عنوان

Reconstructing Reformed Identity

شماره

LA117201

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Reconstructing Reformed Identity

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Stefan Paas, Hans Schaeffer, Stefan Paas, et al.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

Recently some Reformed denominations have embarked on church planting in the major cities in the Netherlands. This was done mainly for evangelistic reasons. From a quantitative perspective this project has been rather successful. However, many of the new churches deviate in some respects from official doctrines and practices of their denominations, as a consequence of contextualization. This has provoked some protest, leading to the failure in at least one case of instituting a new church plant as a full member of one of these Reformed denominations. In this article we add research data to this experience, demonstrating that this is not an isolated discussion. Moreover, we use this experience as a point of departure for an ecclesiological discussion about the continuous reformation of the church. The conclusion is that church planting is an occasion for ecclesial reconstruction with a view to mission, and we make some suggestions how this should happen. Recently some Reformed denominations have embarked on church planting in the major cities in the Netherlands. This was done mainly for evangelistic reasons. From a quantitative perspective this project has been rather successful. However, many of the new churches deviate in some respects from official doctrines and practices of their denominations, as a consequence of contextualization. This has provoked some protest, leading to the failure in at least one case of instituting a new church plant as a full member of one of these Reformed denominations. In this article we add research data to this experience, demonstrating that this is not an isolated discussion. Moreover, we use this experience as a point of departure for an ecclesiological discussion about the continuous reformation of the church. The conclusion is that church planting is an occasion for ecclesial reconstruction with a view to mission, and we make some suggestions how this should happen.

تاريخ نشر

2014

توصيف ظاهري

382-407

عنوان

Journal of Reformed Theology

شماره جلد

8/4

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1569-7312

اصطلاح موضوعی

church planting

اصطلاح موضوعی

contextualization

اصطلاح موضوعی

ecclesiology

اصطلاح موضوعی

innovation

اصطلاح موضوعی

Reformed identity

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Hans Schaeffer

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Stefan Paas

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/15697312-00804004

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y