Siphefumula ngenxeba: Rethinking a transformative missional ecclesiology as standing in the gap in the context of pandemics like COVID-19 and GBV
Pandemics are not only a reality in human history; similar cases are also recorded in biblical texts like Numbers 16:41-50 and are still happening today, as in the case of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Gender-Based Violence (GBV). This article affirms that pandemics are either a creati...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of South Africa
2022
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Missionalia
Year: 2022, Volume: 50, Pages: 116-133 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CH Christianity and Society HB Old Testament KBN Sub-Saharan Africa NBE Anthropology NBN Ecclesiology RJ Mission; missiology |
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Gender Based Violence
B Missional B rethinking B Covid-19 B Siphefumula ngenxeba B Ecclesiology B gap B stand B transformative B plagues |
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| Summary: | Pandemics are not only a reality in human history; similar cases are also recorded in biblical texts like Numbers 16:41-50 and are still happening today, as in the case of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Gender-Based Violence (GBV). This article affirms that pandemics are either a creation of humanity and/or a creation of God, as is the case in Numbers 16:41-50. It became clear in this article that humanity either struggles to breathe or breathe through the wound (siphefumula ngenxeba) when pandemics strike or when God uses pandemics to punish humanity for their rebellion, as is the case in Numbers 16:41-50. A missional reading of Numbers 16:41-50 defines life and ministry in the context of pandemics as standing in the gap—between the angry God and rebellious people of God, and between the living and the dead in the efforts to mediate life over judgement. |
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| ISSN: | 2312-878X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Missionalia
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.7832/50-0-466 |