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Item Open Access Obedience and servant leadership: Apollis, Appies, Buti, Buys(Sun Media Bloemfontein, 2020) Botha, Nico Adam; Baron, EugeneAbstract not availableItem Open Access New hope for the poor: a perspective on the church in informal settlements in Africa(Sun Media Bloemfontein, 2012) Verster, PieterAbstract not availableItem Open Access Die wonderbare Heilige Gees én die Vader van liefde: 'n Missionêre teologie(Sunbonani Scholar, 2020) Verster, PieterDie Heilige Gees, as die Gees van Christus, bring die volheid van die heil in Christus na ons. Hy verheerlik Jesus Christus, Hy maak geloof moontlik en Hy vestig die kerk. Die Heilige Gees is daarom totaal uniek en wonderbaar. Dit is vir die sending essensieel om vanuit die Gees te lewe en so Jesus Christus as Here te erken. Daarmee saam hang natuurlik die getuienis dat die Vader oneindige liefde in sy Seun Jesus Christus betoon. Juis nou dat die teologie die tydsgees navolg, moet onomwonde in die krag van die Gees getuig word dat Jesus die Here is en dat die Vader die Vader van liefde is. Sentraal hierin staan die kruisdood en opstanding van Jesus Christus wat deur die Heilige Gees bevestig word. Daarmee word dikwels teen die stroom ingeswem, maar hierdie getuienis moet onomwonde gelewer word. Daarvan moet die sending steeds en meer en meer getuig.Item Open Access The unified body of Christ as biblical metaphor for being church(Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State, 2012) Schoeman, LourensThe church, as faith community, is described with the metaphor of one body, with all members interlinked to each other, helping each other, praying for each other, serving each other. The reality is that this church, like the secular community (locally, provincially, nationally, throughout Africa and globally) is divided into class, wealth and health categories. Is this “world-like” fragmented existence of the church depriving her of her unique role as source of hope in a given community? Is she loosing face in the world due to this “world-like” fragmented way of living? Can she better meet the social challenges, related to poverty and HIV, if, as alternative community, rich and poor were indeed living as one body? How would she then define and respond to poverty and HIV infection?Item Open Access God's missional people: reflecting God's love in the midst of suffering and affliction(Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State, 2012) Hancke, Frans. J. van H.The title of this article reflects a deep and personal conviction founded on the belief that a major solution to lessen the suffering of people living in poverty and in the midst of pandemics such as AIDS, lies within the body of Christ. The focus therefore is on God’s people being called to participate in God’s mission in God’s world. Reflecting on those people, his church, in which he is incarnating himself through his Holy Spirit in an extraordinary and empowering way in order for them to reflect his love on the highways and byways of life – to transform the lives and circumstances of people in order for him to receive glory and honour. The title of this article clearly indicates a fundamental characteristic of God’s people – they are being sent to participate in his mission (missio Dei).Item Open Access A church with the poor – lessons from scripture and from congregations in informal settlements(Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State, 2012) Verster, P.The church has an essential role to play in communities riddled with poverty, disease, and despair. Communities in informal-settlement areas suffer a great deal. Churches in these communities are often small and have few means for alleviating poverty. In the Bible, the community of God is a community of love. Although there are instances of retribution in the Old Testament, there are clear instances where the community of God experiences the implications of love for one’s neighbour. In the New Testament, the essence of the church is to be the community of love. Congregations in Mangaung’s informal settlements bring a message of hope by being the community of love in their area. The church can become the true messenger of God’s hope in informal areas.Item Restricted Preface(Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State, 2012) Verster, PieterAbstract not available