OCRPL and Stellenbosch University Post-graduate researchers meet online for two weeks Church leaders in Africa, Asia and Latin America, especially in countries where Christians are not only a minority but also where the dominant religious culture puts heavy pressure on them either through restricting their civic and religious freedom or through the violent activity of […]
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Over the last century the Christians have risen from 9% to 54% of the population of Africa, yet it remains the poorest continent. How can this be if Christian faith claims to transform people’s lives? Seminaries prepare people with good Bible knowledge and counselling skills to speak from the pulpit and visit people in their
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The roots of Religious liberty What is a secure basis for religious liberty? According to President Macron in France, following the terrorist murders, such liberty is rooted in liberal notions of the rights of man as expressed following the “Enlightenment” in the French Revolution, liberty, equality and fraternity. He said: “The history of our country
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My experience at OCRPL has been breath-taking and second to none. It has a highly qualified faculty who are masters in their own field. The Master of Theology in Religion and Cultural Studies has been very helpful and relevant to my context. My social research skills have significantly improved, and the knowledge I have gained
Abbot ʿĔnbāqom (1470-1565) was a Yemeni convert to Christianity. He witnessed Ethiopia’s Islamic conquest by Ahmad Ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (Ahmad Grāñ) in the sixteenth century. Many churches and monasteries were destroyed during the military incursions, and Christians were confronted with the choice of conversion or death, with many apostatising. ʿĔnbāqom addressed this threat by writing
The regularity and complexity of the contemporary refugee crisis makes religious response crucial. This dissertation investigated African Pentecostal Churches’ (APCs) response to the plight of African refugees in Düsseldorf between 2015 and 2020. The study explored the compassionate element of the missio Dei and utilised the interpretative framework of Matthew 25:31-46 as its conceptual framework
In response to the increasing use of digital media in daily life and church work, this study examines how the Anglican Church of Uganda communicates the gospel in the digital age. Effective communication of the gospel in the digital age requires that the Church understands the continuously changing communication media landscape. The study finds out
This study examines prayer as practiced by Pentecostal churches in Ghana and the fact that new Ghanaian prayer practices are developing as variations of Classical Pentecostal Spirituality.The study focuses on Pentecostal Spirituality and theology of prayer while considering these new developments and situating them within an African Traditional spiritual context. It was established that primal,
This study aimed to evaluate the extent disciplemaking processes of Ghanaian churches has led to the transformation of the lives of their church members, reflecting on their positive work ethic in their workplaces, with specific reference to The Church of Pentecost (CoP), Ghana, Guided by the research question, To what extent has the CoP-Ghana’s disciple-making
In this missiological, creative, and contextual case study, the use of the slogan or watchword, ‘the evangelization of the world in this generation’ is problematic and a new slogan is sought. The main concern is the God-image developed upon a vanquishing Christ ‘bent on conquest’. The slogan propelled a rapid growing denomination (1979–2003); the International
