scholarly journals Manifesting the grace of God to those with HIV or AIDS

2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arnau Van Wyngaard
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Infection ◽  
Infection Rate ◽  
Prevalence Rate ◽  
Multidisciplinary Approach ◽  
National Crisis ◽  
Mother Teresa ◽  
Unique Position ◽  
Reformed Church ◽  
The World ◽  
The Church

�The most terrible poverty is loneliness and feeling unloved� (Mother Teresa). Swaziland is in the unenviable position of having the highest HIV infection rate in the world, with an adult prevalence rate of 42%. This is a national crisis which, in the Swaziland context, has led to feelings of severe hopelessness and rejection and which needs to be addressed through a multidisciplinary approach. The church is in the unique position to demonstrate the love and grace of God in the midst of this pandemic. A small congregation of the Swaziland Reformed Church situated in the southern Shiselweni district of the country decided to take up this challenge. This article showed what the effects could be when the church becomes a vessel of love and grace within the community.

scholarly journals 'n Nuwe ekumeniese geloofsbelydenis?

1987 ◽  
Vol 43 (1/2) ◽  
pp. 72-85
Author(s):  
B. J. Engelbrecht
Keyword(s):  
Church Leaders ◽  
16Th Century ◽  
Reformed Church ◽  
Church Unity ◽  
Reformed Church In America ◽  
The World ◽  
New Form ◽  
The Church

A new ecumenical confession of faithRecently theologians, church leaders and even churches from all over the world expressed the desirability of a new confession of faith, preferably an ecumenical confession. The Reformed Church in America proposed a new confession with their Song of Hope. They still maintain large parts of their 16th century reformed confessions but the following motives played a role in their desire for a new confession:• The necessity to correct the existing, 'old' confessions in the light of modem scientific Bible-research, e g on the doctrine of predestination.• The need for additional confession-pronouncements on modern-day issues and experiences, unknown to the church in the 16th century.• The desirability of a new form (language) to communicate with modem man.• The sensitivity of the churches of today towards church-unity and the trends living in the oikouménè, e g their social awareness.We then proceed to treat the motives why a reformed Church überhaupt needs and forms a confession. In the light of these motives the question arises whether our Church really needs a new confession today; is the exposition of the existing confessions in theology, catechesis, preaching and modem church-hymns not enough to translate and communicate the existing confessions to modem man and to address modern-day issues?

scholarly journals Sending in die kerk: ’n Gevallestudie

1992 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-55
Author(s):  
J. J. Kritzinger
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Dutch Reformed ◽  
Church Members ◽  
Reformed Church ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
The World ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Church ◽  
Significant Factors

Mission in the church: A case study Based on an enquiry into mission interest in the NG Church. Although there can be no doubt that mission is the essential task to which God called the church into being, to be his witness in the world, the empirical church often shows very little awareness of this. This article relates some results of research done in the Dutch Reformed Church in the Republic of South Africa on the church members’ interest in and involvement with mission. Some of the significant factors influencing the missionary interest of the members were (a) their personal spirituality and activities within the church, (b) their political leanings, and (c) the missionary preaching and enthusiasm of the ministers. A few aspects of the ministry are highlighted as worthy of attention.

scholarly journals Ecumenical and ecological mission of Metropolitan Andrei Sheptytsky: service to Christ's Church and people

2020 ◽  
pp. 67-80
Author(s):  
Liudmyla Potravych ◽  
Andrii Vypasniak
Keyword(s):  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Multidisciplinary Approach ◽  
Religious Studies ◽  
Church Of Christ ◽  
Functional Component ◽  
Spiritual Leader ◽  
The World ◽  
Historical Comparative ◽  
The Church ◽  
Theoretical Developments

The aim is to highlight the ecumenical and ecological mission of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky, the head of the UGCC, in the context of spiritual activity as the spiritual leader of the Ukrainian nation, serving God, the Church of Christ and the laity-pastors. The emphasis is on ecumenism and the environmental sphere in order to trace the relevance and development in the dynamics. During the writing of the article, the methodology of scientific objectivity, historicism and critical analysis of the elaborated sources, with methods: structural-functional (component analysis), comparative-historical (comparative), typological, was used. Theoretical developments in the fields of related disciplines are taken into account: religious studies, sociology, ecology, cultural studies, psychology, demography, pedagogy. This defined a multidisciplinary approach that allowed comprehensive and comprehensive coverage of the problem. The study analyzed the ecumenical activity of Metropolitan A. Sheptytsky, which was aimed at uniting all Christian denominations in Ukraine and the world into a single congregation of the Apostolic Church for the joint service of the Lord. Sheptytsky's contribution to the development of environmental affairs on the territory of Eastern Galicia is considered and appreciated, his role in shaping the religious outlook of all strata of the Ukrainian population is highlighted.

Confessing Belhar In America

2007 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-203
Author(s):  
Allan Janssen
Keyword(s):  
Reformed Church ◽  
Reformed Church In America ◽  
The World ◽  
The Church

AbstractThis article examines how the consideration of adoption of the Belhar Confession by the Reformed Church in America surfaces issues concerning the nature of confession. Reflection on how confessions have in fact been used in the Reformed church show that they have functioned as markers of identity and as a way of shaping a religious way of being. The article proceeds to argue that by assessing to whom a confession is addressed, three uses become apparent: confession is addressed to the church as a hermeneutic through which it reads scripture; addressed to the world as a truth that must be spoken; and to God as a song that is sung.

scholarly journals Die opbou van ’n missionale gemeente: ’n Verkenning van die invloed van Godsbegrip en liturgiese ervaring

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marthinus J. Jansen van Rensburg
Keyword(s):  
Church Members ◽  
Reformed Church ◽  
The World ◽  
Practical Theological ◽  
The Church ◽  
Changing World

The building up of a local missional congregation: The understanding of God and liturgy. The purpose of this article is to investigate the understanding of God by members of the Netherdutch Reformed Church (Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika [NHKA]), their liturgical experience and its influence on the development of a missional congregation. The world is currently in the midst of a wave of changes that have far-reaching implications for the church and, specifically, for the NHKA. In a changing world it is imperative that church members understand the value of the different metaphors of God as well as its value for the development of the missional congregation. From a practical-theological approach, this article aims to look at the influence of the liturgy of life on the development of a missional congregation.

scholarly journals The professional nurse’s experience of the dying process of the terminal Aids patient

2006 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Petra Bester ◽  
Engela Du Plessis ◽  
Minrie Greeff
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Hiv Infection ◽  
Infection Rate ◽  
Full Text ◽  
The World ◽  
Hiv Aids

The increase in HIV/AIDS raises international concern. Statistics indicate that South Africa has the fastest increasing HIV-infection rate in the world. Opsomming Die toename in MIV/VIGS wek internasionale kommer. Statistiek toon dat Suid-Afrika die snelstygendste MIVbesmettingskoers ter wêreld het. *Please note: This is a reduced version of the abstract. Please refer to PDF for full text.

scholarly journals Die boop beskaam nie: Die N G Kerk se rol ten opsigte van versoening, armoede en morele berstel

2001 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 102-114
Author(s):  
P.G.J. Meiring
Keyword(s):  
Soren Kierkegaard ◽  
Dutch Reformed ◽  
Reformed Church ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The World ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
Moral Repair ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Way ◽  
Dutch Reformed Church

The year 2001 was declared by the Dutch Reformed Church (N G Kerk) as the "Year of Hope". The author, chairperson of the church's Committee for Reconciliation, Poverty and Moral Repair, reports on the preparationsand the expectations for the Year of Hope. Hope, he contends, is far more than mere optimism, it is living in a close relationship with Christ, who indeed is our Hope, following in his footsteps in the world of today. The church's hope should be concretised in its kerugma (in preaching as well as in the development of a Theology of Hope), its diakonia (its service to the poor and needy, especially to Aids-victims and their families), its koinonia (the church being a preparing community, a sign and a sacrament of the Kingdom), and in its leitourgia (the way in which we offer our lives to God a as a living sacrifice to his glory). To illustrate his points, the author uses metaphors created by both Soren Kierkegaard and Lesslie Newbigin.

Epidemiology of HIV and sexually transmitted infections in China

Sexual Health ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kong-Lai Zhang ◽  
Shao-jun Ma ◽  
Dong-yan Xia
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Infection ◽  
Sexually Transmitted Infections ◽  
Incidence Rate ◽  
Infection Rate ◽  
Hiv Infections ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government ◽  
Populous Country

As the most populous country in the world, China has been confronted with the huge challenges that HIV and sexually transmitted infections pose. The HIV infection rate among adults is lower than 0.1%, however, the estimated number of HIV infections sits around one million, according to the estimation of some experts. HIV infection is highly prevalent in some regional areas of China and the incidence rate of sexually transmitted infections has sharply increased since the 1980s. The number of HIV infections may reach 10 million if no effective measures are taken. This article aims to outline the profile of the epidemic in China as well as to elaborate on the contributing factors and the response of the government and community.

scholarly journals THE HISTORY OF THE CONQUERING OF THE BEING OF AFRICANS THROUGH LAND DISPOSSESSION, EPISTEMICIDE AND PROSELYTISATION

2015 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
T Lephakga
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Dutch Reformed ◽  
African People ◽  
Reformed Church ◽  
Land Dispossession ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Catholic Church

This paper examines the role of colonisation in the conquering of the Being of Africans. It is pointed out that the colonisation of Africa became possible only because the church  − particularly the Catholic Church and the Protestants − gave backing to it. Colonialism and Christianity are often associated because Catholicism and Protestanism were the religions of the colonial powers. Thus Christianity gave moral and ethical foundation to the enslavement of Africans. Colonisation is a concept which involves the idea of organising and arranging, which etymologically means to cultivate or to design. Therefore, it is the contention of this paper that this organising and arranging of colonies had a dire impact on the Being of the African people. Colonisation manifests itself through land dispossession (which in South Africa was given theological backing by the Dutch Reformed Church), epistemicide and proselytisation. Colonisation was informed by the idea of the scramble for Africa, which was blessed and commissioned particularly by the Catholic Church; and the notion of geopolitics of space, according to which the world has been divided by Europeans into two − namely the centre (occupied by the Europeans) and the periphery (occupied by non-Europeans). This division was informed by the articulation that ‘I conquer; therefore I am the sovereign’. Therefore, following the ego conquiro (i.e. I conquer), which was followed by the Cartesian ego Cogito (i.e. I think) then those who possess both the ego conquiro and ego cogito felt justified to colonise those who lacked these. This was felt in Africa through land dispossession, and Africans were forced to go through a violent process which alienated them from their ancestral land. Land is ancestral in the Being of the African people, and therefore any disturbance to the relation between the land and the Africans will result in them losing their Being (or self) − becoming pariahs in their ancestral land. This made them a conquered people and empty shells that accepted everything coming their way. It is against this background that the paper will explore the role of colonisation in the conquering of the Being of Africans through land dispossession, epistemicide and proselytisation.

‘Dens of loitering lubbers’: protestant protest against cathedral foundations, 1540–1640

1972 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 231-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire Cross
Keyword(s):  
Church Of God ◽  
Reformed Church ◽  
The World ◽  
Church In The World ◽  
The Church

In A View of Popishe Abuses which enlarged upon the corruptions remaining in the English church, already itemised by protestant radicals in An Admonition to the Parliament of 1572, the writer dwelt at some length upon the iniquities of cathedral foundations.We should be too long to tell your honours of cathedral churches, the dens aforesaid of all loitering lubbers, where master dean, master vicedean, master canons or prebendaries the greater, master petty canons or canons the lesser, master chancellor of the church, master treasurer, otherwise called Judas the pursebearer, the chief chanter, singingmen, special favourers of religion, squeaking choristers, organ players, gospellers, pistellers, pensioners, readers, vergers etc. live in great idleness and have their abiding. If you would know whence all these came, we can easily answer you, that they came from the pope, as out of the Trojan horse’s belly, to the destruction of God’s kingdom. The church of God never knew them, neither doth any reformed church in the world know them.

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