The Church as Salt and Light: The Path to an African Ecclesiology of Abundant Life edited by StanChu Ilo, JosephOgbonnaya and AlexOjacor (eds.), James Clarke, 2012 (ISBN 978-0-227-68008-7), xxii + 170 pp., pb $22

2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 434-436
Author(s):  
Nathan Crawford
Keyword(s):  
African Ecclesiology ◽  
The Church

scholarly journals Towards an authentic transformation of the Church of Christ in Zimbabwe

2019 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gift Masengwe ◽  
Francisca H. Chimhanda
Keyword(s):  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Transformation Process ◽  
Christian Theology ◽  
Church Of Christ ◽  
Limiting Factor ◽  
New Developments ◽  
African Ecclesiology ◽  
Interdisciplinary Study ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Church

This article evaluates the impact of transformation in the Church of Christ in Zimbabwe (COCZ) over the past 10 years. The study is guided by the following questions: What does it mean to be COCZ in the Zimbabwean society? What is the COCZ mission that empowers it to play a meaningful role in nation building? The critical analysis is observed from the Christian education (CE) pedagogy. This raises questions on the historical foundations, transformation tenets and future plans and guidelines towards authentic transformation. Transformation could be affected by new developments, and thus participants need to be guided accordingly. The article gives a critical analysis of the COCZ journey experiences using a dialogical approach to CE. This study presupposes that lack of CE is a limiting factor to the transformation process in the church. This study is an interdisciplinary study that combines missiology, African ecclesiology and Christian theology. The study was conducted using surveys, observations and interviews among leaders and members of the COCZ.

scholarly journals Reflections on a missional ecclesiology for Africa's expressions of Christianity through the Tswana lens

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Desmond Henry
Keyword(s):  
World View ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
Mission Of God ◽  
Missional Ecclesiology ◽  
African Ecclesiology ◽  
African Soil ◽  
Developed World ◽  
The Church ◽  
Broad Understanding

The continent of Africa has indubitably shown exponential growth in the spread on the Christian faith since its introduction by colonial missionaries. It can thus be argued that a plurality of African Christianities thrive on African soil and are exported, through missionaries, to the developed world. This growth in Christian converts does not come without challenges to the future of the Church in Africa; these challenges abound and need to be articulated and worked through contextually and biblically.Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: This article seeks to explore four missional challenges to African ecclesiology under a broad understanding of what can be termed a missional ecclesiology through utilising the Tswana world view as a case study. The article will challenge readers on the importance of continuity within the Christian faith in terms of a holistic biblical world view while touching on the overarching importance of contextualisation and Gospel adaptation. The article proposes a missional epistemological identity as opposed to a typical Western epistemological approach to mission work and contextualisation within the safeguards of an evangelical anchor. The interdisciplinary nature of this study is such that it deals with anthropological realities within a historical framework that impact in the traditional ways Christian practitioners approach the mission of God through his church in Africa specifically. The article challenges the comfortable and complicit attitudes related to the evident growth in Christian faith in Africa with the sobering reality of discernment in praxis and missional enterprise.

African Ecclesiologies

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stan Chu Ilo
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
Church Of Christ ◽  
Roman Catholic Church ◽  
Second Vatican Council ◽  
Vatican Council ◽  
African Ecclesiology ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Catholic Tradition ◽  
The Church

This chapter examines the key issues in scholarship on the identity and mission of the Christian church in Africa, while also exploring in depth the identity of the Roman Catholic Church in Africa. First, the chapter discusses the methodological questions in scholarship in this area, while highlighting the types and models of African ecclesiology in general. Second, it historicizes the narrative of the church in Africa, showing the theological trajectories of scholarship on ecclesia in Africa in the Roman Catholic tradition. Finally, it briefly surveys the key themes being developed in African Catholic ecclesiology from the Second Vatican Council (1962–5) to the Second African Synod (2009). It concludes with a thematic account of how the priorities and practices of the church of Christ are being enacted in the mission of the church in Africa with regard to the challenges facing the Christian faith there.

scholarly journals A missiological reflection on African ecclesiology

2011 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kalemba Mwambazambi
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Christian Mission ◽  
African Ecclesiology ◽  
In Christ ◽  
The Church ◽  
Christian Message

The 21st century challenges African Protestant missiologists to push the boundaries of African Protestant ecclesiology beyond the current status quo by �isolating the crucial issues, mapping out the challenges and identifying past and current traps� (Maluleke 1996:3). As African theologians propose, African ecclesiology represents two major concerns for the Christian mission in Africa: firstly, to Africanise the Christian message, and secondly, to contextualise the liturgies that have prompted this need for Africanisation in order to dissociate the African tradition from faith in Christ. Indeed, it is necessary to read the Gospel with renewed attention to the comments of the Fathers of the Church and yet be indifferent to the strategic directives of Catholic ecclesiology. This article set out to analyse and demonstrate the contribution of African ecclesiology to Protestantism in order to gain a better understanding of the role of the Church today. The critical-theological research method was used.

scholarly journals Ubuntu Philosophy as a Technology for the Foundational Architecture of African Ecclesiology in Reference to Harvest Revival Ministry Churches in Kenya.

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Peter Lee Ochieng Oduor
Keyword(s):  
Present State ◽  
Significant Contribution ◽  
First Century ◽  
Entire Process ◽  
Key Players ◽  
African Ecclesiology ◽  
The Church

The study seeks to study the Christian narrative unearthing the wealth of resources inherent in it to act as a stimulant and a motivating force for the present church towards the much-desired immortality that is the mark of the finish. It is an account that dates back to the first century during the formation of the church to the present state of the church in her pursuit of an alignment to the eschatological roadmap stipulated in scriptures. The study employs the scholarship of the historical Christian narrative from the analogical perspective of a journey of the Israelites in the Pentateuch towards Canaan. This was a journey that was characterized by pulsations of moving and stopping based on the instruction and guidance of God. Similarly, the Christian story is one that is emphatic with regard to the involvement of God in the Christian journey. The study captures the dominant moves of God over the centuries and their significant contribution to the establishment and progress of Christianity and the key players in the entire process from the protestant movement to the Apostolic Reformation. This will facilitate the understanding of the church in her present state as a product of her past journey and development with regard to offering guidance and facilitation of Christian practice. It will help the church with regard to guidance to help her avoid falling into the pit that their forerunners fell into and also motivate her towards greater exploits for God.

An African Ecclesiology in Process: Six Stages of Dynamic Growth

1988 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-87
Author(s):  
Bradley N. Hill
Keyword(s):  
Church Growth ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
African Ecclesiology ◽  
Dynamic Growth ◽  
Cultural Tensions ◽  
The Church

The synthesis of six sets of religio-cultural tensions by the CEUM during its fifty years of existence has resulted in this Zairian Communauté's unique ecclesiastical self-perception. In many ways the church has become its own major theological theme in an attempt to make its presence and message contextual. From its beginning as a small “gathered colony,” its growth and development are traced with “Church Growth Eyes” through the stages of revival, independence, institutionalization, clericalization, and development. Each era has been characterized by particular tensions, the processing of which has left indelible imprints on the resulting ecclesiology.

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