India, consisting of several diverse communities, operates on various religious sentiments, norms, expectations, cultures, and worldviews. Each culture worldview developed, nurtured, was organized in a community that recognized the importance tolerance—tolerances keep India united yet diverse. Religious tolerance respects allows religions to exist practice within same community.1 However, if th...

Social justice is often identified as a central commitment in mainline Protestant churches North America. However, it approached public-facing issue that engages broader society, rather than comprehensive value also informs internal practices those same American congregations/denominations, particularly the area of finance. This reality means profit orientation and shapes practices, undermining...

Soon after publishing his magnus opum, Transforming Mission, Davis Bosch wrote, what later became known as, Believing in the Future. Bosch’s critique of the Enlightenment was already apparent in Transforming Mission (1991:262-274), but soon after, at the end of 1991, he turned his thoughts to Western society specifically, furthermore addressing the problems of modernity, the questions of postmo...

The most complete knowledge of the situation Christian family today and deeper understanding its spiritual vocation in Church society are imposed as two fundamental coordinates teacher religion. This fact evokes need for faithfulness discernment faith every Christian, well his to face complex reality today's society. Respecting missionary principles those general pedagogy, religion has several ...

In A Just Mission, Mekdes Haddis challenges the ways Western missions efforts have understood and responded to these concepts with both a critique way forward. This important book leaves reader challenged be open Spirit, diversity of global church, working in humility alongside all sisters brothers Christ.

The Sami folk high school started in 1942 as a school for young Sami that needed more education that the Swedish folk school or nomadic school offered its pupils. The school was managed by the Swedish mission society, an organization within the Swedish church. The school was successful but struggled with financial problems. The result was that a foundation with Sami representation managed the s...

t is sad to note that the culture of homosexualism which is a form of sexual perversity has enveloped the world and it has become a canker worm eating into every fabric of society and leaving in its trail tales of woes as it has negatively impacted the lives of not only those involved in the act, but has brought about a negative image for the Church who is suppose to be a harbinger of hope for ...

Since the beginning of 18th century, Danish Royal Mission has been working on Coromandel coast Hindustan in city Tranquebar (Dansborg fortress 250 km from Madras). This mission, created initiative King Frederick IV (1699–1730), consisted mainly Germans, graduates University Saxon Halle. The first head mission (in 1706–1719) was Bartolomäus Ziegenbalg (1682–1706). All work carried out under his ...

INTRODUCTION In Western Europe, the Christian churches are changing at a large scale. Two examples may illustrate the new situation: In France, a traditional catholic country, until the 1960s the belief in God remained stable around 75 %. In 2006, only 52 % of the population indicate that they trust in God. While in the 1990s around 80 % attended worship services regularly, today only 51 % do s...

This article analyses the conflict which arose as a result of attempt to amalgamate church associations in Uniting Presbyterian Church Southern Africa (UPCSA) between 1999 and 2015, following union black Reformed (RPCSA) white dominated (PCSA) 1999. process has been hindered by problems that have plagued anticipated appear conform former denominational lines. Historically, vanguard mission both...