Reimagining the Role of the Pastor as a Teaching Elder in the Twenty-First-Century Church of Central Africa Presbyterian Nkhoma Synod Context: A Situational Audit of Lilongwe City Congregations
In the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian, Nkhoma Synod, a pastor has various responsibilities. Crucial to the pastoral calling is the ministry of teaching. They therefore define the pastor as a teaching elder. One important way a pastor fulfills the teaching responsibility is through preaching,...
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| description | In the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian, Nkhoma Synod, a pastor has various responsibilities. Crucial to the pastoral calling is the ministry of teaching. They therefore define the pastor as a teaching elder. One important way a pastor fulfills the teaching responsibility is through preaching, but this study found that, because of various factors, most of the preaching is done by laypeople. In this research, I argue that there is a need to reimagine how pastors can fulfill their teaching responsibilities in the twenty-first-century context. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d634decf60f149aab16903756bdd6c4e2023-06-28T13:30:09ZengSouth African Theological SeminaryConspectus1996-81672023-04-01357489https://doi.org/10.54725/conspectus.2023.1.5Reimagining the Role of the Pastor as a Teaching Elder in the Twenty-First-Century Church of Central Africa Presbyterian Nkhoma Synod Context: A Situational Audit of Lilongwe City CongregationsMaxwell Banda Chiwoko0Nkhoma UniversityIn the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian, Nkhoma Synod, a pastor has various responsibilities. Crucial to the pastoral calling is the ministry of teaching. They therefore define the pastor as a teaching elder. One important way a pastor fulfills the teaching responsibility is through preaching, but this study found that, because of various factors, most of the preaching is done by laypeople. In this research, I argue that there is a need to reimagine how pastors can fulfill their teaching responsibilities in the twenty-first-century context.https://sats.ac.za/conspectus/reimagining-role-pastor-teaching/ccap nkhoma synodteaching elderreformed traditionlay empowerment |
| spellingShingle | Maxwell Banda Chiwoko Reimagining the Role of the Pastor as a Teaching Elder in the Twenty-First-Century Church of Central Africa Presbyterian Nkhoma Synod Context: A Situational Audit of Lilongwe City Congregations Conspectus ccap nkhoma synod teaching elder reformed tradition lay empowerment |
| title | Reimagining the Role of the Pastor as a Teaching Elder in the Twenty-First-Century Church of Central Africa Presbyterian Nkhoma Synod Context: A Situational Audit of Lilongwe City Congregations |
| title_full | Reimagining the Role of the Pastor as a Teaching Elder in the Twenty-First-Century Church of Central Africa Presbyterian Nkhoma Synod Context: A Situational Audit of Lilongwe City Congregations |
| title_fullStr | Reimagining the Role of the Pastor as a Teaching Elder in the Twenty-First-Century Church of Central Africa Presbyterian Nkhoma Synod Context: A Situational Audit of Lilongwe City Congregations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reimagining the Role of the Pastor as a Teaching Elder in the Twenty-First-Century Church of Central Africa Presbyterian Nkhoma Synod Context: A Situational Audit of Lilongwe City Congregations |
| title_short | Reimagining the Role of the Pastor as a Teaching Elder in the Twenty-First-Century Church of Central Africa Presbyterian Nkhoma Synod Context: A Situational Audit of Lilongwe City Congregations |
| title_sort | reimagining the role of the pastor as a teaching elder in the twenty first century church of central africa presbyterian nkhoma synod context a situational audit of lilongwe city congregations |
| topic | ccap nkhoma synod teaching elder reformed tradition lay empowerment |
| url | https://sats.ac.za/conspectus/reimagining-role-pastor-teaching/ |
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