Third Annual Consultation in Lusaka, Zambia of the Mission in Western Culture project (2-9th August 2008) I always seem to require a week at least to both intellectually and emotionally process my trips to Africa and this time I asked myself why? I have come to the...
Mission in Western Culture Project Lusaka 2008
Mission in Western Culture Project (MiWCP) International MeetingLusaka, Zambia 2-8 Aug 2008. Wie was daar? Die Fakulteit Teologie van Stellenbosch is verteenwoordig deur Frederick Marais, Xolile Simon en Jurgens Hendriks. Daar was 13 persone uit Westerse lande (Noord...
Push through the pain
Push through the Pain:the Spirit transforming churches across the world a draft pf early reflections on a narrative/ethnographic contextual model for the research of congregations in conversation with a missional vision for the church Dr. Frederick...
Daar is altyd ‘n alternatiewe storie wat die Gees besig is om te skryf
Ek sit die week saam met 'n leiersgroep van 'n baie tradisionele gemeente. Hulle het behoefte aan 'n proses en vertel een na die ander van probleme wat hulle ondervind met hulle stoere lidmate en hulle onvermoë om die lidmate se koppe en harte oor die kerk te...
It is the best of times … vir gemeentes in Suidelike Afrika (padlangs)
Ons het hierdie week weer Verantwoordelike Vernuwing gehad - vir my altyd lekker, want dan hoor ek weer 'n klomp nuwe stories oor gemeentes. Ek moes ook twee werkswinkels aanbied, maar verder het ek my gate uit geniet om na al die stories te luister. Daar het 'n paar...
Is the NCD survey a trustworthy tool for every local congregation? Reflections on a South African case study.
Dr Frederick Marais Consortium Paper The NCD survey claims to be a “trustworthy tool” for every local congregation because it uses “universal principles” that emerge from studies done in 40,000 churches in 70 countries.[1] Schwartz, the founder of NCD, claims that the...