"Lewe vir die stad" - Life/Live for the city: A case study of reimagining congregational culture and its relationship with the city as a first step towards establishing a new social contract

In this paper, the researcher aims to reflect on the role of the church and local congregations in changing the congregational culture to contribute towards a missional ecclesiology focussed on the public space with the aim to establish a social contract between congregation and context (in the City...

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Main Author: Niemandt, Doret (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of South Africa 2022
In: Missionalia
Year: 2022, Volume: 50, Issue: 1, Pages: 44-58
IxTheo Classification:CH Christianity and Society
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
KDD Protestant Church
NBN Ecclesiology
RB Church office; congregation
RJ Mission; missiology
Further subjects:B action in hope
B Tshwane
B congregational culture
B Missional Church
B Faithful presence
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Summary:In this paper, the researcher aims to reflect on the role of the church and local congregations in changing the congregational culture to contribute towards a missional ecclesiology focussed on the public space with the aim to establish a social contract between congregation and context (in the City of Tshwane in this case). The paper utilises a case study of the Valleisig congregation in Tshwane to reimagine its relationship with the city as the first step towards establishing a new social contract between the congregation and the city. The paper will attend to: 1) the importance of reimagining congregational culture with a focus on being faithfully present in its context and a faithful presence in the commons; 2) a brief overview of the Valleisig congregation and the challenge to change the congregational culture from inward and attractional to outward and missional; and 3) action in hope - the dream of a congregation that contributes towards a new social contract for a new Tshwane.
ISSN:2312-878X
Contains:Enthalten in: Missionalia
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.7832/50-1-459