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The Dutch Reformed Church is continuously changing: Revision of the church order of 1998
... the church, this word means change for the sake of improvement, even if the situation does not lend itself ...In reformed churches, change by way of reformation is used as a motto: ecclesia reformata semper ...
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Burnout and engagement of reformed church ministers
... Indeed, Reformed church ministers run a great risk of suffering acute burnout, making it impossible for them to exercise their duties effectively (Tomic et ...
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Women in Church Leadership: Raising the Awareness of Women's Contributions to the Kingdom of God in the Christian Reformed Church
... 3.2 Summary and Evaluation of the Christian Reformed Church as a Case Study Throughout history, Christians have struggled with the issue of women in leadership in the church. Over the centuries ...
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The Dutch Reformed Church Mission in Swaziland A dream come true
... In Swaziland, it is commonly known that king Sobhuza I (also known as king Somhlolo), who ruled from 1815–1836, had a dream which led to the first missionaries entering Swaziland. Shortly before his death, Sobhuza dreamt ...
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Partners in history: The Dutch Reformed Church and theological training at the University of Pretoria: 1938–2000
... Dutch Reformed Church of 1978 identified the need for research in the field of Science of ...the church’ (Agenda ...the church to take part in research on ...to church and ...the ...
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‘Children must be seen and heard’ – Doing postcolonial theology with children in a (southern) African Reformed church
... [‘Dutch Reformed Church’] (NGK), also called the moederkerk [‘mother church’] (Kinghorn ...a Reformed Christian engendered participation in the children and youth associations of our ...
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Mission awakening in the Dutch Reformed Church: The possibility of a fifth wave?
... Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) had a strong missionary DNA since the planting of the ...the church up to ...the church does but something the church is; a shift from a Christocentric ...
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From three congregations to one autonomous church: The Swaziland Reformed Church
... the church order and additional regulations had already been approved the previous day, they requested that further changes be made to the ...(Swaziland Reformed Church) after their membership ...
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Is strukturele eenheid tussen die Maranatha Reformed Church of Christ en die Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika moontlik?
... Is strukturele eenheid tussen die Maranatha Reformed Church of Christ en die Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika moontlik? André J Groenewald & Johan Buitendag Departement Dogmatiek en Christelike[.] ...
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Karl Barth’s understanding of Christian Baptism as a basis for a conversation on the praxis of Sacraments in the Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa
... Barth’s Church Dogmatics, into a conversation with the practice of this phenomenon in African Reformed churches in South Africa, specifically the Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa ...
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Pentecostalism and schisms in the Reformed Church in Zambia (1996–2001): Listening to the people
... the Reformed Church in Zambia (RCZ) schisms, relevant to the understanding of one of the most salient contemporary issues in the church in Africa, the growth of Pentecostalism (Cox 1995:243−262; ...
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From Cottesloe (1961) to Trondheim (2016): The journey of the Dutch Reformed Church back into the ecumenical family of the World Council of Churches
... Dutch Reformed Church to the WCC fellowship) is the fact that as a WCC employee, I have dealt with applications of churches for membership in the WCC since 2008, so I was professionally and, as the process ...
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Women ministers of word and sacrament within the United Reformed Church : a health check
... the Church of England which did not ordain women to the priesthood until 1994 (see Francis & Robbins, 1999), the United Reformed Church recognised the full status of women as ministers of word ...
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The contribution of the Netherdutch Reformed Church of Africa (NHKA) to theological training at the Transvaal University College
... It is understandable that although the ideal of theological training at university level still remained alive in the NHKA, under these circumstances it was not regarded as a realistic possibility. That was why Rev van ...
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Clergy work related psychological health : listening to the Ministers of Word and Sacrament within the United Reformed Church in England
... United Reformed Church in England completed an open-ended questionnaire concerned with the following six guiding ...the church do to enhance the work-related ...
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The Reformed Church Rediscovers the Liturgy
... ed Church, I cannot think o f a single Reformed communion which has been content simply to translate and to reprint either the Strassbourg or the Genevan formularies o f Calvin and let it go at ...the ...
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Exploring Uniting Reformed Church of South Africa African pastors’ well being, calling and healing: An interactive qualitative analysis
... In general, work plays a fundamental role in people’s lives (Kaplan, DeShon & Tetrick 2017), and pastors are not excluded (Buys & Rothmann 2010). It would seem that capacity building is still a constraining ...
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The 2007 Dutch Reformed Church Synod Resolution: Impact on gay ministers
... A common concern amongst the co-researchers was that the DRC invalidated and belittled their calling from God. They considered it as inconceivable how the Church could have so much power to determine whom God had ...
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Johan Heyns and critique in the Dutch Reformed Church against apartheid: The moderator a prophet?
... his Reformed attitude to life as well as his schooling in the neo-Calvinist philosophy of HG Stoker of Potchefstroom, Heyns agreed with concepts such as the church’s role in reconciliation; church unity, ...
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The black church as the womb of black liberation theology?: Why the Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa (URCSA) is not a genuine black church?
... However, the assertion that the URCSA is in fact not a black church is also true, especially when one considers the relationship of a particular church in patronising a particular theology. It is the latter ...
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