scholarly journals Discipleship and Stewardship: The Essential Combination that Can Enhance Financial Stability of the Church in Africa

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (Issue 3) ◽  
pp. 151-156
Author(s):  
Jeremiah Theophilo Izungo ◽  
Mussa Simon Muneja
Keyword(s):  
Financial Stability ◽  
Spiritual Growth ◽  
Church Leaders ◽  
Church Members ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Church Member ◽  
Christian Life ◽  
Making Disciples ◽  
The Church

While discipleship and stewardship are essential aspects in Christian life, combination of the two terms can provide financial stability and spiritual growth in the church. This study employed the literary method through the collection of journal articles from America, Europe Asia and Africa with topics which have addressed the two aspects. The findings show that it is important that every church member should surrender his/her life to Jesus before surrendering all that he/she has to Christ. The study recommends that church members must be led to be faithful stewards and faithful disciples by precepts and example. Church leaders and pastors need to call church members to surrender their lives to Christ before calling them to surrender their wealth for supporting the work of God. They should also make calls that church members should not only give tithe and offerings for sustaining the gospel work, but they should also engage themselves in making disciples for Christ.

An Extraordinary Confession

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael P. DeJonge
Keyword(s):  
Sixteenth Century ◽  
Church Leaders ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
Church Members ◽  
Nazi Regime ◽  
Jewish Ancestry ◽  
The Church

If the church decides to seize the wheel, to speak the directly political word, Bonhoeffer writes, then the church will find itself in statu confessionis. This chapter examines the phrase status confessionis to shed further light on Bonhoeffer’s idea of the church’s directly political word (the concern of Chapter 7). The phrase originates in a sixteenth-century episode where the emperor, with help from accommodating religious leaders, forced changes in order and rites on the Lutheran churches. The phrase status confessionis came to be seen as the battle cry of those who resisted these changes, the gnesio-Lutherans. In adopting this language, Bonhoeffer identifies a parallel between the sixteenth century and 1933, when Hitler and the Nazi regime threatened to force changes in church order (especially concerning church members of Jewish ancestry) on the church with accommodation from church leaders.

scholarly journals Euodia, Syntyche and the Role of Syzygos: Phil 4:2–3

2018 ◽  
Vol 109 (2) ◽  
pp. 222-234
Author(s):  
Richard G. Fellows ◽  
Alistair C. Stewart
Keyword(s):  
Church Leaders ◽  
The Other ◽  
Church Members ◽  
The Mind ◽  
The Church

Abstract In Phil 4:2–3 Paul urges Euodia and Syntyche to unite with each other. He also addresses ‘true yokefellow’, and asks him to assist the two women. This paper disputes the almost universally held assumption that Paul was asking him to mediate a conflict between the two women. Rather, Paul is here calling the church leaders, Euodia and Syntyche, to have the mind of Christ and to foster unity among the Philippian churches, and the other church members to support them. The term ‘true yokefellow’ is a piece of ‘idealized praise’ and is Paul’s way of diplomatically correcting one or more church members.

scholarly journals Practical Principles for Church Leaders and Church Members from Hebrews 13

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 127
Author(s):  
ALBERT J. COETSEE
Keyword(s):  
Local Church ◽  
Church Leaders ◽  
Church Members ◽  
The Church

Abstract: In the final chapter of his letter, the writer of Hebrews charges his hearers to remember, imitate, obey, and submit to their leaders. From these exhortations we can deduce what he expected from both the church leaders and members of the local church to whom he wrote. In this study some of the expectations of the writer of Hebrews are spelled out, and from them practical principles are given for church leaders and members today.

scholarly journals Rekonstruksi Pemahaman Berkat Berdasarkan Tafsiran Kejadian 12:1-3 Di Gereja Toraja Jemaat Kollo Klasis Tondon

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 82-94
Author(s):  
Mordica Patandianan
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Text Analysis ◽  
Historical Analysis ◽  
Church Members ◽  
Church Member ◽  
The Church

Blessing is the most important part of life of christians, expecially in Gereja Toraja Jemaat Kollo Klasis Tondon.  Many people assume that Lord’s blessing is just a good things, while the distress, suffering, and other disaster is not a blessing of the Lord. This comprehension also developing in church members of Jemaat Kollo Klasis Tondon. This is inspiring the writer to do research, how theology of Lord’s blessing in Genesis 12:1-3 and how the comprehension that should be owned by church members of Jemaat Kollo Klasis Tondon about Lord’s blessing. The purpose of this study is to know the theology of Lord’s blessing according to the Holy Bible in Genesis 12:1-3 and the comprehension that should be owned by church members based on exegesis Genesis 12:1-3. Writer use historical analysis and background analysis as well as text analysis , and expalin how comprehension of the church member about Lord’s blessing and how the comprehension that should be owned by church members based on exegesis Genesis 12:1-3 with using a qualitative research and study fieldwork.

scholarly journals A more comprehensive comprehension and appropriate application: An answer to dwindling faith commitment from the book of Hebrews

2021 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert J. Coetsee
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Church Members ◽  
Church Member ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Faith Commitment ◽  
Current Article ◽  
Book Of Hebrews ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Church ◽  
Shed Light

Closely linked to the phenomenon of the decline in church member numbers in the Western church, is the phenomenon of dwindling their faith commitment. This is the phenomenon in which church members do not show the same vitality and zeal as before and are in danger of abandoning their faith. The current article contributed to the arsenal of studies, aimed at addressing the phenomenon by presenting the solutions deduced from a single biblical book, namely the book of Hebrews. The book of Hebrews is arguably one of the most fitting biblical books to shed light on how the phenomenon can be addressed, as Hebrews was written to a church that experienced a decline in faith commitment. The primary aim of the article was to determine what solutions the writer of Hebrews proposes for addressing his addressees’ dwindling in their faith commitment, while the secondary aim was to reflect on how the writer’s solutions can be applied in the 21st century church. In order to achieve these aims, reconstruction by means of exegesis and a detailed literature study is used in the article. It begins with the reconstruction of the context of the addressees, specifically to determine the reason(s) why they dwindled in their faith commitment. This was followed by reconstructing the writer’s solution for his addressees’ dwindling faith commitment. Next, the writer’s solution was fleshed out in the light of the whole of Hebrews by tracing the major themes and broad lines found in the book. It is noted that the writer addresses the issue by guiding and exhorting his addressees to come to a more comprehensive comprehension and appropriate application of their confessed faith. This he does by shaming, frightening, reminding, guiding and assuring them. By means of reflection, it is suggested in the conclusion that the same strategy can be applied in the church today to address the phenomenon of dwindling faith commitment.Contribution: The article indicated the relevancy of the book of Hebrews for the church in the 21st century, especially in terms of addressing the issue of dwindling faith commitment. As such, the article gives practical suggestions on how the issue can be addressed from the book of Hebrews by pastors, ministers, pastoral counsellors, Bible students, and church members.

Baby Blessing

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan A. Stapley
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Great Basin ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Church Leaders ◽  
Church Members ◽  
Joseph Smith ◽  
Mormon Church ◽  
Church Elders ◽  
The Church ◽  
At Home

The baby blessings performed by Mormon church elders were among the very first rituals adopted by the church. While Joseph Smith revealed no explicit details of this ritual beyond its necessity, church members began to perform it on the eighth day of the child’s life and in many cases associated it with naming the child. Baby blessings functioned in the early Zion period to delineate citizenship in the salvific community. After the fall of the temporal Zion and the rise of the Nauvoo Temple cosmology, baby blessings functioned to annunciate the sealed position of the child in the priesthood of heaven. After the arrival in the Great Basin, two concurrent practices emerged: the blessing of children at home by family members and the blessing at church by ecclesiastical leaders. In the twentieth century, church leaders focused exclusively on blessings at church, recasting them as the solemn duty of priesthood-holding fathers.

scholarly journals The Influence Of The Leadership And Character Of A Pastor On The Spiritual Growth Of The Congregation At The GPdI Alfa Omega Church.

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 8-18
Author(s):  
Setya Hari Purnomo ◽  
Daniel Ari Wibowo
Keyword(s):  
Jesus Christ ◽  
Spiritual Growth ◽  
Role Model ◽  
Church Leaders ◽  
Human Being ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The People ◽  
Christian Leader ◽  
The Church

Leadership is a task given by Jesus Christ to Christians through His Church. Leaders are needed by every human being to achieve happiness and prosperity in all fields. Thus the Church has an important role in improving leadership for the spiritual growth of God's congregation because through qualified leaders people can understand correctly how to actually follow God. With this quality leader, people can understand who and for what God created them. Seeing the existence of a congregation that always needs guidance in spiritual growth, and that requires someone who can accompany The congregation is a leader or shepherd who is often referred to as the Pastor of the congregation. And not many Christian ministers or often referred to as Congregational Pastors have these criteria. So that they cannot be an example in the lives of the people they lead. So there are criteria set out in the Bible to become a Christian leader with quality and character. A leader is someone who deserves to be a role model for others because the leader has good character and becomes a leader blessing for the church he leads.

The Parable of the Cursed Chicken (1974–Present)

2019 ◽  
pp. 260-273
Author(s):  
Melissa Wei-Tsing Inouye
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Organizational Structures ◽  
Church Leaders ◽  
Church Members ◽  
Modern Life ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Community Norms ◽  
The World ◽  
True Jesus Church ◽  
The Church

In the charismatic culture of the True Jesus Church in contemporary China, extraordinary occurrences are expected within the mundane circumstances of modern life. The church community’s claimed access to miraculous power strengthens the legitimacy of church ideology and church government. These charismatic experiences, often framed in reference to the Bible, inject vitality into church members’ shared life and the organizational structures holding them together. At the same time, church leaders attempt to carefully define and regulate charismatic experience in order to preserve community norms and maintain optimal levels of tension with surrounding society. At the level of individual practice, the church’s emphasis on Christian separation from the world results not in withdrawal, but in engagement with nearly every aspect of everyday life.

scholarly journals Understanding the impact of COVID-19 in the spiritual life of the Church community

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thandiwe Nonkululeko Ngema ◽  
Zanele Gladness Buthelezi ◽  
Dumisani Wilfred Mncube
Keyword(s):  
Church Leadership ◽  
Spiritual Leadership ◽  
Pastoral Ministry ◽  
Church Leaders ◽  
Generation Process ◽  
Data Generation ◽  
Church Members ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Spiritual Impact ◽  
The Church

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the world in extra-ordinarily negative ways. Its impact has been felt in government circles, families, communities and churches globally. Spiritual leadership together with church members or congregants has also suffered a great deal. The pandemic has successfully disorganized societies and religious communities. Its spiritual impact has been felt by church leaders and congregants alike. This study investigated the spiritual impact COVID-19 has imposed on church leadership and congregants. It also explores how some church leaders performed their pastoral ministry under COVID-19 conditions. To achieve the set objective, a qualitative methodology and interpretive paradigm were adopted. In-depth individual interviews with church leaders and church members from Christian churches were used to inform the study. Ten churches that operate within the Esikhaleni raternity, in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, under uMhlathuze municipality participated in the data generation process. The study comprised a sample size of four church leaders and eight church members from ten churches. A total number of 12 twelve heterogeneous individual participants were purposively selected. Findings revealed that the prevalence of COVID-19 led to lockdown restrictions and as such, church house closure impacted the church family positively as well as negatively. The study recommends that church leaders be proactive in accommodating change and equip their congregants accordingly. Secondly, churches should adapt to multi-staff ministry where lay people are actively involved in educating congregants about pandemics in general and how to cope spiritually. Third, it is argued church leadership should embrace virtual and internet ministry so as to continue to offer spiritual support to congregants.

scholarly journals Kerkleiding in die een en twintigste eeu

1997 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Beukes
Keyword(s):  
Church Leadership ◽  
Church Leaders ◽  
First Century ◽  
Church Members ◽  
Post Modernism ◽  
New Thinking ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
The Church

Church guidance in the twenty-first century. The view of church members relating to the roll of the church, roll overloading and different roll expectations have caused new thinking in the church leadership with a view on the twenty first century. This new thinking is further extended (enlarged) by the nature of post-modernism and various systems of thought. The mission of the church, the priesthood of the laity and the above mentioned factors have resulted in a specific spirituality, knowledge and various skills in regard to the church leaders with a view on the twenty first century.

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