The real crisis of the church
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
| Field | Value | |
| Title | The real crisis of the church | |
| Creator | Dreyer, Wim A. | |
| Description | What is the real crisis of the church? Very often, clergy, churches and congregations experience a ‘crisis’ only when membership is in decline, resulting in financial hardship. Crisis is limited to stress which the church as institution experiences when structures, finance and traditions are under pressure. In this contribution, the point is argued that the real crisis of the church is not to be found in institutional challenges, but in the inability of the church to be what it already is. With reference to Karl Barth’s ecclesiology, this contribution departs from the assumption that the real crisis of the church is not only to be found in external circumstances and influences, but is primarily a question of the church not being able to ‘be church’. Continued reformation of the church is of utmost importance. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2015-05-21 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/hts.v71i3.2822 | |
| Source | HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies; Vol 71, No 3 (2015); 5 pages 2072-8050 0259-9422 | |
| Language | eng | |
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https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/2822/5731
https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/2822/5732
https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/2822/5733
https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/2822/5593
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