scholarly journals Traces of missional leadership? An empirical probe among Reformed ministers

2021 ◽  
pp. 69-90
Author(s):  
Ian Nell ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Missional Leadership

scholarly journals Missionale gemeentes in die Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika – Teologies verantwoord

2011 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Christo Van der Merwe
Keyword(s):  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Fourth Century ◽  
Central Place ◽  
Missio Dei ◽  
Missional Leadership ◽  
Christian Churches ◽  
Reformed Church ◽  
Plural Society ◽  
Institutional Church ◽  
The Many

Missional congegrations in the Netherdutch Reformed Church of Africa – Theologically substantiated The Christian churches are experiencing a major paradigm shift as they attemp to navigate the 20th century. Around the mid-fourth century to the mid-twentieth century CE, often referred to as the ‘age of Christendom’, Christianity and the institutional church had a central place, which was culturally supported in the public life of most Western societies. Today it is impossible to talk about culture without using the plural. Society has changed into what is called a ‘pluriverse’ of cultures determined by aspects such as geography, race, ethinicity, class, and worldview. For Christian denominations, this paradigm shift has become exceedingly challenging. This article discerns and experiments with approaches to ministry that are vitally challenged by the many current understandings of what it means to be church today. By taking the concept missio Dei as point of departure the article describes the church as being called to be a missional church and the Christian leaders as being called to exercise missional leadership. The article addresses the notion of missio trinitatis as fundamental to the understanding of the missio Dei. God is one who lives by sharing, and the Trinity is the doctrine of a God whose very essence is sharing, thus the consequence is that those who believe in such a God must live a similar life. Matthew 28:19−20 serves as basis for a discussion on the ‘embodiment’ of the church’s missional theology as well as a basis for the development of a missional praxis. The fundamental conviction argued in this article is that there can be no place for a future church that is not missional in essence.

scholarly journals Transformative Spirituality and Missional Leadership

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cornelius Johannes Petrus Niemandt
Keyword(s):  
Social Intelligence ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Missional Church ◽  
World Council Of Churches ◽  
Social Competencies ◽  
Missional Leadership ◽  
God's Mission ◽  
World Council ◽  
Personal Leadership ◽  
The Church

The importance of transformative spirituality for missional leadership is explored. Missional leadership is defined as the transformation of people and institutions to participate, through meaningful relations and in the power of the Spirit, in God’s mission. Missional spirituality is discussed in the context of the missional church, focusing on what the churchis, does, how the churchorganizeswhat it does, theappropriate leadership, andmissional spirituality. This article brings together ideas from the missional church movement and the World Council of Churches (Together Towards Life: Mission and Evangelism in Changing Landscapes), with its emphasis on a ‘transformative spirituality’ an approach that states that ‘mission spirituality is always transformative’. These ideas are applied to missional leadership.The research applies the following dimensions of personal leadership virtues to transformative missional spirituality and missional leadership: transcendence (which includes appreciation of beauty, gratitude, hope, humor, and religiousness), humanity (which includes the social competencies of kindness, love, and social intelligence), wisdom and knowledge (which include the cognitive competencies of creativity, curiosity, open-mindedness, and love of learning), justice (associated with fairness, leadership, and teamwork), courage (including the personal and emotional competencies of bravery, persistence, and zest), and finally temperance (which includes the competencies of forgiveness, modesty, prudence, and self-regulation).

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