Purpose The invaluable, yet challenging role of pastors in the community signifies the need
to understand and care for their well-being. Well-being, conceptualized in the …

Evangelism, for various reasons, is once again back on the agenda of the church and
theology. As a result of negative experiences and practices of evangelism in the past, it is …

The purpose and aim of this book is to develop an appropriate leadership model for
missional churches. This implies a positioning of this book within the broader theology of …

According to the Gospel of Matthew, disciplemaking seems to be the signature mark of
faithful disciples of Jesus the Christ (cf. Mt 28: 18–20). Van Aarde refers to this, with …

This book aims at contributing to the scientific and academic discourse as regards to the
'what'and 'why'of youth ministry. Too often, youth ministry has been approached from a …

Theological education is in crisis having lost an important dimension with its main focus on
quality academics often abstracted from real life. This study aimed to propose that the …

The caregiving focus of churches is on congregational members and communities, and often
the well-being of the pastor is neglected. Emanating from the medical health model, the …

This project seeks to help the local church make disciples who make disciples by comparing
the effectiveness of sermon-based small groups to discipleship groups in making and …

Within the international discourse on missional theology a recovery of a transforming
discipleship has taken place to bring about a synchronicity between mission and …

This research attends to last publication, Believing in the future: Towards a missiology of
Western culture, and uses the work as a guide to formulate prospects for missiology as a …