sacred and those considered secular which is a cause of concern, and that there is a lack of intentionality of discipleship in the churches. It was further observed that some aspects of Ghanaian culture have adverse impact on Ghanaians’ attitude to work. The research prescribes that an antidote to this precarious situation is a wholesale sustained effective discipleship that the Church must embark upon, especially as currently being attempted by The Church of Pentecost. The researcher opines that to this end, the Workers Guilds in The Church of Pentecost provide avenue for intentional disciplemaking to make members of the church more relevant in the marketplace as they exhibit a positive work ethic. en_ZA
dc.description.abstractAFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie studie het ten doel gehad om te evalueer in watter mate die proses van dissipels maak van Ghanese kerke gelei het tot die transformasie van die lewens van hul lidmate, deur na te dink oor hul positiewe werksetiek in hul werkplekke, met spesifieke verwysing na The Church of Pentecost (CoP), Ghana. Die sentrale navorsing vraag van die studie is die volgende: In watter mate het die CoP-Ghana se bediening van dissipels maak die werksetiek van haar lede in die mark verander? Die navorsing het gepoog om tot ‘n beter verstaan te kom van die paradoks tussen die groot aantal Christene in Ghana en die waargenome negatiewe werksetiek van die gemiddelde Ghanese werker. 'n Deeglike oorsig van praktiese teologie, en die besef dat dit 'n outentieke en geloofwaardige dissipline is, net soos enige van die ander velde, maak dit onontbeerlik as effektiewe middel vir die verspreiding van die Evangelie in Afrika. Die studie het 'n Bybelse en kontemporêre begrip verskaf van die proses van dissipels maak, wat dit behels en hoe dit in die plaaslike kerk plaasvind. Gebaseer op die uitgangspunt van die groot verskil tussen 'n Christelike geloofsbelydenis en die teleurstellende wyses waarop dit in die praktyk uitdrukking vind in Ghana, is kwalitatiewe metodes gebruik om die impak van die proses van dissipel maak in die kerke op die werksetiek van Christene in Ghana vas te stel. In hierdie poging word 'n begrip van die teologie van werk, werksetiek en die dimensies daarvan sowel as die belangrikheid van ‘n werksetiek vir Afrika en die uitdagings en die faktore wat tot die uitdagings bydra, ondersoek. Die evaluering van data deur die lens van beskikbare literatuur het die dubbelslagtige persepsie wat baie Christene het, aan die lig gebring met betrekking tot hulle houding teenoor wat as heilig en wat as sekulêr beskou word. Deel van laasgenoemde is die gebrek aan doelgerigte dissipelskap in die kerke en die negatiewe impak van sommige aspekte van die Ghanese kultuur. Die navorsing stel voor dat 'n teenmiddel teen hierdie moeilike situasie 'n volgehoue effektiewe dissipelskap is wat die verantwoordelikheid van die Kerk is, veral soos tans word deur die Pinkster kerk onderneem word. Die navorser meen dat die Werkersgildes in The Church of Pentecost (Ghana) vir hierdie doel 'n geleentheid bied vir doelbewuste maak van dissipels om lede van die kerk meer relevant op die mark te maak aangesien hulle ‘n positiewe werksetiek het. af_ZA
dc.description.versionDoctoralen_ZA
dc.format.extentxiii, 256 pages : illustrations (some color)
dc.identifier.urihttps://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/128994
dc.language.isoen en_ZA
dc.publisherStellenbosch : Stellenbosch Universityen_ZAZ
dc.rights.holderStellenbosch Universityen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshPentecostalims -- Africaen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshPentecostalism -- Africaen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshDiscipling (Christianity)en_ZA
dc.subject.lcshPentecostal churches -- Africaen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshUCTDen_ZA
dc.titleAn evaluation of the impact of disciple-making on work ethic of Ghanaian Christians : a case study of the Church of Pentecost Ghanaen_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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