Die Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk en sy bediening in ’n toekomstige Suid-Afrika: Die visie van ‘Kerk en wêreld 2000’

P J Van Der Merwe

doi:10.4102/hts.v46i4.2361

Abstract

The Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk and its ministry in a future South Africa: The vision of Kerk en wêreld 2000 Kerk en wêreld 2000 (Church and world 2000) served as a report to the General Synod of the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk in 1986 on the future socio-economic and political scenario in South Africa and the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk’s role in the changing situation. This article consists of a cursory discussion of the report and some concluding remarks. The book is found to offer a frank analysis of future developments and a rare insight into the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk and its understanding of its ministerial role within the new situation. The book displays a pastoral rather than a missionary slant.

Highlights

Kerk en wêreld 2000 (Church and world 2000) served as a report to the General Synod of the Nederduitsch H er vormde Kerk in 1986 on the future socio-economic and political scenario in South Africa and the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk’s role in the changing situation
This article consists of a cursory discussion of the report and some concluding remarks
The book is found to offer a frank analysis of future developments and a rare insight into the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk and its under standing of its ministerial role within the new situation

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Introduction

Kerk en wêreld 2000 (Church and world 2000) served as a report to the General Synod of the Nederduitsch H er vormde Kerk in 1986 on the future socio-economic and political scenario in South Africa and the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk’s role in the changing situation. D aar word egter nie eksplisiet verwys na die feit dat hierdie kerke onder dieselfde volk leef as die NHKA nie. Daar word selfs gehoop dat die verhouding met die HKSA kontakmoontlikhede met ander kerke onder die Swart volke sal open, Veral met dié wat nie lid van die SuidAfrikaanse Raad van Kerke is nie’ (NHKA 1985:11).

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