Perspectives on church and mission
The missional church and metaphors for the church
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12857231 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pieter Verster (0000-0002-4206-9685, University of the Free State, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-11 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Verbum et Ecclesia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1609-9982 • E-ISSN: 2074-7705 |
| Publisher | AOSIS (PUBLISHER • ZA) |
| DOI | 10.4102/ve.v43i1.2379 |
| OpenAlex | W4206284114 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 18 |
The most important issues for the missional church should be to establish the relation between mission and the church. The methodology used is to listen to voices concerning relevant issues in the missional church. Many important aspects of the missional church are discussed to give an overview of contemporary challenges. Metaphors for the church, such as people of God, body of Christ, temple of God, bride of Christ and witness of God give many essential guidelines for how the church should engage the world. By evaluating these metaphors, new suggestions can be made. It is concluded that the church should always be the church of the living Christ, living new lives in this world with the eye on the world to come. Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: The relation of the Church and mission is of great importance. In the discipline of Missiology current ideas about the missional church call for new interpretations. Only by thoroughly interacting with the metaphors of the church can the missional church be understood in a new way
Body of Christ · Christian Church · Christianity · Church History · Eucharist · Local church · Missiology · Political science · Relation (database · Sociology · Theology · Witness · Christian Theology and Mission · Computer Science · Law · Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies · Philosophy · Religion, Society, and Development · Religious studies
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |