Abstract
In the first article it was attempted to provide insight into the corporate nature of being called to ministry. The article also tried to discern what the specifics of the ministry of the public pastoral leader were. Equally important what I call in this article the teleological core of theological education. I want to build upon the concepts established in the first article. I explore the contributions of a number of well-known scholars who devoted much of their research to this field: Schner , Farley, Wood, Hough and Cobb, Heitink, Van der Ven and others. The ultimate issue is that there is some consensus about the telos of theological education. It is phrased differently and the different dimensions are indeed complementary. Concepts like ‘vision and discernment’, ‘critical reflection’ ‘reflective practitioner’, ‘hermeneutical-communicative competence’ and others are being discussed as it relate to the core research problem as described in article number 1. In this article I also explore the implications of the departure points for the praxis of recruiting, screening and training of future public pastoral leaders. The article points towards necessary changes that need to take place to get the local church involved in recruitment and screening - taking it serious that ‘we’ are all in the ministry. It also describes how a few churches are managing the process. In doing this, the place of the denominational community of churches is also emphasized and described.
Highlights
In the first article it was attempted to provide insight into the corporate nature of being called to ministry
Hierdie kategorieë is natuurlik nie onbelangrik nie, maar hy verkies ‘n invalshoek wat min of meer ook myne is in die volgende paragrawe: ‘I have presumed that the proper understanding of how those characteristics are realized within ministry is to be found in discovering what it means for minister or priest to be professional, practical and devoted1’
Hough en Cobb reageer tereg op die ontwikkeling in die VSA, maar waarskynlik ook internasionaal, van ‘n burgerstand waar die gemeente nie soseer die karakter van die pastorale leier bepaal het nie, maar die burgerstand. (Heitink verwys sydelings ook hierna wanneer hy telkens verwys na die ‘verskille’ in die verstaan van die ‘amp’ in die Hervormde Kerk as kerk van die staat en die gereformeerde kerke as belydenis kerke22.) Volgens Hough en Cobb ontwikkel, in lyn hiermee, die verstaan van die ‘geleerde figuur’ van die ‘meester’: die een wat opgelei is om te weet[23]
Summary
In die vorige artikel is veral aandag gegee aan wat ek sou noem ‘n meer verantwoordelike en korporatiewe verstaan van roeping. Klem is geplaas op die verband tussen die identiteit en roeping van die gemeente. Die gemeente is per definisie ingeskakel by die werk waarmee God in hierdie wêreld besig is. Hierbinne vind die publieke pastorale leier as gawe van God aan die gemeente sy of haar identiteit. Die vraag wat verder beantwoord moet word is wat die aard en doel van hierdie persoon se opleiding behels
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