Die gebruik van die pastor pastorum in die pastorale versorging van die predikante van die Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk (Afrikaans)
| Autor: | Cooke, Frank Terence |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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| Druh dokumentu: | Diplomová práce |
| Popis: | This study was undertaken around the following problem statement: As a result of erratic pastoral care for the ministers' corps of the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) by the denomination, ministers are often left to their own resources (to fend for themselves?) and consequently experience solitude. Because of developments in society and the church, they exist and function more and more on the periphery of the lives of people and of society. With some ministers, this results in an alienation from their calling and uncertainty about how this calling should be realised in specific circumstances and contexts. From this, the following research hypothesis was formulated: When the DRC appoints pastors pastorum as an essential component of a comprehensive and holistic approach to the pastoral care of the minister, ministers will fulfil their calling with renewed self-confidence, improved competence and greater authority. This study was approached from the methodological question: Who does what, regarding who, how, where, when, why? The DRC functions according to the presbyterial synodal system of church government. Each pastor and congregation is, although selfreliant, also part of the DRC and the Church of Christ in general. The presbyterial synodal church government system is not the only way in which the church can be managed and is also not infallible. The weaknesses in the system have a negative effect especially on pastors who have attained an exceptionally important position in the system. The system of corporate episcopes is inadequate in current circumstances.The empirical investigation attempts to connect the who and the what to the where and the when. The empirical investigation confirms the supposition that a need exists for pastoral care among pastors. The pastor prefers to be pastorally cared for by the church. For the pastor, the receiver of the pastoral care, it is not really important which church assembly the care emanates (comes?) from. Care from a major assembly which is removed further than the regional synod from the pastor, would, however, not be effective. It seems that lack of a vision on the whole is a serious problem, especially in churches from the reformed tradition. Solutions concerning pastoral care of pastors should be directed towards the person of the pastor as well as towards the structure in which the pastor works. The church can and must learn from other church traditions. Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2008. Practical Theology PhD Unrestricted |
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