A long walk to obedience: Missiology and mission under scrutiny (1910-2010)

Knoetze, Johannes J.

doi:10.4102/ids.v51i2.2192

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“…The provision of vaccines by churches is juxtaposed with the feeding of 5000 men (not counting women and children) as indicated in Matthew 14:13-21, Mark 6:30-44, John 6:1-14 and Luke 9:10-17. This is done in accordance with the theory of missio Dei as understood by multiple scholars, such as Bosch (1991), Arthur (2013), Flett (2014, Van Aarde (2017), Soares, Lotter and van der Merwe (2017) and many others in the field of theology, and missio hominum as advocated by theological scholars such as Verkuyl (1981), Smith (2002) and Knoetze (2017). These two theories are interrelated as simultaneously God centred and human focused.…”

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confidence: 80%

“…The interdisciplinarity of this article begins at the juncture where the church is called to cross-function its role by being concerned with the task of preserving lives and restoring public health. Refering to Verkuyl (1981:19), Knoetze (2017:2) correctly pointed out that missio hominum is about non-church work by people working for the good of their society, thus taking part in the missio Dei unintentionally or intentionally.…”

Section: Missiology As An Interdisciplinary Disciplinementioning

confidence: 99%

“…In the same fashion that missio Dei points to the mission of God, missio hominum is about the mission of humans (which includes both believers and nonbelievers alike). Knoetze (2017) is spot on in his suggestion that missio hominum refers to non-church work by people working together for the good of society in its entirety. Whilst this article seeks to apply the idea and principles of missio hominum to Christians, it does so without excluding the general public.…”

Section: Missio Hominummentioning

confidence: 99%

“…That as true disciples of Jesus Christ they are fully equipped for a ministry of love, hope, reconciliation and healing to the broken and traumatised world and ultimately reconcile human community with God. In his excellent article, Knoetze (2017) asked an important question, which reflects on and touches the foundation of this article. He asks: '[w]hat does it mean to be obedient to the mission calling in a broken and traumatized world at a specific time?'…”

Section: Missio Hominummentioning

confidence: 99%

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Missio hominum as the compassionate response to socio-economic and vaccine challenges during COVID-19 in South Africa

Thinane

2021

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies

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It is likely that the storm of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in South Africa will calm only when the country attains herd immunity. In South Africa, the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out plan will first prioritise key frontline forces, the elderly and those with comorbidities. Although there is some new academic insight on COVID-19 within the context of churches, not much has been written on the role that churches can play in partnership with government towards procuring vaccines for the poor people of South Africa. The contribution towards vaccine procurement by churches is juxtaposed with the proclamation of the year of the Lord’s favour in Luke 4:18–19 and the feeding of 5000 men (excluding women and children) in Matthew 14:13–21, Mark 6:30–44, John 6:1–14 and Luke 9:10–17. This is done against an environment where corruption in the procurement of personal protective equipment, unjust food parcel distribution and subverted relief packages occurred during the hard lockdown of 2020. This article makes use of both missio Dei and missio hominum as its missiological theory in conformity with calls for public health restoration during and after COVID-19. It employs a literature review to support missio Dei and missio hominum as compassion and fundraising for the poor in the face of COVID-19, as exemplified by Paul in 1 Corinthians 16:1–4 and Jesus in Mark 6:8 and Luke 8:1–3.Contribution: In order to preserve lives that would otherwise be lost whilst waiting for the COVID-19 vaccine, this article entreats all churches of South Africa to launch a nationwide church fundraising effort towards procuring COVID-19 vaccines for the poor following the example of the Solidarity Fund, which was established by President Cyril Ramaphosa as one of the early interventions to cushion the impact of COVID-19.

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Section: Missiology As An Interdisciplinary Disciplinementioning

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Section: Missio Hominummentioning

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Missio hominum as the compassionate response to socio-economic and vaccine challenges during COVID-19 in South Africa

Thinane

2021

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies

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“…40 Fortunately, within missiology this understanding of mission (and development) has changed since 1952, when, at the Willingen Conference of the International Missionary Council, the idea (not the term) of the missio Dei first surfaced. 41 The missional church developed from the missio Dei understanding. In most instances, when involvement of the church in development is described, it is from the perspective of a Western or mainline missionary church (MMC).…”

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Analyzing Transformational Development as Engagement with African Millennials

Knoetze¹

2018

Intl Review of Mission

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This research focuses on the missiological and diaconal prospects of inclusion of the millennial generation (18–35 years of age) as agents of transformational development in Africa. Transformational development takes place on three levels to address the dichotomies of the modern worldview; spiritual world (gospel as word), seen world (gospel as deed), and the excluded middle (gospel as sign). The literature study shows that although millennials make up the largest population group in Africa, they are not adequately involved in transformational development, neither by the church nor by other agents of development. The article uses the transformational praxis “model” of Kritzinger and Saayman to discuss the possible role of millennials in transformational development in Africa, which includes several dimensions important for a holistic view of transformational development: spirituality, agency, contextual understanding, scrutiny, interpretation of tradition, discernment for action, and reflexivity.

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Ecological Challenges and Injustice from a Missiological Perspective

Jung

2021

Transformation

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Coupled with ecological challenges, injustice such as unfair resource distribution and exploitation over nature and the poor has been disproportionately inflicted upon the powerless. As we look at the nexus of ecological challenges and injustice, we find establishing social sustainability like redressing the issues of injustice is closely linked with attaining environmental sustainability. This paper attempts to look into the nexus of ecological challenges and injustice from a missiological perspective. In a missiological paradigm, a biblical concept of justice for the poor and the integrity of creation help us understand the relations of ecological challenges and injustice and offer insights into how to address these two interlinked issues. This article has academic significance of expanding the horizon of mission theology in linking missiology and environmental issues.

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A long walk to obedience: Missiology and mission under scrutiny (1910-2010)

Cited by 6 publications

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Missio hominum as the compassionate response to socio-economic and vaccine challenges during COVID-19 in South Africa

Missio hominum as the compassionate response to socio-economic and vaccine challenges during COVID-19 in South Africa

Analyzing Transformational Development as Engagement with African Millennials

Ecological Challenges and Injustice from a Missiological Perspective

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