scholarly journals Becoming a missional church: The struggle of the Lesotho Evangelical Church in Southern Africa or Paris Evangelical Missionary Society in Meadowlands, Soweto

2016 ◽  
Vol 72 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonard Tsdiso Kganyapa ◽  
Thias Selaelo Kgatla
Keyword(s):  
Language Policy ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Lay Ministry ◽  
Missional Church ◽  
Evangelical Church ◽  
Ministry Development

The existence of the Lesotho Evangelical Church in Southern Africa (LECSA) and Paris Evangelical Missionary Society (PEMS) in the western areas of Johannesburg, South Western Township (Soweto) and, more poignantly, Meadowlands and their forced removal experience are succinctly captured. The struggle of the LECSA and PEMS Meadowlands Parish in becoming a missional ecclesia in a sea of missional challenges in her context is vividly spelt out. They, inter alia, include constitutional matters, language policy, finances, ministerial preparation, lay-ministry development, institutionalisation of ministry, unity issues, prophetic ministry, mission and evangelism. The researcher, then, proposes an intervention – of course not a perfect one – that perhaps will galvanise the LECSA and PEMS Meadowlands Parish members to improve on what they have been doing and become a missional ecclesia in her context, Meadowlands.

scholarly journals Social media and the new struggles of young people against marginalisation: a challenge to missional ecclesiology in Southern Africa

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Reggie Nel
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Young People ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
World Order ◽  
Missional Church ◽  
Personal Lives ◽  
Media Technologies ◽  
Missional Ecclesiology ◽  
Manuel Castells

Social media technologies have become a prominent feature of public life, but also the personal lives of young people. The question is whether the academic discourses on the missional church in southern Africa have taken this trend into consideration adequately. This article addresses this question by introducing a postcolonial missiological perspective on social media and the new struggles of young people against marginalisation. Through a literature review, the article appropriates research from sociologists, in particular Manuel Castells, firstly to show how subjects are constructed in this new, networked world order and secondly to show how social transformation is framed and engendered. It is concluded that these findings are the basis for the notion of the missional church as a social network. It is recommended that a subtheme, which prioritises the role of social media in this age of the network society, be established in the academic discourse on the southern African missional church in order to continue the dialogue with young people in their contemporary struggles.

scholarly journals Fredrik Franson (1852—1908): Promoter of Mission in Southern Africa

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans Ulrich Reifler ◽  
Christof Sauer
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
North America ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Holiness Movement ◽  
Evangelical Church ◽  
Free Church ◽  
Independent Churches ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The 19Th Century

Fredrik Franson (1852–1908), a dual citizen of Sweden and the USA and an international revival evangelist, is among the most significant mission founders and mobilisers of the Holiness Movement during the last quarter of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. Within 22 years he founded 15 faith missions, four free-church federations in Europe and North America and several independent churches in the USA, New Zealand and Australia. This article focuses on the episodes of his life relating to southern Africa, namely the sending of the first missionaries of the Free East Africa Mission, the Scandinavian Alliance Mission of North America, and the founding of the Evangelical Church in Swaziland in 1893. Furthermore, it deals with Franson’s evangelistic campaigns in southern Africa, his visits to mission stations, participation in mission conferences and his partnership with Andrew Murray, Worcester, between spring 1906 and summer 1907. The article closes with a brief reflection of the lasting impact of Franson and his missionaries in southern Africa.

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