Document Type	Master's Dissertation
Author	Emedi, Pablo-George Ishimilenga
Email	emedi_pg@yahoo.com
URN	etd-08172012-161154
Document Title	The local church as an agent of social transformation in a poor community : a practical and methodical approach
Degree	MA(Theol)
Department	Practical Theology
Supervisor	Advisor Name Title Dr R E Davis Co-Supervisor Prof J Muller Supervisor
Keywords	poor church local church social transformation poverty Lofdal Community Church
Date	2012-04-10
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract The premise of this research is that the local church is called to play a major role in the transformation process of the local community in which it is called to work. This call is rooted in its nature and mission. The outcome of this research is to develop a model of how to do theology in a local community context, what is described in these pages as “Community-Sensitive Church Model”. This premise is developed by revisiting the concept of church and social transformation, church engagement with society throughout history and through analyzing the community of praxis before attempting to develop the model that makes of a local church an agent of social transformation. Lofdal Community Church is presented as an implementation of this model in Maitland. Copyright © 2010, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. Please cite as follows: Emedi, P-GI, EM 2010, The local church as an agent of social transformation in a poor community : a practical and methodical approach, MA(Theol) dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-08172012-161154 / > F12/4/338/gm
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