Mission moves: Cultivating communities of the Gospel

Volume editor

Malan Nel

Synopsis

This scholarly book is the final result of a team-research project done by ten Practical Theologians from three denominations in the Reformed tradition in South Africa. The authors posed the following research problem and question: What would be the relationship (if any) between preaching (and the liturgy of which it is a part) and the development of missional congregations? And secondly, what kind of preaching and preacher would best serve (even facilitate) such a process of missional congregational development in preaching and worship?

Chapters

Chapter 1
Framing our understanding of missional

Malan Nel
Chapter 2
Missio Dei between soil and soul? Liturgical Perspectives

Johan Cilliers
Chapter 3
The role and function of testimony as narratively embodied in the liturgy

Daléne Flynn, Nicolaas Matthee
Chapter 4
The persuasive influence of the sermon-series approach in developing missional congregations

Ferdi P Kruger
Chapter 5
Traces of missional leadership? An empirical probe among Reformed ministers

Ian Nell
Chapter 6
Congregational worship: Missional identity formation and the preaching of our (m)other tongue

Kobus Schoeman, Wessel Wessels
Chapter 7
Cultivating a prayerful culture of hospitality

André Ungerer
Chapter 8
Integrating and coordinating all ministries in the function of developing a missional congregation

Neels Marais
Chapter 9
Missional integrity in the pulpit

Malan Nel
Chapter 10
Worship and preaching: Equipping disciples to seek the Sjalom of the Kingdom

Malan Nel