Ignatius W Ferreira

Biographic Data

ID6795078
NAMEIgnatius W Ferreira
GIVEN NAMESIgnatius W
FAMILY NAMEFerreira
SIGNATUREFERREIRA I W
AFFILIATIONSNorth-West University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS1
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2017
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • The “Barabbas Delusion” reconsidered

    Open AccessIgnatius W FerreiraARTICLEStellenbosch Theological Journal2026

    This article revisits the enduring theological and missional importance of the Nicene Creed, even seventeen centuries after its origin. It focuses on a recurring Christological crisis known as the “Barabbas Delusion”. Inspired by the biblical account of the crowd choosing Barabbas over Jesus (Mt 27:17), this delusion highlights the ongoing temptation within the Church to favour politically or culturally driven messianic figures instead of the cru…

  • Church decline

    Open AccessIgnatius W Ferreira, Wilbert ChipenyuARTICLEIn die Skriflig/In Luce Verbi2021

    Studies on church growth and decline were done in different parts of the world. This article explores church decline that is continuing in the world’s mainline Protestant churches and is also affecting the Reformed Churches in South Africa (RCSA). It is done from a missiological framework, and the description goes beyond numbers in establishing decline to focus more on the quality of believers. Membership quality is all that the church strives fo…

  • Erlo Hartwig Stegen

    Open AccessElfrieda Marie-Louise Fleischmann, Elfrieda Fleischmann et al.ARTICLEMissionalia2021

    As not much academic attention has been paid to the life and ministry of Erlo Hartwig Stegen (1935-present), his paper seeks to provide more insight into Erlo Stegen’s pioneering journey towards a self-sustainable protestant rural Zulu mission station, KwaSizabantu Mission, in an apartheid South Africa. Data was gleaned from interviews, documents, newsletters, reports and sermons. Thematic content analysis provided more insight into Stegen’s pion…

  • Leadership functions and church decline in the Reformed Churches in South Africa

    Open AccessIgnatius W Ferreira, Wilbert ChipenyuARTICLEVerbum et Ecclesia2021Cited by: 1

    Multiple studies from Ephesians 4:11–16 have been carried out that focused mostly on aspects of the believers’ priesthood. This article highlights the significance of adhering to the biblical instructions of God as a means to attain church growth. The church was instituted by God and as such he directs the process of church growth. Nevertheless, the ongoing membership decline in the World Protestant Churches globally and the Reformed Churches in …

  • Die GKSA se ‘sendingstilstand’ na 150 jaar

    Open AccessIgnatius W FerreiraARTICLEIn die Skriflig/In Luce Verbi2020

    The RCSA’s ‘missional standstill’ after 150 years: While the Reformed Churches in South Africa (hereafter RCSA) is looking back gratefully over the past 150 years, it is also compelled to reflect on its disparaging existence of the past 25 years. Several RCSA Synods have for some time, been paying close attention to comprehensive deputy reports on ‘falling membership numbers’. They also have made incisive decisions on, among other things, a ‘Conv…

  • Seeking God's shalom in South African cities through a new glocal togetherness

    Open AccessIgnatius W FerreiraARTICLEVerbum et Ecclesia2017

    The objective of this article is to clearly reflect the reality of our modern world experiencing the convergence of two mighty movements meeting and flowing into each other. The first stream is the tidal wave of people migrating to the urban centres of our globalising world. The second stream is the result of a massive shift in the centre of Christianity away from its traditional rootedness in Western Christendom. The biggest challenge of our tim…